Quotes About Conflict

Many historians have called this the age of 'merchant' or 'mercantile' capitalism, but 'war capitalism' better expresses its rawness and violence as well as its intimate connection to European imperial expansion. War capitalism, a particularly important but often unrecognized phase in the development of capitalism, unfolded in constantly shifting sets of places embedded within constantly changing relationships. In some parts of the world it lasted into the nineteenth century.

The modern world, indeed, has been shaped just as much by war capitalism's death as by its birth.

The labor market as idealized in modern-day economics textbooks as often as not came about as a result of strikes, unions, and riots.

The mother of all problems and conflicts lies within you, and that is expecting things from others.

I had rooted for Godzilla and King Kong instead of for the people trying to kill them. ... Nobody likes to be awakened from slumber by a nuclear explosion

All drama is conflict. Without conflict, you have no action; without action, you have no character; without character, you have no story; and without story, you have no screenplay.

Hegel, the great eighteenth-century German philosopher, maintained that the essence of tragedy derives not from one character being right and the other being wrong, or from the conflict of good versus evil, but from a conflict in which both characters are right, and thus the tragedy is one of right against right, being carried to its logical conclusion.

During this second act the main character encounters obstacle after obstacle that keeps him/her from achieving his/her dramatic need, which is defined as what the character wants to win, gain, get, or achieve during the course of the screenplay. If you know your character's dramatic need, you can create obstacles to it and then your story becomes your character, overcoming obstacle after obstacle to achieve his/her dramatic need.

The dramatic premise is what the screenplay is about; it provides the dramatic thrust that drives the story to its conclusion.

Married couples resemble a pair of scissors, often moving in opposite directions, yet punishing anyone who gets in between them

Force, no matter how concealed, begets resistance—Lakota

I want to sympathize, I do, but the love triangle is just too delicious. The determined rock star and the possessive billionaire. Rawr.

What are you doing? he breathed. You're going around, stirring up everything. I've got time on my hands, I shot back, just as breathless, since I dumped my asshat boyfriend. He growled, fiercely passionate, his hand in my hair pulling so tightly it pained me. You can't make this up with a kiss or a f*ck, Gideon. Not this time. Gideon & Eva

Tell me you love me, I pleaded Gideon's eyes met mine. You know I do Imagine if I i ever said the words to you. If you never heard them from me His chest expanded on a deep breath. Crossfire

I was seriously hurt because of you. Seeing you in another guy's arms, kissing him.... His eyes grew hot and dark. It shredded me, Eva. Cut me open and left me bleeding. I kicked his ass in self defense.

Sure. You two are whack jobs separately. Together, you're a goddamn nut house.

I don't know what the fuck you think you're doing, ace, but this Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde shit ain't cutting it with me.

I can't change what happened, but I can sure as shit get pissed that you want to cut me off because of it. You laid out your rules and I adjusted to accommodate them, but you won't make even a tiny adjustment for me. You have to meet me halfway.

I'm an asshole to everyone else in my life. You are the one thing I cherished. Don't make me stop

Cary shoved both hands into his hair. "Jesus, Eva. You don't up and marry the first guy you have a serious relationship with." "It's not like that," I protested, awkwardly avoiding looking at Raúl. "You know how we feel about each other." "Sure. You two are whack jobs separately. Together, you're a goddamn nut house.

It shouldn't have to be said, Arash went on, but when confronted by crazy, Do Not Engage.

Your promised me a round of angry sex." He hummed softly, with obvious relish. "I'm waiting for it baby." "Not sure you want your dick anywhere near my teeth while I'm feeling this way about you.

abs clenching, his biceps hardening. "I don't give a shit what she's up to. You know the truth, and you're

Sigo enfadada contigo —le dije. —Ya lo sé. —Y sigo enamorada de ti. —Gracias a Dios.