“I commended Angela [Merkel] for her leadership along with President Hollande in working to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. We continued to stand with the people of Ukraine and for the basic principle that nations have a right to determine their own destiny and we discussed the importance of maintaining sanctions until Russia fully complies with the Minsk Agreement.” PeopleNationsPresidentPrinciplesDestinyConflictImportanceDetermineRussiaAgreementResolveMaintainingUkraineSanctionsBasic PrinciplesAngela Author:Barack Obama
“People may wish to say that the thing that is in conflict with my creativity is not Buddhism - that's fine.” PeopleMayWishCreativityBuddhismFineConflict Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“I understand that words can mean different things to different people, and, further, that people can have different relationships with complex abstract entities such as Buddhism. To me, anyway, the entity in my life that conflicts with my creativity is Buddhism.” PeopleMeanDifferentCreativityBuddhismConflictComplexesAbstractDifferent ThingsEntityDifferent PeoplesDifferent Relationships Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“It's rare that you have a conflict and two people or two groups who are equally mature in their desire or capacity to get there. That doesn't mean it can't happen. What it means is that one person has to take the lead, has to be bigger. I call that kind of person the new first responder.” PeopleFirstsKindMeanPersonsTwoHappensDesireGroupsConflictCapacityBiggerMatureThat One Person Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“The person who takes the first step in a conflict toward the other, those are brave people.” PeopleFirstsPersonsStepsConflictBraveFirst Steps Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“Syria is a civil war. Syria began as a popular uprising, just like the other experiences in the Arab Spring, with a repressive government that responded by basically killing the protesters. It's not a genocide, it's a war, and there's a difference. Genocide is a preplanned attack on people because of who they are. This is a interstate conflict.” PeopleWarGovernmentDifferencesConflictSpringKillingCivil WarGenocideSyriaUprisingArab SpringInterstate Author:Susan Rice
“Right now, what my job is - pardon me? Those are just words. Right now, what my - my job is right now going beyond media conflicts and words is to say that Donald Trump, among other things, told the American people he would not cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and right now Republicans in the House and Senate are doing just that.” PeopleJobsHouseSocialCuttingSecurityMediaTrumpRepublicanRight NowConflictSenateSocial SecurityPardonMedicareMedicaidPardon MeMedicare And Medicaid Author:John Lewis
“You want to teach all kids the skills that are on the better side of human nature: empathy, appreciating how one's behavior is affecting other people, resolving disagreements in ways that do not involve conflict, taking another's perspective, honesty.” PeopleWayWantHumansKidsSidesTeachHuman NatureHonestyPerspectiveSkillsConflictBehaviorEmpathyAppreciateDisagreement Author:Ross W. Greene
“The vast majority of things parents and kids get in conflict over are highly predictable. We're disagreeing about the same expectations the kid is having difficulty meeting every hour, every day, every week. Because it's predictable, we can have these conversations proactively. That is very hard for people.” PeopleHardKidsParentHoursWeekConversationConflictExpectationsDifficultyMajorityMeetingsPredictable Author:Ross W. Greene
“There's conflict in everything, just trying to buy a used car you deal with people that you don't want to deal with, you know, that's just the way of life, nothing stops changing, you're always going to have the conflict till your last breath, I mean on your deathbed, arguing with the doctor who's going to pay the bill, you know, it's just the reality of it, so none of that ever goes away.” PeopleKnowsWayWantTryingMeanRealityLastsUsedDealsPayCarConflictDoctorsBreathsBillsArguingDoctor WhoDeathbedUsed Car Author:Maynard James Keenan
“[Vladimir] Putin is an enemy of political dissent. The U.S. celebrates political dissent and the right for people to argue free from violence about places where our ideas are in conflict.” PeopleIdeasPoliticalEnemyViolenceConflictArguingCelebrateDissentPutin Author:Benjamin E. Sasse
