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Quotes About Confrontation

arm was seized and he was thrown over Fallon's back with a flying mare. He hit the ground with a thud and Fallon fell upon him, a knee driving into his solar plexus as Fallon came down, then that
~ Louis L'Amour
followed my sister Lorna to the creek when she went for water. When I came upon them he had grabbed my sister by the arm, and I straightaway knocked him down.
~ Louis L'Amour
Zero took the shovel. Then he swung it like a baseball bat. The metal blade smashed across Mr. Pendanski's face. His knees crumpled beneath him. He was unconscious before he hit the ground.
~ Louis Sachar
left his great-grandfather to face the hot barren desert. The Warden had left Stanley to face Mr. Sir. Somehow his great-grandfather
~ Louis Sachar
Oh, Jo, how could you? Your one beauty.
~ Louisa May Alcott
Now I've offended him. Well, if it does him good, I'm glad, if it makes him hate me, I'm sorry, but it's true, and I can't take back a word of it -Amy
~ Louisa May Alcott
I don't intend to run away from a girl. Jo can't prevent my seeing her, and I shall stay and do it as long as I like, interrupted Laurie in a defiant tone. Not if you are the gentleman I think you. I'm disappointed, but the girl can't help it, and the only thing left for you to do is to go away for a time. Where will you go?
~ Louisa May Alcott
How did you make the boys stop calling you Dora? I trashed 'em.
~ Louisa May Alcott
Those who refuse will be crushed.
~ Ron Chernow
As far as Chess, Carley Co.'s territory is concerned, every effort is being made to dislodge Rice.
~ Ron Chernow
tried to make it appear that we are attacking a race
~ Ron Chernow
blustering contractor stormed into his office and launched into a snarling tirade against him while he sat hunched over his writing desk and didn't look up until the man had exhausted himself. Then, spinning about in his swivel chair, he looked up and coolly asked, "I didn't catch what you were saying. Would you mind repeating that?
~ Ron Chernow
One morning, James burst into his office and started swearing violently at Rockefeller, who put his feet up on the desk with imperturbable poise and showed no sign of upset; a fine actor, he always had masterful control of his facial muscles. When James finished, Rockefeller said evenly, "Now James, you can knock my head off but you might as well understand that you can't scare me.
~ Ron Chernow
At this, Hamilton dropped any pose of civility and chastised Monroe, saying "your representation is totally false.
~ Ron Chernow
When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.
~ Ronald Reagan
Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.
~ Ronald Reagan
We think it's okay to talk to others about the problem we're having with so-and-so, but we never go straight to the source. We're guilty of slander or gossip. Even if what we say is true, it's still gossip.
~ Rory Noland
Quero dizer que nunca ninguém ganhou uma luta denfendendo-se. Para vencer, é preciso atacar.
~ Rosa Montero
Quero dizer que nunca ninguém ganhou uma luta defendendo-se. Para vencer, é preciso atacar.
~ Rosa Montero
Of a thousand Red Stick and allied insurgents, eight hundred were killed. [Andrew] Jackson lost forty-nine men.
~ Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
as bad as those other two." Gabe dug into his pocket. "Jeez…" She scowled at him, rocking her large frame in his direction. "Careful, Mr. Gabriel. My Lord
~ Roxanne St. Claire
He'd taken out one of them with well-placed elbow strikes and got another guy in a leg lock that probably wrecked the son of a bitch's knee for life, but Alec had no finesse with that last moron. He just slammed that fucker's head on the concrete and grounded-and-pounded with all he had. Might have killed him. Wouldn't
~ Roxanne St. Claire
The meaning of my star is war.
~ Rudyard Kipling
I have joyfully done much evil in my life to those who have wished me evil (General Maximus)
~ Rudyard Kipling