Edward Said
Literary Theorist, Critic, and Author
"The history of other cultures is non-existent until it erupts in confrontation with the United States."
Confrontation quotes
Confrontation
27 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Lauryn Hill
Singer, Songwriter
"I got into direct confrontation with everybody I love."
Martin Heidegger
Philosopher
"If in Nietzsche's thinking the prior tradition of Western thought is gathered and completed in a decisive respect, then the confrontation with Nietzsche becomes one with all Western thought hitherto."
Dalai Lama
Spiritual Leader
"We have global communication and yet confrontation is more common than dialogue."
Christopher Hitchens
Author, Critic, Journalist
"There can be no progress without head-on confrontation."
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"Marriage does not so much bring you into confrontation with your spouse as confront you with yourself."
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"Pakistan just cannot survive if it continues to do so (continue this confrontation with India)."
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