“Truth affirms freedom of speech. Putin is no friend of reli - freedom of speech. Putin is an enemy of freedom of religion. The U.S. celebrates freedom of religion. Putin is an enemy of the free press. The U.S. celebrates free press. Putin is an enemy of political dissent. The U.S. celebrates political dissent and the right for people to argue free from violence about places or ideas that are in conflict.” PeopleIdeasPoliticalEnemyViolenceConflictSpeechPressesArguingCelebrateFreedom Of SpeechDissentPutinNo FriendsFreedom Of ReligionFree Press Author:Benjamin E. Sasse
“What is the worst, is that you will have the meltdown of Zimbabwe that the IMF is talking about. And indeed what you will have is growing unemployment in Zimbabwe, growing impoverishment among the people, growing social conflict. And I think that is the worst sort of outcome, that collapse of Zimbabwe certainly would have a much, much worse effect on the region than mere image.” PeopleThinkingSocialTalkingGrowingWorstEffectsConflictMereOutcomesRegionsCollapseUnemploymentZimbabweImfMeltdowns Author:Thabo Mbeki
“It's time to question laws that senselessly expand the concept of self-defense and sow dangerous conflict in our neighborhoods. These laws try to fix something that was never broken. There has always been a legal defense for using deadly force if - and the 'if' is important - if no safe retreat is available. But we must examine laws that take this further by eliminating the common sense and age-old requirement that people who feel threatened have a duty to retreat, outside their home, if they can do so safely.” PeopleIfsFeelsTryingImportantSelfHomeAgeLawForceCan DoDangerousDutyBrokenSafeConflictConceptsAvailableDefenseNeighborhoodRequirementsThreatenedRetreatSelf DefenseEliminatingIfs AndDeadly Force Author:Eric Holder
“Being an older person now, I'm finding that people are calling me to play various things. Variations on the theme of mother, caretaker, and in some cases, doctors, heads of organizations and things like that. For some people, I'm finally old enough to play those roles. We see men playing them when they're a little bit younger, and also in roles that call for some form of conflict and violence, either generating it or trying to curtail it. Women don't seem to be a big part of those common and often used movie themes.” PeopleMenTryingLittlesPersonsEnoughPlayBigsSeemsFormUsedMotherBitsCommonRolesCasesViolenceCallingConflictFindingsLittle BitDoctorsOrganizationVariousThemeVariationCaretakers Author:Barbara Crampton
“Unsettled Middle East, in these times where the people are trying to find their way towards democracy, could be interesting for many reasons - for weapons to be sold, for new geostrategic interests to be protected, and something that we are not talking about, which is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The people who are lost in the whole discussion here are the Palestinians. We have demonstrations in Palestine in West Bank. Nobody is covering this. It's as if they don't exist anymore. And this is, in fact, central. And Israel is silent.” PeopleIfsWayTryingReasonWholeFactsLostInterestInterestingTalkingDemocracyMiddleConflictWeaponsSilentWestIsraelEastDiscussionMiddle EastProtectedPalestinianPalestineIsraeliDemonstrationCoveringNot TalkingIsraeli Palestinian Conflict Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Human rights is a big important part of how to prevent conflict in the first place if we focus on how the governments are treating their people.” PeopleIfsFirstsHumansImportantBigsGovernmentFocusRightsConflictHuman Rights Author:Nikki Haley
“We oppress people, we make our victims small wherever they are, whether they are a black girl in a rural community in, say, America or Britain, or whether it's something happening out there in one of the countries of conflict. I mean Sri Lanka, the human rights abuse there is appalling.” PeopleHumansMeanCountryAmericaGirlBlackCommunityRightsConflictHappeningsAbuseVictimHuman RightsBritainSri LankaBlack GirlRural Communities Author:Roma Tearne
“The humanitarian argument is so selective I find it difficult to swallow. It's not even so much about the choice as to where we should get involved and where we shouldn't. The minute you start arming people in these conflict zones, like Iraq and Afghanistan, things don't go as expected.” PeopleChoicesDifficultConflictArgumentHumanitarianZoneAfghanistanGet Involved Author:Michael Hastings
