“If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you've created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. And if there's no conflict, there are no stories worth telling - or reading!” IfsWorldStoriesReadingPerfectSucceedConflictCreatingUtopia Author:Veronica Roth
“In a lot of Western science fiction, you need some form of conflict, whether it's aliens or robots. I think in Western culture, being more suspicious of science, and hubris, you'll see a lot of fear of creating something that goes out of control.” ThinkingNeedsFormCultureFictionConflictCreatingScience FictionWesternAliensRobotsSuspiciousHubrisWestern CultureCreating Something Author:Cynthia Breazeal
“If they succeed in creating an inclusive structure in virtually any peaceful form, Iraq succeeds. If they fail, the U.S.-led coalition fails almost regardless of its military success and that of the new Iraqi forces, and Iraq will move towards division, paralysis, civil conflict and/or a new strongman.” IfsMovingFormForceFailingMilitaryCivilizationSucceedConflictCreatingStructureIraqPeacefulDivisionCoalitionsParalysis Author:Anthony H. Cordesman
“Propaganda analysis can contribute to world peace by exposing those techniques that lead to armed conflict by creating misapprehension of reality.” WorldRealityConflictCreatingTechniquePropagandaAnalysisExposingArmed Conflict Book:Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion Source: Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion
“We believe this approach (progress sharing) is a rational approach because you cooperate in creating the abundance that makes the progress possible, and then you share that progress after the fact, and not before the fact. Profit sharing would resolve the conflict between management apprehensions and worker expectations on the basis of solid economic facts as they materialize rather than on the basis of speculation as to what the future might hold.” BelieveFactsMightPoliticsEconomyProgressShareEconomicConflictApproachCreatingExpectationsBasesManagementWorkersProfitRationalAbundanceLiberalismResolveSpeculationApprehensionProfit Sharing Author:Walter Reuther
“Sometimes people talk about conflict between humans and machines, and you can see that in a lot of science fiction. But the machines were creating are not some invasion from Mars. We create these tools to expand our own reach.” PeopleHumansSometimesFictionConflictCreatingToolsMachinesScience FictionMarsInvasion Author:Ray Kurzweil
“It is hard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because we are not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creating a new "pearl" as we are in being right.” HardViewsConflictCreatingPoint Of ViewPearls Author:Thomas Crum
“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
“In one question you are expressing a world of opinion. Because it is you who thinks that America has been mistakenly starting these conflicts. I happen to agree with you, and I will repeat what your question suggested...we have mistakenly gotten into one fracas after another. Why we do that [United States has insisted on keeping up a string of enemies, and the wars associated with creating those enemies], I think it's because we're afraid to look in the mirror and understand who we are.” ThinkingWorldLooksHas BeensWarStatesHappensAmericaUnitedOpinionEnemyUnited StatesConflictCreatingMirrorsAgreeStartingRepeatsWho We AreStrings Author:Norman Lear
“[Donald Trump] has got his own controversies to deal with. The business conflicts are a big one. But he`s creating new ones. There`s no precedent for it.” BigsDealsTrumpConflictCreatingControversyPrecedent Author:Chuck Todd
“I was worried that I, the artist Morimura, would have conflicts with the participating artists and develop a strenuous relationship with them. But the actual experience was completely the opposite. The artists accepted my requests rather positively, because it came from a fellow artist. I strongly feel that the fact that my being an artist avoided the usual curator vs artist tension, and led to creating a positive atmosphere as well as developing a solidarity amongst artists and building a community for artists.” FeelsWellsFactsArtistCommunityBuildingConflictCreatingOppositesFellowsAcceptedDevelopingWorriedAtmosphereTensionUsualSolidarityPositivelyAvoidedRequestParticipatingBeing An ArtistCurator Author:Yasumasa Morimura