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When human rights are systematically abused, it raises the question whether it may be legitimate in some circumstances for the international community to intervene within individual states as well as in conflicts between states.

~Charles Kennedy

Topics: Abuse Between Circumstances Community Conflicts Human Human Rights Individual International International Community Intervene Legitimate May Question Raises Rights Some States Systematically Well Whether Within

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The U.N. is worse than disaster. The U.N. creates conflicts. Look at the disgraceful U.N. Human Rights Council: It transmits norms which are harmful, anti-liberty and anti-Semitic, among other things. The world would be better off in its absence.

~Charles Krauthammer

Topics: Absence Among Anti-Semitic Better Better Off Conflicts Council Creates Disaster Disgraceful Harmful Human Human Rights Look Norms Off Other Rights Than Things Which World Worse Would

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It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is easy to strip them of human dignity, to reduce them to objects of pity. This has never been clearer than in the view of Africa from the American media, in which we are shown poverty and conflicts without any context.

~Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Topics: Africa Agency American Any Been Clearer Conflicts Context Dignity Easy Human Human Dignity Inherently Lacking Media Never Objects People Pity Poor Poor People Poverty Reduce See Shown Strip Than Them View Which Will Without

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Due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences, I am permanently leaving the band Audioslave. I wish the other three members nothing but the best in all of their future endeavours.

~Chris Cornell

Topics: Am Band Best Conflicts Differences Due Future Leaving Members Musical Nothing Other Permanently Personality Three Well Wish I Am I Wish

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I don't like conflicts. I'm not a competitive person at heart. To be in the middle of turmoil is boring.

~Christian Louboutin

Topics: Boring Competitive Competitive Person Conflicts Heart Like Middle Person Turmoil

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We all wake up in the morning wanting to live our lives the way we know we should. But we usually don't, in small ways. That's what makes a character like Batman so fascinating. He plays out our conflicts on a much larger scale.

~Christopher Nolan

Topics: Batman Character Conflicts Fascinating He Know Larger Like Live Lives Makes Morning Much Our Our Lives Out Plays Scale Should Small Up Wake Wake Up Wanting Way Ways

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Even though I don't have a lot of spare time, what I do have I'm very protective of, and so I make sure to have a normal life and to remember that, while it's important to keep in mind these conflicts are ongoing, it's also important to enjoy simple pleasures, too.

~Clarissa Ward

Topics: Also Conflicts Enjoy Even Important Keep Life Lot Make Mind Normal Normal Life Ongoing Pleasures Protective Remember Simple Spare Spare Time Sure Though Time Too Very While

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'Star Wars' is very black and white, and honestly, I like it that way. But fantastical settings like that work best when the characters within them feel real. Real people have conflicts and make mistakes and get it wrong sometimes.

~Claudia Gray

Topics: Best Black Black And White Characters Conflicts Feel Get Honestly Like Make Mistakes People Real Real People Settings Sometimes Star Star Wars Them Very Wars Way White Within Work Wrong

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There are millions of people, refugees, who have experienced the same conflicts and struggles I did. They have the same potential to defy the odds and achieve great things.

~Clemantine Wamariya

Topics: Achieve Conflicts Defy Did Experienced Great Great Things Millions Millions Of People Odds People Potential Refugees Same Struggles Things Who

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The Gospel itself is angular. It always has been. It always conflicts. It always challenges every generation. It challenges different generations in different ways.

~D. A. Carson

Topics: Always Been Challenges Conflicts Different Different Ways Every Generation Generations Gospel Itself Ways

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