“If there were no controls on the internet - and I shudder to think at letting certain people have control of it. It is content related. Ultimately what they want to control and police is the content. They're liberals! They want to eliminate opposing points of view. They do it with political correctness, which is censorship. They do it in the Drive-By Media by simply ignoring all kinds of news that is not palatable or it conflicts with their worldview, they just ignore it and don't even cover it. It's inarguable.” PeopleThinkingKindPoliticalInternetConflictPolicePoint Of ViewAll KindsCensorshipWorldviewPolitical Correctness Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The vast majority of unfaithful people are experiencing a conflict between their values and their behavior, and that is the mess of infidelity. It's not an either-or. The idea that you would ask, "How can you say you love your husband and you want to stay married, and you also are having an affair?" Because we are not the same woman, or the same man. Because sexual revolutions don't take place at home. Because for most of us, freedom wasn't something that we experienced in our family, but usually outside of our family.” PeopleMenHomeValuesLove YouRevolutionHusbandConflictBehaviorMarriedAffairMessOur FamilyInfidelityUnfaithful Author:Esther Perel
“For a very long time, people have been saying to me, "What if you want to do this approach with every kid?" For a behaviorally challenging kid, you're parenting this way just to help bring the kid's behavior under control and to greatly reduce conflict. But you want to teach all kids the skills that are on the better side of human nature: empathy, appreciating how one's behavior is affecting other people, resolving disagreements in ways that do not involve conflict, taking another's perspective, honesty.” PeopleLongHelpingKidsChallengesTeachHuman NatureHonestyPerspectiveConflictBehaviorEmpathyAppreciateWhat IfDisagreement Author:Ross W. Greene
“Some people think that in order to lead a morally decent life one may sometimes have to forego the possibility of having a good life oneself. Even if that is true, it does not render morality incredible, but it does raise a question about morality's authority: about what one has most reason to do when one is faced with a conflict of this kind.” PeopleThinkingKindSometimesReasonPossibilityMoralityConflictAuthorityIncrediblesOneselfDecentGood Life Author:Samuel Scheffler
“The purpose of any military is to kill people and break things. It's not to advance anybody's social agenda. It's not a laboratory for the left's social ideas or playgrounds. It is to kill people and break things, and the second rule is that the aggressor in any conflict sets the rules. And if they violate an existing rule book, then so be it. The aggressor sets the rules, and right now, Putin is setting the rules.” PeopleBookPurposeBreakMilitaryConflictLaboratory Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The war in Iraq, specifically America's role of leadership in this war, is a painful invitation to ask ourselves what, if anything, we've learned from previous wars. I am revolted by the brutal killing of hundreds of thousands of innocent people during any war. And I'm saddened by the apparent inability of human beings to find less violent solutions to conflict and terrorism.” PeopleWarConflictSolutionsKillingPainfulTerrorismViolentInnocentWhat IfBrutalInvitationsSaddened Author:Wayne Dyer
“Key relationships can become threatened when you start exploring your own path. This is true when it comes to relationships with parents, mentors, and bosses. It's not always true, but many times these important people in our lives feel threatened in some way by our independence from them. There is an inner conflict that comes with exploring your own voice.” PeopleImportantParentPathConflictIndependenceBossMentorExploringPeople In Our Lives Author:Chip Espinoza
“I understand and respect people who say they want to boycott the Trump brand. I also respect your right to buy his products. But what you miss is that no one in public office, Hilary or Trump should use that platform to profit themselves. In Trump's case there are serious concerns about the conflict of interest in his brand and business ownership. Do we really want a president who had products he can push while working for the American people?” PeoplePresidentInterestMissingSeriousConflictOfficeConcernOwnershipBoycottRespect People Author:Michelle Singletary
“The novel is a big space, and a lot can happen. Just think about the parts of your life. How do we account for our own contradictions? The only way to understand them is to let them exist, as truths that indicate something about character. People are built of elements that don't fit together - and the conflict of that is their essential drive.” PeopleThinkingCharacterTogetherNovelFitConflictContradiction Author:Rachel Kushner
