Conflict Quotes - Page 30

• The biggest religious wars and persecutions in history occur when religions, each claiming their own absolute truths, come into conflict.

  Susan Jacoby

  Religious, War, Persecution

  "'Strange Gods' Chronicles The History Of Secularism And Conversion". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. February 17, 2016.

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• If you have a chance to see Children Of War, you can watch expert trauma counselors try to help bring healing to young people who have experienced atrocities in conflict.

  Mitali Perkins

  Children, War, Healing

  Source: www.yabookshelf.com

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• One thing about our show that wasn't even in my awareness, but was brought to my attention by other people, is that our show is about these love-based relationships. Even though the characters are obviously going through different conflicts, you can really feel that the characters love each other. And they really try their best.

  Steve Zissis

  Character, People, Trying

  "Amanda Peet and Steve Zissis discuss what the second season holds for Togetherness". Interview with Gwen Ihnat, www.avclub.com. February 21, 2016.

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• I'm sort of exploring where pacifism and socialism come into conflict. How do you reconcile a passionate rejection of might and violence with an attitude of "nil paseran" - "none shall pass" - in the face of fascism?

  Hal Duncan

  Attitude, Rejection, Passionate

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• The conflict between pacifism and socialism ultimately reflects a greater quandary of how one engages with such a system.

  Hal Duncan

  Socialism, Pacifism, Greater

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• Well what are our geopolitical objectives? First, that North America be peaceful, prosperous, dominated by the United States. Second, that no nation be able to approach the United States militarily ... Those are the goals. It's very simple. We achieve that by making certain that all conflict takes place in the Eastern Hemisphere so we don't have conflict here.

  George Friedman

  Simple, America, Goal

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• I am comfortable calling myself a writer of suspense, or a writer of thrillers; both terms are sort of interchangeable to me. I think that came from a sense of being at conflict with my true nature throughout my youth, and being afraid of discovery, and feeling as if I didn't belong.

  Christopher Rice

  Thinking, Discovery, Feelings

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• So, rather than trying to humbly mix with the rest of the world, we are forcing ourselves upon it. We seem to create conflicts with everyone.

  Chuck D

  Trying, World, Seems

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• One goal of ethical inquiry might be to uncover strategies available for use when values conflict or when rules are incomplete.

  Philip Kitcher

  Goal, Inquiry, Use

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• The first thing you have to do is acknowledge the basic and fundamental goodness of all beings. If you don't, then you are going to have conflict. That's at the core of Shambhala.

  Sakyong Mipham

  Firsts, Fundamentals, Goodness

  "Earth Protector: An Interview with Sakyong Mipham (complete interview)". Interview with Ray Hemachandra, rayhemachandra.com. July 30, 2015.

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• As the great naturalist Charles Darwin saw clearly, individual and collective interests often coincide, as in the invisible hand narrative. But he also saw that in many other cases, interests at the two levels are squarely in conflict, and that in those cases, individual interests generally trump. That simple observation suggests that market failure is often the result not of insufficient competition (the traditional charge from social critics on the Left), but of the very logic of competition itself.

  Bob Frank

  Simple, Two, Invisible Hand

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Conflict is part of being a foreign correspondent; spending long hours talking to politicians in capitals is another part of it.

  Stephen Farrell

  Talking, Long, Politician

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• "The Moderately Talented..." is just a commentary on the conflict that happens when a young artist girl looks up to you, but you're attracted to them in a different way than they are to you.

  Mark Kozelek

  Girl, Artist, Different

  Interview with Laura Snapes, pitchfork.com. May 23, 2012.

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• Usually there is a paradox in what a character wants. A conflict is built deeply within them. And then you put them in motion, throw everything at them until they reveal themselves further.

  Dana Spiotta

  Character, Want, Paradox

  "Dana Spiotta’s Age of Innocence". Interview with Jeff Vasishta, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 11, 2016.

