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• We see a more assertive Russia, which has implemented a very significant military buildup over several years, and a Russia which has used military force against neighbors, especially Ukraine.

  Jens Stoltenberg

  Military, Neighbor, Significant

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The way that words mutate reminds me of fashions in music. The word--the note--is a constant. But the setting and chord in which it occurs alters with the mood of a nation from major to minor, from the assertive to the mournful and foreboding.

  Neal Ascherson

  Fashion, Way, Mood

  Neal Ascherson (1988). “Games with Shadows”, Hudson Annex

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• Any attempt to break with the past, or with existing social structures, is a failure if it leads to a bored, listless, and colourless style of life; assertive and enduring innovation, like the mastering of a new environment, requires the confidence and discipline which are founded on exuberant emotions.

  John Carroll

  Past, Discipline, Bored

  John Carroll (2010). “Break-Out from the Crystal Palace: The Anarcho-Psychological Critique: Stirner, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky”, p.78, Taylor & Francis

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• In the postindustrial age, labor is seen as essentially uninvolved in the social process because there is no need for assertive labor.

  Herbert Schiller

  Age, Needs, Social

  "Living In The Number One Country". Book by Herbert Schiller, 2000.

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• In 'Play Misty For Me', its inexplicably assertive knife-woman nearly manages the impossible task of slaughtering Clint Eastwood.

  Andrew Tudor

  Knives, Play, Hollywood

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• To advance from a nuanced dissent to a compelling vision, progressive policymakers should turn to the great mainstay of twentieth-century U.S. foreign policy: liberal internationalism... (which) should offer assertive leadership - diplomatic, economic, and not least, military - to advance a broad array of goals.

  Suzanne Nossel

  Military, Goal, Vision

  "Smart Power" by Suzanne Nossel, www.foreignaffairs.com. March/April 2004.

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• Ive worked very hard at understanding myself, learning to be assertive. Im past the point where I worry about people liking me.

  Pam Dawber

  Past, People, Worry

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• I really worked at becoming more assertive, and now none of my friends talk to me.

  Wendy Wasserstein

  Becoming, Talk To Me, My Friends

  Wendy Wasserstein (2005). “Sloth: The Seven Deadly Sins”, p.15, Oxford University Press

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• Nothing is more beautifully and acceptably self-assertive than good singing.

  Iris Murdoch

  Self, Singing

  Iris Murdoch (1987). “The Unicorn”, p.107, Penguin

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• I need to learn to be more assertive.

  Brooke Elliott

  Needs

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• The meek are positive and often colorful characters. They are not self-assertive nor self-seeking, to be sure, but rather they are unselfish and uncomplaining, genuinely interested in the welfare of others, creating opportunities to be of service to them, submissive in the face of injuries and insults, silent in the accidents and adversities of life, and bearing with equanimity the infamies and injustices heaped upon them.

  V. Raymond Edman

  Character, Adversity, Opportunity

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• I have to be more assertive-I have take more control at crunch time.

  Sue Bird

  Crunch, Crunch Time

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• As women, we understand our bodies, and there's a blossoming that occurs. We're hungry for gourmet meals instead of the fast food. We bring to life a more expansive understanding of life, ourselves, and others. We are more generous and assertive.

  Sharon Stone

  Understanding, Gourmet, Meals

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• My work is one of my passions, so I want to treat it with great importance, whatever the project or role. As any motorcycle enthusiast can probably attest to, getting your motorcycle looking and riding the best certainly holds a high rating of importance. And if I don't finish the Lego city with my son, then I meet the wrath of an extremely assertive four-year-old project manager.

  Danielle Cormack

  Passion, Son, Wrath

  "Danielle Cormack: What Love, Laughter and Legos Have to Do with Everything". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• One of the things that I loved about when I met my husband was that he picked me up and he paid - I know that sounds old-fashioned but for me, most of my life, I always would split the bill or would always pay, or I would be very assertive about my independence and my financial responsibility. And I am a very strong woman and very strong-willed - but there was something really great about him taking care of me and treating me and opening the door and driving, and I am perfectly OK with that. And he still does it to this day.

  Sutton Foster

  Strong Women, Husband, Responsibility

  "Younger Stars Sutton Foster and Nico Tortorella Answer All Your Relationship Questions". www.cosmopolitan.com. September 28, 2016.

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• Be more assertive with what you want to do.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Want, What You Want

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I think that Rachel Maddow is probably the most assertive, politically motivated and accurate voice of my generation.

  Mehcad Brooks

  Thinking, Voice, Generations

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• We have to move toward specificity, intelligence, facts, proof, and mutual affection. What I think people have to do now is be very, very assertive about the utter essentiality of intellectual undertakings.

  George Saunders

  Moving, Thinking, People

  Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org

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• I'm as proud and assertive in my Quebec identity as any Quebecer. I believe it's to Quebec's advantage to be part of the Canadian federation. But I will be extremely strong and forceful in defending Quebec's interests within Canada.

  Philippe Couillard

  Strong, Believe, Identity

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• Be assertive, but don't forget to look around. I realized there are other opinions that can be more useful to me than just sticking to my guns.

  Britt Robertson

  Gun, Opinion, Forget

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• Cooking is about passion, so it may look slightly temperamental in a way that it's too assertive to the naked eye.

  Gordon Ramsay

  Passion, Eye, Cooking

  "Interview with Gordon Ramsay About Masterchef". Interview with Brett Moore, www.thespruce.com. November 17, 2016.

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• It was not in my nature to be an assertive person. I was used to looking to others for guidance, for influence, sometimes for the most basic cues of life. And yet writing stories is one of the most assertive things a person can do. Fiction is an act of willfulness, a deliberate effort to reconceive, to rearrange, to reconstitute nothing short of reality itself. Even among the most reluctant and doubtful of writers, this willfulness must emerge. Being a writer means taking the leap from listening to saying, "Listen to me."

  Jhumpa Lahiri

  Writing, Mean, Reality

  "Trading Stories". www.newyorker.com. June 13 & 20, 2011.

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• We do not find happiness by being assertive. We don't find happiness by running over people because we see what we want and they are in the way of that happiness so we either abandon them or we smash them. The Scriptures don't teach us to be assertive. The Scriptures teach us — and this is remarkable — the Scriptures teach us to be submissive. This is not a popular idea.

  Rich Mullins

  Running, Ideas, People

  Seminar at LeSEA Broadcasting Studios in South Bend, Indiana, February 1993.

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• Writing is one of the most assertive things a person can do.

  Jhumpa Lahiri

  Writing, Willfulness, Persons

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• Calm assertive energy is the energy you project to show your dog you are the Pack Leader. Assertive does not mean angry or aggressive. Calm-assertive means always compassionate, but quietly in control.

  Cesar Millan

  Dog, Mean, Leader

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