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Bertrand Russell Philosopher, Mathematician
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"Life seems to me essentially passion, conflict, rage. It is only intellect that keeps me sane; perhaps this makes me overvalue intellect against feeling."

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Winston Churchill Politician, Writer, Historian
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"Thus ended the great American Civil War, which must upon the whole be considered the noblest and least avoidable of all the great mass conflicts of which till then there was record."

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Veronica Roth Author
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"The Amity Established this place as a safe house. No conflict allowed." "The Amity will have trouble enforcing that policy," says Marcus. "How do you stop conflict without conflict?"

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Muhammad Yunus Social Entrepreneur
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"I said peace is sometimes narrowly interpreted; it's the absence of conflict between nations or something. But peace is more inherent, more basic to human life, human beings, what we feel about each other, what we feel about life around us and what we see in our future."

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Anton Chekhov Playwright, Short Story Writer
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"Humankind has understood history as a series of battles because, to this day, it regards conflict as the central facet of life."

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"Not only are there as many conflicting truths as there are people to claim them; there are equally multitudinous and conflicting truths within the individual."

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