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“I don't know where the characters are going to go or what's going to happen. I know that something inevitable will happen. I know that they want certain things and they're in a certain room and they smell like this and they look like that. More often than not, an entropy creeps in that strangles me, and then the inevitable happens. I don't know if I have the ability to write an ending like My Fair Lady's, when everyone gets what they want after a few minor conflicts. If I tried to write that it would just be false. Or I'd have someone enter with a machine gun.”

Ifs Knows Want Writing Looks Character Happens Certain Ability Rooms Conflict Gun Fairs Machines Smell Inevitable Minors Creeps Entropy Machine Guns My Fair Lady

Author:Adam Rapp

“Conflict is inevitable, the source of all growth, and an absolute necessity if one is to be alive.”

Ifs Growth Alive Source Conflict Absolutes Inevitable

Author:Jean Baker Miller

“We're always projecting our moral categories on things. I think that's inevitable. But capitalism places no particular value on morality. Morality in the market is enforced by contract and regulation and law, because morality is understood to be in conflict with the motive force of greed and accumulation.”

Thinking Law Values Force Moral Particular Morality Conflict Understood Capitalism Greed Inevitable Motive Contracts Categories Regulation Accumulation

Author:Michael Pollan

“Chamberlain's visit to Hitler today may bring things to a head or may result in a temporary postponement of what looks to me likean inevitable conflict within the next five years.”

Years Looks May War Today Next Peace Results Five Conflict Inevitable Five Years Temporary Appeasement Postponement Chamberlain

Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The Disarmament Conference has become the focal point of a great struggle between anarchy and world order... between those who think in terms of inevitable armed conflict and those who seek to build a universal and durable peace.”

Thinking World Order Term Struggle Conflict Universal Inevitable Anarchy Conferences World Order Disarmament Focal Point Armed Conflict

Author:Arthur Henderson

“Conflict in close relationships is not only inevitable, it's essential. Intimacy connects people who are inevitably different.”

People Different Conflict Essentials Intimacy Inevitable Closeness Close Relationship

Author:Martha Beck

“Is war an inevitable outcome of competing interests in a complex society? In other words, would war be the same even if human nature were very different? There are mathematical models of large groups working together that lead to conflict on a reliable basis. So there's a whole other view of war that is not psychological at all.”

“Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.”

Ifs Community Accepting Conflict International Inevitable Saddam Default Disarmament International Community

Author:Tony Blair

“Since [narcissists] deep down, feel themselves to be faultless, it is inevitable that when they are in conflict with the world they will invariably perceive the conflict as the world's fault. Since they must deny their own badness, they must perceive others as bad. They project their own evil onto the world. They never think of themselves as evil, on the other hand, they consequently see much evil in others.”

Thinking World Feels Hands Evil Conflict Projects Faults Deny Inevitable Perceive Deep Down Narcissist Badness

Author:M. Scott Peck

“Why, sir," said he, looking about him, "what splendour I see: gold lace, breeches, cocked hats. Allow me to recommend a sandwich. And would you be contemplating an attack, at all?" "It had crossed my mind, I must admit," said Jack. "Indeed, I may go so far as to say, that I am afraid a conflict is now virtually inevitable. Did you notice we have cleared for action?”

Mind May Said Action Conflict Gold Inevitable Hats Contemplating Sandwiches Lace Splendour

Author:Patrick O'Brian

“Conflict is inevitable but combat is optional.”

War Peace Conflict Inevitable Resolution Combat Antiwar Connecting Disputes Peace War Ubuntu Conflict Resolution Mediation Peace Justice Optional Win Win

Book:Let the Journey Begin: Finding God's Best for Your Life

Source: Let the Journey Begin: Finding God's Best for Your Life

“Over the next 20 to 30 years, we are going to end up with world government. It's inevitable... There's going to be conflict, coercion and consensus. That's part of what will be required as we give birth to the first global civilization.”

World Giving Years Firsts Ends Government Next Communication Birth Civilization Conflict Inevitable Consensus Coercion World Government

Author:Jim Garrison

“...Choice in every form is conflict. Contradiction is inevitable in choice; this contradiction, inner and outer breeds confusion and misery.”

Form Choices Conflict Misery Confusion Inevitable Contradiction Free Will

Book:Krishnamurti's Notebook

Source: Krishnamurti's Notebook

“"The true Islamic concept of peace goes something like this: "Peace comes through submission to Muhammad and his concept of Allah" (i.e. Islam). As such the Islamic concept of peace, meaning making the whole world Muslim, is actually a mandate for war. It was inevitable and unavoidable that the conflict would eventually reach our borders, and so it has."”

World War Whole Conflict Concepts Islam Whole World Inevitable Borders Islamic Submission Muhammad Mandates

Author:Vernon Richards