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Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope. The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground.

~Abdullah Ii Of Jordan

Topics: Born Coming Confrontation Consequences Costly Destruction Fear Few Gift Ground Hope However Innocent Lives Loss Most Out Over Past Past Few Years People Precious Precious Gift Present Progress Renewed Road Shown Tangible Weeks Years You Your

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When there's a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming to pick up the pieces.

~Abdullah Ii Of Jordan

Topics: Come Confrontation Everybody Military Pick Pieces Point Quo Running Screaming Shakes Some Sort Status Status Quo Up Which

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The Polish freedom movement of 1968 lost its confrontation with police violence; the Prague Spring was crushed by the armies of five Warsaw Pact members. But in both countries, 1968 gave birth to a new political consciousness.

~Adam Michnik

Topics: Armies Birth Both Confrontation Consciousness Countries Crushed Five Freedom Gave Lost Members Movement New Pact Police Polish Political Prague Spring Violence Warsaw

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Turkey wants a policy of engagement exactly like President Obama's new approach. Policy of engagement, less confrontation, less tense attitude, especially in the region.

~Ahmet Davutoglu

Topics: Approach Attitude Confrontation Engagement Exactly Less Like New Obama Policy President Region Tense Turkey Wants

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Any confrontation, such as a verbal one with the United States, would be harmful for everybody.

~Alain Juppe

Topics: Any Confrontation Everybody Harmful States United United States Verbal Would

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I know there's an impression that I'm someone who seeks to have violent confrontations with people. I don't. Do I regret screaming at some guy who practically clipped my kid in the head with the lens of a camera? Yeah, I probably do, because it's only caused me problems.

~Alec Baldwin

Topics: Because Camera Caused Confrontation Guy Head Impression Kid Know Lens Me Only People Practically Problems Regret Screaming Seeks Some Someone Violent Who Yeah

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War is murder. And the military preparations now being made for a potential major confrontation are aimed at collective murder. In a nuclear age the victims would be numbered by the millions. This naked truth must be faced.

~Alva Myrdal

Topics: Age Being Collective Confrontation Faced Made Major Military Millions Must Naked Now Nuclear Numbered Potential Preparations Truth Victims War Would

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Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.

~Andy Goldsworthy

Topics: Accept Confrontation Part Project Purpose Something Though

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The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same rules of formal confrontation.

~Angela Carter

Topics: Bed Confrontation Dinner Dinner Table Formal Governed Now Public Rules Same Table

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I can't stand confrontation, which maybe is a character flaw. But having said that, I do feel like when I do get upset - which is rare, as my husband and family would say - I have a hard time letting go.

~Anna Faris

Topics: Character Confrontation Family Feel Flaw Get Go Hard Hard Time Having Husband Letting Letting Go Like Maybe Rare Said Say Stand Time Upset Which Would

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