“All good dramas are rife with conflicts, and the conflicts have to be resolved. What I think is so great about a show that takes place in a hospital is that you have so many different people with different needs. Sometimes all those can be in conflict. The drama of Heartland also comes from the group of people waiting, and they are sometimes agonizingly waiting for a new organ for their body in order to survive. So the show is so much about survival, which creates a sense of urgency to get the organs. I think that sense of urgency is probably the most prominent dramatic quality to the show.” PeopleThinkingDifferentSometimesWaitingQualityDramaConflictSurvivalDramaticUrgency Author:Treat Williams
“I think people are uncomfortable seeing pregnant women, particularly with any kind of conflict. [Pregnancy is] very much a projection of life and love, but it's also very complicated. People have very complicated pregnancies. They could be accidental or people suffer depression, and that was a really interesting thing for me. And a challenging thing. I have not been pregnant. I don't know what that's like, let alone to be really conflicted about it. Acting in the film about pregnancy was a really interesting thing to do.” PeopleThinkingKindFilmSufferingChallengesInterestingActingConflictComplicatedUncomfortablePregnancyPregnantLife And LoveReally InterestingPregnant Women Author:Rose Byrne
“People love a conflict. Artistic conflict is not like that at all. It's just wanting your own space, it's not wanting what the other person has. And we dissolved at a good time - we were very close to the top of our game.” PeopleConflictArtisticGood Times Author:Grant Hart
“Being a New Jersey native, going down to the shore for my whole life, it's a big thing that out of towners are very much looked down on and there is a real conflict between the locals and the Bennies - people that are out of towners, not from the shore. That's slang going back in the day.” PeopleRealConflictWhole LifeNativeSlang Author:Valerie Estelle Frankel
“We hear a lot about theological justifications for the conflicts, but very little about the scientific evidence, which in no way supports them. The time period in which Moses was leading his people out of Egypt, into the Promised Land, the Promised Land was Egypt. We know that. Archaeological records are very clear. The Egyptians were avid bureaucrats even in those days and kept very scrupulous records. I think it's important for us to realize this conflict is built on a legend. It has no scientific support.” PeopleThinkingImportantRealizingSupportConflictEvidenceJustificationMosesTheological Author:Lawrence Wright
“Comfort is not where you grow. You grow in conflict, easy to say but hard to do. Adversity's greatest gain is I grow closer to Christ and still understand that God's in control and He always knows my situation. It's not too big for Him. And He has a plan for me. But sometimes the plan's not exactly what I want. But the plan is hopefully, to influence other people for eternity as they watch me go through that situation.” PeopleSometimesEasyChristSituationInfluenceComfortConflictEternityHopefullyWatch Me Author:Mike MacIntyre
“Today, maturity is a word I associate with spirituality. It's one of those words that cause people to change their voice. When your voice gets higher because of what you're saying, there's a problem. To me, the conflict of life is part of the joy of life. There's got to be a recognition of the friction that exists. Maturity seems somehow about getting careful. I don't want to be careful.” PeopleProblemTodayJoySpiritualityConflictCarefulRecognitionMaturityBe CarefulJoy Of LifeGetting High Author:Sean Penn
“I realized that for many people attending a reading is like watching television at the end of a long day. They don't want to be sad but to laugh. Chances are they'll pick the sitcoms over the horror movies. So I learned that, while one's larger body of fiction can have quite a bit of sadness and conflict and tragedy in it , in a reading environment, the average audience member seems able to tolerate only a little bit of sadness. They'd much rather the reading be sexy, funny, and witty. Life is hard these days. There's more than enough sadness in the world, so I can't blame them.” PeopleWorldLongEnoughReadingChanceAudienceLaughingEnvironmentSadnessHorrorConflictTragedyBlameWittySexyI RealizedTolerateSitcomLife Is HardLong Day Author:Chinelo Okparanta
