“It is a kind and wise arrangement of Providence that weaves our sorrows into the elements of character and that all the disappointments, and conflicts, and afflictions of life may, if rightly used, become the means of improvement, and create in us the sinews of strength.... the dross is left in the crucible, the baser metals are transmuted, and the character is enriched with gold.” IfsKindMayMeanCharacterUsedLeftWiseSorrowConflictElementsGoldDisappointmentImprovementMetalsProvidenceArrangementsAfflictionCrucibleDross Author:William Morley Punshon
“I always like to try different things, different genres; stories that have a dramatic element and can generate conflict which I find appealing; where the characters have to overcome obstacles. That kind of thing is challenging.” TryingKindDifferentCharacterStoriesChallengesConflictElementsOvercomingObstaclesGenreDramaticDifferent ThingsDifferent Genres Author:Clint Eastwood
“When a novelist or screenwriter is looking for a subject, the element he's seeking is conflict. Conflict makes drama. Conflict produces great characters and memorable scenes. So war is a natural topic.” WarCharacterNaturalSubjectsProduceDramaSceneConflictElementsSeekingNovelistsMemorableTopicsScreenwritersGreat Character Author:Steven Pressfield
“Art's effect is due to the tension resulting from the clash of the collocation of elements of two (or more) systems of interpretation. This conflict has the function of breaking down automatism of perception and occurs simultaneously on the many levels of a work of art ... All levels may carry meaning.” MayArtTwoPoetryLevelsEffectsConflictElementsPerceptionFunctionDuesTensionInterpretationWorks Of ArtBreaking DownClash Author:Yuri Lotman
“The elements were "seeking" each other in rage and confusion, and in the fury of the conflict boastful man was utterly humiliated, sucked down, drowned.” MenLossConflictElementsSeekingRageDisasterConfusionFuryHumiliated Book:Green Dolphin Street Source: Green Dolphin Street
“In the remaining months, we should focus on achieving more robust international involvement in training of Iraqi soldiers, police officers, judges, teachers, and doctors - all key elements needed to end the sectarian and civil conflict and build Iraq's future.” ShouldEndsFocusTeacherAchieveJudgingKeysMonthsNeededConflictElementsTrainingDoctorsPoliceSoldierInternationalIraqOfficersInvolvementPolice OfficerRobust Author:John Olver
“I would that the healing power of Christ might spread over the earth and be diffused through our society and into our homes, that it might cure men's hearts of the evil and adverse elements of greed and hate and conflict. I believe it could happen. I believe it must happen. If the lamb is to lie down with the lion, then peace must overcome conflict, healing must mend injury.” IfsMenBelieveHeartHomeMightHappensEarthLyingHateEvilI BelieveChristHealingConflictElementsOvercomingGreedSpreadCuresInjuryOur SocietyLionsLambsAdverse Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“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.” PeopleThinkingKindEasyBlackIdentityColorGayConflictElementsDirectAll KindsLayers Author:John Amaechi
“Civilization just takes it as a given that the whole world was flooding. Then science came and you had geology and modern astrophysics, and time became well understood going back billions of years. So enlightened religious people, as a necessity, had to shed the magical elements of the Bible. A little known fact is that Thomas Jefferson did just that. There's something called the Jefferson Bible. It's not widely publicized because it sort of conflicts with certain people's ideas of what the founding fathers were.” PeopleWorldYearsWellsLittlesIdeasWholeFactsCertainFatherGivenReligiousKnownModernCivilizationConflictElementsUnderstoodBillionsWhole WorldEnlightenedShedFoundingGeologyFloodingAstrophysics Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“A movie can and should have some real dissonance throughout - rage, heartache, tears, conflict, catharsis and all the other elements Aristotle demanded of a good story - but the chord has to be resolved.” ShouldRealStoriesTearsConflictElementsShould HaveRageHeartacheChordsGood StoryCatharsisDissonance Author:Josh Radnor
“The measures adopted to restore public order are: First of all, the elimination of the so-called subversive elements. ... They were elements of disorder and subversion. On the morrow of each conflict I gave the categorical order to confiscate the largest possible number of weapons of every sort and kind. This confiscation, which continues with the utmost energy, has given satisfactory results.” FirstsKindGovernmentOrderEnergyGivenResultsNumbersConflictElementsWeaponsGunDisorderGun ControlAdoptedSubversiveMorrowEliminationSubversionDisarmingAnti Gun Author:Benito Mussolini