Conflict Quotes - page 34

The roles I'm interested in or have been interested in, you know, it's going to get down to conflict. Drama is conflict - conflict of interests. (Ben Foster)
I believe without exception that theory follows practice. Whenever there is a conflict between theory and practice, theory is wrong. As far as I'm concerned, we make theories for what people have done. View quote
David Baker
I will not nullify, I will not secede, but I will under sovereign State authority fight in the Union another revolutionary conflict for civil liberty, and a Union which will defend it. View quote
Henry A. Wise
This inevitability of conflict motivates us today and echoes the reminder that freedom is not given away and our national security is not achieved without sacrifice. View quote
Jim Walsh
There is a lot of noise and conflict in our political discourse, which is fun to cover, but I'm convinced from my travels that people also thirst for more details as well as insight and context. View quote
John King
Our National Guard, as I think everybody knows, has provided about 40 percent of the boots on the ground in Iraq and in the conflict against Islamofascism. They went into that battle, being called up for their national security service, short of equipment. View quote
Kit Bond
The United States contributes to peace in both by serving as a buffer between and among regional powers that, while not preparing for armed conflict, do not fully trust one another. View quote
Michael Mandelbaum
Certainly, protecting oppressed people, stopping ethnic conflict and promoting responsible governance are worthy goals. But none is as important for American security and prosperity as keeping the peace in the Middle East, Europe and East Asia. View quote
Michael Mandelbaum
I believe the Palestinians have never indicated a willingness to meet our minimum requirements, which are recognition of Israel's permanence and legitimacy as a Jewish state and end of claims and end of conflict. View quote
Michael Oren
For storytelling purposes, there has to be conflict, but that doesn't mean the people have to be mean. I've never liked mean-spirited comedy. View quote
Michael Schur
I don't know if there's an actors' slow-pitch softball league I could join. My agency has a team, but they say it would be a conflict of interest for the people they rep to play because I could hit a pop-up and they'd have to drop it on purpose. (Miles Teller)
I like people to be surprised by the turn of events. I don't want things just to be pat and formulaic. If there's some sort of internal combustion in the character or a desire to change the way things are going, that makes for conflict, which is the essence of drama. View quote
Miranda Richardson
It's much easier to make jokes about sensitive issues if there is some dissent, some conflict. View quote
Mo Rocca
I always try to create conflict and drama in my books; it's the engine of the novel. View quote
Monica Ali
I don't like to be feared, and I can't work in conflict, I'm very bad with conflict. I try to avoid it, it paralyzes me. View quote
Nadine Labaki
I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness. View quote
Park Geun-hye
Socially smart people have always mocked the threateningly mobile, and anti-branding is a central strand of high-end status conflict now. View quote
Peter York
You never want conflict. But sometimes conflict is inevitable. View quote
Richard Seymour
I don't play the role of a villain, really, but I like playing anti-hero kind of roles. I like characters where there's conflict, drama, and more personal investment than just being heroes. View quote
Randeep Hooda
I didnt like the Survivor shows because of the mean-spirited aspect, and women certainly were part of whatever conflict they would create. View quote
Sharon Lawrence
Everyone living under the social contract we call democracy has a duty to act responsibly, to obey the laws, and to abandon certain types of self-interested behaviors that conflict with the general good. (Simon Mainwaring)
Many of the Europeans who want Israel to go away don't even know why they do. Nearly a third of those interviewed concede they have no idea what the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is all about. It's enough to know that Israelis are Jews. View quote
Suzanne Fields
Conflict happens. People aren't happy all of the time. View quote
Sara Ramirez
My roles don't centre around drugs at all! Shadiness is different - it's drama. We're making movies! You've gotta have conflict. View quote
Timothy Olyphant
When a mother quarrels with a daughter, she has a double dose of unhappiness hers from the conflict, and empathy with her daughter's from the conflict with her. Throughout her life a mother retains this special need to maintain a good relationship with her daughter. View quote
Terri Apter