Conflict Quote by John le Carre Download Open image “For better or worse, I've been involved in the description of political conflict.” — John le Carre ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Conflict Description Involved Political Politics War
“All concepts of politics, of whatever kind, are about conflict──how to contain it, or abolish it.” — Ralph Miliband Copy Share Image
Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you. — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
Political conflicts are merely surface manifestations. If conflicts arise you may be sure that certain powers intend to keep this conflict under operation since… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
I'm no longer afraid of conflict, and I don't think conflict is a bad thing. — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
Great drama is all about conflict, and what's a better conflict than Republican-Democrat? — Allison Janney Copy Share
I don't really like conflict at all, and I really find conflict pretty devastating. I try to avoid it at all costs. — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
I was interested in writing something that has meaning in the larger context of global conflicts anywhere. — Ru Freeman Copy Share Image
Making sense of a political moment when you're in the midst of it is difficult: even if you avoid commercial and personal conflicts, it… — Katharine Viner Copy Share Image
I'm not really much into politics, because it's rarely discussed in my line of work. — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
All conflict we experience in the world, is a conflict within our own selves. — Brenda Shoshanna Copy Share Image
The creation of George Smiley, the retired spy recalled to hunt for just such a high-ranking mole in 'Tinker, Tailor,' was extremely personal. I… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“You're history, Donohue. You think countries run the fucking world! Go back to fucking Sunday school. It's 'God save our multinational' they're singing these… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
The trouble is, when professional spies go out of their way to make a definitive statement about one of their own, the public tends… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Ideologies have no heart of their own. They're the whores and angels of our striving selves. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“Pain observed is journalistic pain. It's diplomatic pain. It's television pain, over as soon as you switch off your beastly set.” — John le Carré Copy Share Image
The greatest threat to mankind comes from the renunciation of individual scruple in favor of institutional denominators. . . . Real heroism lies, as… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“and the wood smoke will roll out of the fireplace on to the carpet we paid too much for on that rainy afternoon in… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
“Middle children weep longer than their brothers and sisters. Over her mother’s shoulder, stilling her pains and her injured pride, Jackie Lacon watched the… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The U.S.-Mexican border es un herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds. And before a scab forms it hemorrhages… — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
There is a conflict in the Middle East between two entities, and they're both right, each in their own way. — Reuven Rivlin Copy Share Image
I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
Africa, being the major target of colonial plunder, therefore becomes a major source of conflict. — Gerald Horne Copy Share Image
All drama is conflict. Without conflict, there is no action. Without action, there is no character. Without character, there is no story. And without… — Syd Field Copy Share Image
The irrepressible conflict propounded by abolitionism has produced now its legitimate fruits - disunion. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“These are all good things, I said. But no one knows where your country is or who you are. You don't have a familiar… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
I understand the formula that producers hire directors and directors are hired to direct and actors are hired to act. I don't have any… — Danny Trejo Copy Share Image
“While there is battle and hatred men have eyes for nothing save the fact that the enemy is the cause of all the troubles;… — Herbert Butterfield Copy Share Image
UN peacekeeping operations are now increasingly complex and multi-dimensional, going beyond monitoring a ceasefire to actually bringing failed States back to life, often after… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
