“I sometimes say the conflict in the work is the conflict of my own thoughts and anxieties. It's a civil war in my head. The top part [of my artwork] is you letting go and floating. You become part of the air and you've tapped into the heartbeat of the universe. I guess that's what people do when they meditate.” PeopleHeartWarSometimesUniverseMy OwnAirConflictLetting GoAnxietyCivil WarFloatingHeartbeatArtwork Author:Ali Banisadr
“I don't think you should write something as long as a novel around anything that is not of the gravest concern to you and everybody else and for me this is always the conflict between an attraction for the Holy and the disbelief in it that we breathe in with the air of the times.” ThinkingShouldWritingLongNovelAirHolyConflictConcernBreatheAttractionDisbelief Author:Flannery O'Connor
“The world starts to exist, for Americans, when we are in conflict with a place. And then all of a sudden, Afghanistan pops up on the TV screen and it becomes a place. And it exists for three weeks and then it disappears into thin air.” WorldThreeAirWeekTvsConflictPopsDisappearScreensAfghanistanThin Air Author:Isabel Allende
“I write, and I feel how the correct and precise use of words is sometimes like a remedy to an illness. Like a contraption for purifying the air, I breathe in and exhale the murkiness and manipulations of linguistic scoundrels and language rapists of all shades and colors. I write and I feel how the tenderness and intimacy I maintain with language, with its different layers, its eroticism and humor and soul, give me back the person I used to be, me, before my self became nationalized and confiscated by the conflict, by governments and armies, by despair and tragedy.” GivingFeelsWritingPersonsDifferentSoulSelfSometimesUseGovernmentUsedLanguageAirColorConflictDespairGive MeTragedyArmyIllnessBreatheUsed To BeIntimacyManipulationShadeLayersTendernessRemedyPreciseScoundrelsPurifying Author:David Grossman
“If we clear the air of the fog of catchwords which surround the conduct of war, and grasp that in the human will lies the source and mainspring of all conflict, as of all other activities of man's life, it becomes clear that our object in war can only be attained by the subjugation of the opposing will. All acts, such as defeat in the field, propaganda, blockade, diplomacy, or attack on the centres of government and population, are seen to be but means to that end.” IfsMenHumansMeanWarEndsGovernmentLyingClearAirFieldsObjectsSourceActivityConflictDefeatPopulationPropagandaSurroundCentreFogDiplomacyOpposingSubjugationHuman WillBlockades Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“We have sacrificed and we have endured extreme hardship, but we have maintained the key goal - we have denied the enemy its main objective of creating two political geographies in this country through the all-out war which has been unleashed against us. If we had a first-rate air force, the nature of the conflict would be completely different.” IfsFirstsHas BeensTwoDifferentWarCountryWould BePoliticalForceGoalEnemyAirKeysConflictCreatingRateExtremesObjectivesHardshipDeniedGeographyAir ForceUnleashed Author:Ashraf Ghani
“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.” ThinkingKindSaidDoneShowsRememberAudienceLaughingKnowingPiecesAirConflictJokesMy FavoriteIsraelTensionSatireWowNot KnowingWeird ThingsZeitgeistHezbollah Author:Aasif Mandvi
“We only gain collectively by acting now. We gain by one day not having to pay a thing for fuel. We gain by having cleaner air, water, and food so that we are healthier and our health care costs come down. We gain by deflating the global fossil fuel markets that drive much of the conflict around the world.” WorldCareWaterPayActingAirOne DayCostConflictGainsAround The WorldHealth CareFuelFossilsFossil FuelCleanersHealth Care CostsActing Now Author:Mark Ruffalo