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Quotes About Confrontation

Touch me and I'll gut you like the pig you are.
~ Koushun Takami
I was the one who attacked Hiroki. At the very end, when Hiroki managed to achieve his goal.
~ Koushun Takami
Never run from one such as me, female. You will no' get away - and we like it.
~ Kresley Cole
Okay, we get it, Jodi-with-an-i," I said, smiling pleasantly up at her. "You have an adorable son and are still quite available. Dennis, however, is with me. If you would just take your boobs out of my boyfriend's face, I would deeply appreciate it.
~ Kristan Higgins
Now that I thought of it, perhaps whacking the burglar wasn't quite…necessary. It occurred to me that he said "Hi." I thought he did, anyway. He said hi. Do burglars usually greet their victims? Hi. I'd like to rob your house. Does that work for you?
~ Kristan Higgins
I'm Jenny Tate. Robert Tate's daughter. Great. I'd sound like an idiot. My name is Inigo Montoya, and you slept with my father.
~ Kristan Higgins
Hate is not a feeling toward another, but a feeling of defeat by another.
~ Kristen Ashley Roth
KARIGAN HELGADORF G'LADHEON!" It thundered like a pronouncement of doom from the gods, and she pivoted as if to run back the way she had come, but Mara, arms crossed and shaking her head, blocked her escape.
~ Kristen Britain
Okay, whoa. Back the stinking fruit truck up." She stared at me, "did you just say dying?
~ Kristen Day
Tell me who your enemy is, and I will tell you who you are.
~ Carl Schmitt
The friend, enemy, and combat concepts receive their real meaning precisely because they refer to the real possibility of physical killing.
~ Carl Schmitt
The political is the most intense and extreme antagonism, and every concrete antagonism becomes that much more political the closer it approaches the most extreme point, that of the friend-enemy grouping.
~ Carl Schmitt
Der Feind ist unsere eigene Frage als Gestalt.
~ Carl Schmitt
I knew that man would have a profound and disturbing effect on my life. I was rather frightened of him—because I knew if he came towards me, I wouldn't have the power to run away—though it would probably be better if I did.
~ Carl Sferrazza Anthony
War is nothing but a duel on a larger scale.
~ Carl von Clausewitz
Surprise becomes effective when we suddenly face the enemy at one point with far more troops than he expected. This type of numerical superiority is quite distinct from numerical superiority in general: it is the most powerful medium in the art of war.
~ Carl von Clausewitz
The probability of direct confrontation increases with the aggressiveness of the enemy. So, rather than try to outbid the enemy with complicated schemes, one should, on the contrary, try to outbid him in simplicity
~ Carl von Clausewitz
I won't let anyone talk to my wife that way, Gray said, his voice with a steely edge. I know that underneath that expensive tux you're nothing but a mama's boy sucking off your father's money and looking for a wealthy woman to keep you doing nothing for the rest of your life. I just want you to understand that beneath my tux is a rough and tumble cowboy who will kick your ever-loving ass to hell and back if you ever talk about my wife in derogatory terms again.
~ Carla Cassidy
Quando Einstein muore, Bohr, il suo grandissimo rivale, ha parole di commovente ammirazione. Quando pochi anni dopo muore Bohr, qualcuno prende una fotografia della lavagna nel suo studio: c'è un disegno. Rappresenta la «scatola piena di luce» dell'esperimento mentale di Einstein. Fino all'ultimo, la voglia di confrontarsi e capire di più. Fino all'ultimo, il dubbio.
~ Carlo Rovelli
La fisica del XIX e XX secolo si è scontrata con queste domande ed è incappata in qualcosa di inaspettato e sconcertante, assai più del fatto, in fondo marginale, che il tempo passi a velocità diverse in luoghi diversi. La differenza fra passato e futuro - fra causa e effetto, fra memoria e speranza, fra rimorso e intenzione - nelle leggi elementari che descrivono i meccanismi del mondo non c'è.
~ Carlo Rovelli
That would be the "elephant in the room."30 In fact, as H. R. Haldeman, one of the Republican candidate's most trusted aides, later recalled, "He [Nixon] emphasized that you have to face the fact that the whole problem is really the blacks. The key is to devise a system that recognizes this while not appearing to.
~ Carol Anderson
Touched by an angel, my ass!" roared the woman, whom I recognized despite the ash covering her face: Moondance. "I'll touch you, asshole!" She fired again.
~ Carol Goodman
Shut the eff up,' Aaron said. Only he said the REAL swear, the REAL word.
~ Carol Lynch Williams
Most people, when directly confronted by evidence that they are wrong, do not change their point of view or plan of action but justify it even more tenaciously.
~ Carol Tavris