Anais Nin
Writer, Diarist
"It is a sign of great inner insecurity to be hostile to the unfamiliar."
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Hostile
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Martin Luther
Theologian
"God is not hostile to sinners, but only to unbelievers."
Marshall McLuhan
Philosopher, Media Theorist
"Some of my fellow academics are very hostile, but I sympathize with them. They've been asleep for 500 years and they don't like anybody who comes along and stirs them up."
Aeschylus
Playwright
"For hostile word let hostile word be paid."
Amartya Sen
Economist, Philosopher
"I remain instinctively hostile to communitarian philosophy and communitarian politics."
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"I am not being overly harsh. Overtly hostile, yes, but exactly the right amount of harsh."
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"TIME and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth."
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"Nonviolence to be worth anything has to work in the face of hostile forces."
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"Live happily, not hating even those who are hostile. Live peacefully even amongst those that hate."
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