“I'll probably lose every friend I've got, but I think the Russians are about the only people who have behaved decently in the conflict with the Ukraine. All the evidence to the contrary seems a bit bogus to me. NATO is trying to use Ukraine to isolate and cripple Russia, and that's completely crazy and very cruel. It seems to me that our side, the English and American people, really want it to go bad there. But there's no need for it to have done so. At least that's what I think. You won't hear a lot of that on Fox News.” PeopleThinkingTryingDoneCrazyConflictEvidenceNato Author:Robert Wyatt
“Crime fiction is a genre for writing stories about people - about conflict, about guilt, about passion, about the human condition.” PeopleWritingPassionCrimeConflictGuiltHuman Condition Author:Jo Nesbo
“I have to try to remind people on both sides of the barque of Peter that there is room for us all and that we are not the first generation of Catholics to experience serious theological and pastoral differences of opinion. In fact, from the New Testament, strong leaders within the church disagreed openly. Eventually, the truly great ones found ways to heal conflicts and keep the Lord's flock united.” PeopleTryingStrongChurchLeaderOpinionSeriousConflictCatholicHealNew TestamentTheological Author:Wilton Daniel Gregory
“Mr. Donald Trump talking about the US Mexican border, he's not doing anything new or unusual. It's something that's very much in the air and perhaps always has been. The Great Wall of China has been there for a great long time. People have always tried to keep foreigners out. There is a very natural desire, once you've got somewhere cozy, to keep it to yourself, and equally there's a very strong impulse for those who are not at such a safe and prosperous place to try and get in. It's been creating conflict throughout human history.” PeopleTryingLongDesireStrongNaturalWallConflictImpulseUnusualVery StrongMexicanProsperous Author:Lucy Hughes-Hallett
“I definitely see the good in people. Certainly in my own life I strive to be somebody who is functional and well adjusted and can face conflict in a non-emotional and non-destructive way, and those are the people I try to surround myself with in my life. But as characters, they bore me.” PeopleWayTryingWellsCharacterFacesMy OwnEmotionalConflictStriveDestructiveSurroundBoresMy Own Life Author:Alan Ball
“You can educate people on how to preempt their own conflict.” PeopleConflictEducate Author:Wangari Maathai
“For a long time I was convinced that the conflict between Jewish people and black people in this country was a media event.” PeopleLongCountryBlackMediaEventsConflictLong TimeConvincedBlack People Book:Conversations with Toni Morrison Source: Conversations with Toni Morrison
“A president can ask for reconciliation in the racial conflict that divides Americans. But reconciliation comes only from the hearts of people.” PeopleHeartAsksPresidentConflictDividesReconciliation Author:Richard M. Nixon
“People wrestle sometimes making movies, and I think that conflict is a very essential thing. I think a lot of very happy productions have produced a lot of very banal movies.” PeopleThinkingSometimesConflictEssentialsProductionsVery Happy Author:Edward Norton
“I think all art comes out of conflict. When I write I am always looking for the dramatic kernel of an event, the junctures of people's lives when they go in one direction, not another.” PeopleThinkingWritingArtEventsConflictDramaticOne DirectionKernelJuncture Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“A disagreement or incident involving someone who's not that important to you, like a guy who cut you off in traffic or a rude cashier, is something that should roll off your shoulders. Save the effort for resolving conflicts with the people you cherish.” PeopleShouldImportantGuyEffortCuttingConflictShouldersCherishTrafficRudeIncidentsDisagreementInvolvingCashiersResolving Conflict Author:Joel Osteen
“A conflict begins and ends in the hearts and minds of people, not in the hilltops.” PeopleMindHeartEndsConflictHeart And Mind Author:Amos Oz
“People on both sides of any conflict believe they are right, whether it's on a TV show or in the real world.” PeopleWorldBelieveRealShowsSidesTvsConflictReal WorldTv ShowsBoth Sides Author:Mandy Patinkin
“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.” PeopleHumansEasyPoorViewsPovertyMediaObjectsConflictDignityPityAgencyLackingPoor PeopleBadassHuman DignityPersonal DignityAmerican Media Author:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie