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Quotes About Confrontation

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi At the hole where he went in Red-Eye called to Wrinkle-Skin. Hear what little Red-Eye saith: Nag, come up and dance with death! Eye to eye and head to head, (Keep the measure, Nag.) This shall end when one is dead; (At thy pleasure, Nag.) Turn for turn and twist for twist-- (Run and hide thee, Nag.) Hah! The hooded Death has missed! (Woe betide thee, Nag!)
~ Rudyard Kipling
He who rebukes the World is rebuked by the World
~ Rudyard Kipling
Hear what little Red-Eye saith: "Nag, come up and dance with death!
~ Rudyard Kipling
At the hole where he went in Red-Eye called to Wrinkle-Skin. Hear what little Red-Eye saith: "Nag, come up and dance with death!" Eye to eye and head to head,      (Keep the measure, Nag.) This shall end when one is dead;      (At thy pleasure, Nag.) Turn for turn and twist for twist–      (Run and hide thee, Nag.) Hah! The hooded Death has missed!      (Woe betide thee, Nag!)
~ Rudyard Kipling
At the hole where he went in Red-Eye called to Wrinkle-Skin. Hear what little Red-Eye saith: "Nag, come up and dance with death!
~ Rudyard Kipling
The big man had been wakened by the noise, and had fired both barrels of a shotgun into Nag just behind the hood.
~ Rudyard Kipling
the others down by the melon bed." Nagaina spun clear round
~ Rudyard Kipling
Sleepest thou still, Shere Khan? Wake, oh, wake! Here come I, and the bulls are behind. Rama, the King of the Buffaloes, stamped with his foot. Waters of the Waingunga, whither went Shere Khan?
~ Rudyard Kipling
Here Rikki-tikki interrupted, and the rest of the song is lost.)
~ Rudyard Kipling
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, tho' they come from the ends of the earth!
~ Rudyard Kipling
The hot wine had filled him. Under the stars he mocked me—therefore I killed him!
~ Rudyard Kipling
Cyber Leader: Daleks, be warned. You have declared war upon the Cybermen. Dalek Sec: This is not war - this is pest control! Cyber Leader: We have five million Cybermen. How many are you? Dalek Sec: Four. Cyber Leader: You would destroy the Cybermen with four Daleks? Dalek Sec: We would destroy the Cybermen with one Dalek! You superior in only one respect. Cyber Leader: What is that? Dalek Sec: You are better at dying.
~ Russell T. Davies
As time passed, hundreds of Arabs streamed out from neighboring areas and the Old City with more guns, hand grenades, and Molotov cocktails. British soldiers watched from their post less than a hundred yards away and did nothing.
~ Ruth Gruber
You're a hidjus old pollywobble!
~ Ruth Park
were unaware that the room was crowded with ghosts who were about to propel us into the present and force us to face the future.
~ Ruth Reichl
Lo sradicamento dalla propria cultura costa caro. Per questo è così importante avere chiaro il senso della propria identità, della sua forza e del suo valore. Solo allora l'uomo può liberamente confrontarsi con una cultura diversa. In caso contrario si chiuderà nella sua tana, isolandosi timorosamente dagli altri.
~ Ryszard Kapu?ci?ski
Silence is the snare of the demon, and the more one keeps silent, the more terrifying the demon becomes.
~ Soren Kierkegaard
but pulling the trigger on that high-riding bitch
~ S.D. Perry
MRS. BESSEMER: Yes, sir? PUDOVKIN: If this is chicken consommé, so is Lake Louise. And you can tell the manager I said so. MRS. BESSEMER: But you're the manager, Mr. Pudovkin. PUDOVKIN (to the others): Well, I've heard all the excuses, but that's a new one.
~ S.J Perelman
What happens when you win? When your enemies are at your mercy: how will you act then? Compromise is the temptation of the weak; this is the test for the strong.
~ Salman Rushdie
Sonunda blöfünün görülmesini istemiyorsan asla ultimatom verme
~ Salman Rushdie
The machine of state bearing down upon its enemies.
~ Salman Rushdie
I was hoping he would get up so I could hit him again and keep him down.
~ Mike Tyson
Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.
~ Sarah Dessen