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• In the nearer term, the likeliest source of risk is a conflict between China and the U.S. These are now the two largest economies in the world, and the combination of their economic interdependence, the sharp differences in their political and economic values, and the growing divergence in their interests makes this relationship potentially dangerous for everyone who might be affected by it - which means pretty much everyone.

  Ian Bremmer

  Mean, Two, Differences

  Source: bigthink.com

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• I think it's too easy to just say that there is a direct and necessary conflict between black identity and gay identity. I think it's more nuanced than that simply because I think black is a color and then people layer on top of it all kinds of socio-cultural elements.

  John Amaechi

  Gay, Thinking, Color

  "Big Think Interview With John Amaechi". Interview with Max Miller, bigthink.com. October 7, 2010.

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• I do not believe that the truth can ever be in conflict with God.

  Andrew Sullivan

  Believe

  "I Came Out First to God". Interview with Max Miller, bigthink.com. October 12, 2010.

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• I think a lot of people are afraid the truth is in conflict with God. And are unable to let go and let the truth of the world.

  Andrew Sullivan

  Letting Go, Thinking, People

  "I Came Out First to God". Interview with Max Miller, bigthink.com. October 12, 2010.

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• I think one of my favorite pieces I've ever done on the show which was about Hezbollah Israel conflict in 2006 and it was very pointed. It was a beautifully crafted piece of satire and it's a weird thing to say but it had a joke in there about 9/11 and I remember the audience sort of laughing but also kind of not knowing how to respond to that joke and it was just so - and I remember the tension after we did this joke on the air and there was this palpable gasp in the audience, but they were also laughing. And I thought oh, wow, that is something that is not being said in the Zeitgeist.

  Aasif Mandvi

  Thinking, Knowing, Air

  "Aasif Mandvi On Life As A 'No Land's Man' And Impressing Jon Stewart". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November 3, 2014.

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• If you haven’t already clearly defined your values, you may find yourself making choices that conflict with what you want. If, for example, honesty is a big thing for you, but you hang out with liars, there’s a conflict. When your actions conflict with your values, you’ll end up unhappy, frustrated, and despondent. In fact, psychologists tell us that nothing creates more stress than when our actions and behaviors aren’t congruent with our values.

  Darren Hardy

  Honesty, Liars, Stress

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• What's kind of happening is the conflict over football might be a class conflict where there is a percentage of people who have no relationship to physicality and a percentage of the populace who still does.

  Chuck Klosterman

  Football, Class, People

  "Chuck Klosterman: The future will be worse than you think". Interview with Chris Weller, www.businessinsider.com. June 6, 2016.

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• We could still have continued the arms race, but the arms race was pointless, and it was another reason we decided to start perestroika. It was senseless to continue to accumulate weapons. We had enough weapons to destroy life on Earth 1,000 times, and therefore it was very clear to us that the arms race could spiral out of control. A conflict could have started, as both the Americans and the Soviets realized, not out of a wrong political decision but because of a failure in the command-and-control systems.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Race, Command And Control, Decision

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. November 12, 2003.

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• A good story needs conflict, and virtual reality is a great hypothetical way to create conflict. ... In some ways, the future is going to be more boring than we think.

  Palmer Luckey

  Reality, Thinking, Way

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• I'm a long time [Scott] Fitzgerald fan, as probably everyone in America is. And I've always been fascinated by that theme of, what is the price of the American dream and what parts of your soul do you walk away with? The conflict of art versus commerce was also very interesting to me.

  Matt Bomer

  Dream, Art, America

  "Matt Bomer on 'The Last Tycoon' and His Long-Gestating Montgomery Clift Biopic". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 28, 2016.

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• As film-makers, it is very important for us to find common ground between cultures, and maybe that's less the case for politicians who benefit more from finding the conflicts and differences between us.

  Abbas Kiarostami

  Differences, Important, Culture

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. April 28, 2005.

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