Confronting Quotes

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I suppose that the media and their portrayal of Islam and the almost tribal separations and divisions of the Muslims are the greatest issues confronting… — Cat Stevens
Defense contractors are able to reap tremendous profits while rarely confronting the risks for which those profits are supposed to be the reward. — James Surowiecki
The myths underlying our culture and underlying our common sense have not taught us to feel identical with the universe, but only parts of it,… — Alan Watts
Conservatives used to believe in confronting hard truths, not succumbing to comforting fairy tales. Some still do. — Fareed Zakaria
The optimist underestimates how difficult it is to achieve real change, believing that anything is possible and it's possible now. Only by confronting head-on the… — Julian Baggini
Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will sacrifice all the beauty of our lives, will imprison ourselves in… — James A. Baldwin
Let us not overlook vital things, because of the bulk of trifles confronting us. — Emma Goldman
When you live alone, your furnishings, your possessions, are always confronting you with the thinness of your existence. — ZoÃ« Heller
I wanted to live, but whether I would or not was mystery, and in the midst of confronting that fact, even at that moment, I… — Lance Armstrong
We will see that the greatest problem confronting civilization is not merely religious extremism: rather, it is the larger set of cultural and intellectual accommodations… — Sam Harris
I spend most of my waking hours confronting and destroying things that I fear. A thousand-year-old master vampire was a tall order, but a girl's… — Laurell K. Hamilton
Recognizing and confronting our history is important. Transcending our history is essential. We are not limited by what we have done, or what we have… — George W. Bush
It is in the whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has meaning. Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and… — M. Scott Peck
The sacred is in the ordinary...it is to be found in one's daily life, in one's neighbors, friends, and family, in one's own backyard...travel may… — Abraham Maslow
All I want is' - and he uttered the final words through clenched teeth and with a sort of shame - 'to retain my freedom.'… — Jean-Paul Sartre
But there was a time when each of us stood naked before the world, confronting life as a serious problem with which we were intimately… — T.H. White
It's always a disappointing business confronting my own reflection. My body isn't bad. It's a perfectly nice, serviceable body. It's just that the external me-… — ZoÃ« Heller
It seems to be very hard for people to live with riddles or to let them live, although one would think that life is so… — Carl Jung
...I started to realize how many great things could happen by confronting the things that scare you most. — David Archuleta
In summary, Intelligence Intensification is desirable, because there is not a single problem confronting humanity that is not either caused or considerably worsened by the… — Robert Anton Wilson

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