The point of recapitulation in the first movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony unleashes one of the most horrifyingly violent episodes in the… — Susan McClary Copy Share Image
At the same time, old confrontations have taken on frightening urgency, especially the India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir and the violent stalemate in… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“[W]hile the use of non-lethal weapons such as tasers and LEDIs may not necessarily reduce the number of civilian casualties, they have… — John W. Whitehead Copy Share Image
It is easy to criticize and find fault with the conduct of kings, and write furious articles against them in newspapers, or… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Society had grown cruel. People who felt they were unwanted or unwelcome in their own country, reacted with aggression. There was no… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
Coming from the '50s, things were very violent. We were still being lynched. If I drove down through the South with my… — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
Christianity persecuted, tortured, and burned. Like a hound it tracked the very scent of heresy. It kindled wars, and nursed furious hatreds… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
I want our enemies to understand that don't think that their violent acts are going to cause this president to leave before… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
There's been real hostility toward political poetry in the U.S., hostility or, at best, incomprehension. I'm speaking of those who have institutional… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
The weight of the old world is stifling, and trying to shovel its weight off your life is tiring just to think… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
On the whole, we're a murderous race. According to Genesis, it took as few as four people to make the planet too… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“Man is born violent but is kept in check by the people around him. If he nevertheless manages to throw off his… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share Image
So "Grand Theft Auto," for those who don't know, is the video game series where players pretend to drive cars around these… — Peter Sagal Copy Share Image
Say you're a sex worker and your partner knows you're a sex worker, but you're not out to your family. That could… — Melissa Gira Grant Copy Share Image
The violence in the Executioner books is merely stage-dressing for dramatizing the commitment and dedication Bolan has to his ideals and the… — Don Pendleton Copy Share Image
My first film - a challenging role and completely different from the persona that was created in Italy. I was this super… — Moran Atias Copy Share Image
In the so-called civilized world, children are physically, sexually and/or emotionally abused; they are the leaders of our future. When children are… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
Say to yourself in the early morning: I shall meet today ungrateful, violent, treacherous, envious, uncharitable men. All of these things have… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
We must have a new reformation. There must come a violent break with that irresponsible, amusement-mad, paganized pseudo-religion which passes today for… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Nature actually works through intense cooperation. There is competition in nature , but it thrives through cooperation. We don't teach this to… — Tom Shadyac Copy Share Image
Who wouldn't want to vote for a guy who was a peaceful, radical, non-violent revolutionary; who hung around with lepers, hookers, and… — John Fugelsang Copy Share Image
9/11 was not an act of war. It was a criminal act. It was a simple. Criminal act by a bunch of… — Pierre Sprey Copy Share Image
You truly need to witness me goo-gooing and coo-cooing and making up goofy little songs to glean a full appreciation of how… — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
Defenders of the status quo will often try to mislead the public by saying, "Just look at our state prisons: nearly half… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Women, know your worth! If a man is violent, your worth is clearly in your astounding potential to be his personal, unpaid,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Men's consciences ought in no sort to be violated, urged, or constrained. And whenever men have attempted any thing by this violent… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
My painting is not violent, it's life that is violent. Even within the most beautiful landscape, in the trees, under the leaves,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Because The Honorable Elijah Muhammad makes black people brave enough, men enough to defend ourselves no matter what the odds are, the… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
It was tricky [to write about Israelis], because everyone has an opinion about the Arab - Israeli conflict, and when I first… — Molly Antopol Copy Share Image
This whole society, up to now, has been very violent with the individual. It does not believe in the individual; it is… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
In most ages many countries have had part of their inhabitants in a state of slavery; yet it may be doubted whether… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
...When our thoughts revolve we are so often deceived into supposing that their violent movement is an indication of their vigorous originality,… — Janet Frame Copy Share Image
His death certificate says he died first of pneumonia and secondly of Alzheimer's disease. They could have listed another cause of death:… — Rose George Copy Share Image
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Anti-Islamist Muslims - who wish to live modern lives, unencumbered by burqas, fatwas and violent visions of jihad - are on the… — Daniel Pipes Copy Share Image
Emotional occasions, especially violent ones, are extremely potent in precipitating mental rearrangements. The sudden and explosive ways in which love, jealousy, guilt,… — William James Copy Share Image
If we are demoralized, sad and only complain, we’ll not solve our problems. If we only pray for a solution, we’ll not… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We're a miserably violent species. But there's a complication, which is we don't hate violence, we hate the wrong kind. And when… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
Mexico just needs more journalists, and especially more good places to publish and exhibit. There are all kinds of censorship practiced in… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
New York blends the gift of privacy with the excitement of participation; and better than most dense communities it succeeds in insulating… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
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