I’m actually a pretty upfront, honest person; if there’s anything, I just confront it.
Quite simply, federal laws already on the books aimed at stopping the flow of illegal immigration must be enforced. Furthermore, states must be given the resources necessary to confront the problem, which includes strengthening the border patrol.
The seductiveness of war derives in part from its location on this boundary of the human, the inhuman, and the superhuman. It requires us to confront the relationship among the noble, the horrible, and the infinite; the animal, the spiritual, and the divine.
My half-suppressed Canadian years, my whole childhood and youth, rose like a corpse from the bottom of the sea to confront me.
I confront the European elite’s self-image as tolerant ‘while under their noses women are living like slaves.
I think every year brings unknowns that you have to deal with and handle, confront and embrace.
Prenatal testing is a complicated decision for many women, forcing us to confront concerns about a disabled child and risks of miscarriage.
One of the challenges Christians confront is how the politics we helped create has made it difficult to sustain the material practices constitutive of an ecclesial culture to produce Christians.
We must dare to think ‘unthinkable’ thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world.
It is our duty as states, citizens, and industry leaders to make the energy transition a reality with the ultimate aim of reconciling two major priorities: to meet ever-increasing demand and to confront the complex issue of climate change.
Shame is hard to confront. Even if you know it’s baseless, it’s still hard to come face-to-face with.
Student loan debt is certainly not a fitting topic for a commencement speech, but it’s an issue we must confront – not only for thousands of college graduates who deserve a fair shot, but also for our economy.
I hope in my books I help children to see their strengths, and show them I have some idea of what they may occasionally be going through. Especially at tricky moments when it is easier to go back and evade things rather than go forwards and confront them.
Whenever someone says something bad about you, just confront them on it and just be a man and own up to it. If you said something you shouldn t have said, and it’s important to somebody you need to talk to, you need to go talk to them. Be a man. Step up.
There are so many things we are afraid of, thinking that if we confront them, they will kill us. Most of it goes back to your infancy.
I’ve never believed much in that holding hands kind of love. I’ve always thought that love is about two different personalities trying to confront life, trying to make sense of their responsibilities, to themselves, to each other, and to the wider society.
As a nation, we face a choice. With parts of the world on fire, can we ignore the despair beyond our borders? Or do we use our global influence and leadership to confront these challenges head-on?
It is people’s willingness to take personal risks and confront the powerful by daring to speak the truth, not the truth itself, that ultimately leads to change.
It is an ambitious agenda, but the approach to Russia should be, ‘Confront where we must, but cooperate where we can.’
When you stand up in the morning, you look in the mirror and say, ‘I’m black.’ No. You wake up and you see yourself as a human being in the world, but you raise discussion and raise aggression, the anger that you confront every day of your life, whether you want to or not.
Working on the film really made me confront my opinions about change and gentrification.
Our best and brightest must conceive of themselves as stewards of our society and confront the critical challenges of our time. It’s the best bet for our society, for entrepreneurs, and for the investors who believe in them.
My ability to not be afraid to ask tough questions or to confront, that matters.
For me, integrity is the consistency of words and actions. Part of the way that you do that is to ask people questions on some of the most difficult issues that you confront. ‘Take me through where you felt you had to compromise your values.’
When it comes to terrorism, governments seem to suffer from a collective amnesia. All of our historical experience tells us that there can be no purely military solution to a political problem, and yet every time we confront a new terrorist group, we begin by insisting we will never talk to them.
Our freedoms are shared freedoms: they are bound up in each other. The ability to confront oppression in the guise of religion is linked to our ability to worship as we choose: both are acts of expression.
So on May 1, 1987, at Gary’s invitation, I agreed to see him one last time – to confront him face-to-face about his sincerity and with the intention of ending our brief relationship.
Kudos to you for generating enough sweat that it actually drips off of your body – and all over the machine you are using at the time. If you sweat a lot, that’s fine, but wipe down the damn machine when you’re done… or I will confront you, and it will not be pretty.
When you read something you have written, you have to confront some of the lies you have been telling yourself.
When you confront a problem you begin to solve it.
Sometimes the best thing we can ask for is change, and a fresh start forces us to confront change head-on.
To experience sublime natural beauty is to confront the total inadequacy of language to describe what you see. Words cannot convey the scale of a view that is so stunning it is felt.
Things don’t weigh me down any more. I confront things, and I move on. I don’t dwell on things; I don’t let things simmer under the surface. I am where it starts and where it ends. I have the power in my life to be happy.
The film industry needs to confront the physical footprint of the way films get made.
Mostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting. Breaking something big into its constituent parts will help you organize your thoughts, but it can also force you to confront the depth of your ignorance and the hugeness of the task. That’s OK. The project may be the lion, but the list is your whip.
The longer you get in a relationship, the harder it becomes to confront problems.
