Any kind of conflict draws me to a role.
Climate change, in some regions, has aggravated conflict over scarce land, and could well trigger large-scale migration in the decades ahead. And rising sea levels put at risk the very survival of all small island states. These and other implications for peace and security have implications for the United Nations itself.
For a long time I was convinced that the conflict between Jewish people and black people in this country was a media event.
It doesn’t matter if I go on CBS, PBS or Fox. Whoever is interviewing me is going to want to create some conflict in the story, or it’s not interesting. That’s just the way the news is.
At the heart of drama is conflict.
Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.
I don’t like conflict.
In the latter half of the last century the impact of the expanding influence of Western culture and economic system brought about in China a severe conflict.
When we attach ourselves to national identities, then we enter into a cycle of conflict. I didn’t choose where I was born or who to be or what people would call me.
You can’t erase Bill Cosby’s contributions. That’s the conflict. He’s one of the most influential comedians of all time, and ‘The Cosby Show’ is one of the most influential sitcoms ever. When I watched as a kid, I wanted Cliff to be my dad. Everybody did.
Socially smart people have always mocked the threateningly mobile, and anti-branding is a central strand of high-end status conflict now.
I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.
The irrepressible conflict propounded by abolitionism has produced now its legitimate fruits – disunion.
I don’t like to be feared, and I can’t work in conflict, I’m very bad with conflict. I try to avoid it, it paralyzes me.
My family responsibilities don’t conflict with my career. Not at all.
When I went to high school in Australia, I was exposed to textbooks that outlined evolutionary ideas – such as ape-like creatures turning into people. I recognized the conflict between evolutionary ideas and a literal reading of the book of Genesis.
I planned so well for my post-‘Cosby Show’ life that I don’t have to make desperate acting choices that conflict with what my values.
‘The Black Magician Trilogy’ was about a conflict between countries and was very limited and almost claustrophobic in its range of settings, while ‘The Age of the Five’ was about a conflict between continents.
What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy. You can’t have both.
Drama is about conflict, and it’s about putting obstacles in the path of people you who care about.
Every good business story has a conflict and triumph at the core and a turning point where a transformation takes place.
When you have a conflict, that means that there are truths that have to be addressed on each side of the conflict. And when you have a conflict, then it’s an educational process to try to resolve the conflict. And to resolve that, you have to get people on both sides of the conflict involved so that they can dialogue.
When poor people get involved in a long conflict, such as a strike or a civil rights drive, and the pressure increases each day, there is a deep need for spiritual advice. Without it, we see families crumble, leadership weaken, and hard workers grow tired.
When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good, but what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.
When you’re a writer, you’re always looking for conflict. It’s conflict that drives great stories.
There is only one conflict in Ukraine today and it is between the regime and the people.
‘Smurfs’ just seemed like a great way to represent a young father to be, guy in a marriage, work in conflict, and I was really interested in the technical CG side of things. I’d never done a movie that I thought would be so physical and yet so precise. So I was intrigued by all of that.
You never want conflict. But sometimes conflict is inevitable.
In a lot of Western science fiction, you need some form of conflict, whether it’s aliens or robots. I think in Western culture, being more suspicious of science, and hubris, you’ll see a lot of fear of creating something that goes out of control.
The eternal conflict of good and the best with bad and the worst is on.
I avoid conflict – like, any conflict – at all costs. I hate it. Even at a restaurant, if I get the wrong order, I’ll just eat it anyway because I don’t want to make an issue.
Community means engaging constructively with like-minded nations to build strong, sustaining institutions and alliances – and bringing emerging powers into this community so future conflict becomes less likely.
It’s unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.
There are no journalistic ethics that transcend the value of human life. There are none. In a situation where you can save a human life, you must. There isn’t any conflict in my mind.
Let me be clear: I unequivocally support a two-state solution as the path to resolution of the Israel and Palestinian conflict, with Israel as the national homeland for the Jewish people. Moreover, I reject the demonization and de-legitimization of Israel represented by the BDS narrative and campaign.
The conflict in the Middle East needs to be solved for the same reasons. It is necessary to reach a two-states solution, built on international law, for sustainable peace and development, and it can only be achieved through joint efforts by the international community.
Conflict is the pursuit of truth.
In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict.
You can’t divorce religious belief and public service I’ve never detected any conflict between God’s will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.
Some people will stay at home and be content there. Others are born to run. It’s that conflict that fascinates me.
It’s a very, very fascinating story for me, cause it’s about a man who’s been doing bad; bad things. And he’s a father of four children in parochial school, he’s a lieutenant of detectives, but he’s in conflict with himself and with trying to do what’s right.
What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme?
The theater, bringing impersonal masks to life, is only for those who are virile enough to create new life: either as a conflict of passions subtler than those we already know, or as a complete new character.
The United States cannot feed every person, lift every person out of poverty, cure every disease, or stop every conflict. But our power and status have conferred upon us a tremendous responsibility to humanity.
No one leaves a long-term relationship scot-free or without conflict.
As the character talks and moves, the world around him is slowly revealed, just like dollying a camera back for a wider look at things. So all my stories start with a character, and that character introduces setting, culture, conflict, government, economy… all of it, through his or her eyes.
I definitely see the good in people. Certainly in my own life I strive to be somebody who is functional and well adjusted and can face conflict in a non-emotional and non-destructive way, and those are the people I try to surround myself with in my life. But as characters, they bore me.
Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.
If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.
I did a gig for the Red Cross during the Balkans conflict, but we couldnt land in the city as they were trying to shoot the planes down. We had to land in Budapest and make the seven-hour car journey on bumpy roads instead, and when we finally arrived, a riot almost broke out in the venue.
The Golan Heights is an area in the north of the State of Israel that has no part in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The years after the millennium will see gathering conflict all over the world to the point where the United Nations will be overwhelmed.
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
We are aware that globalization doesn’t mean global friendship but global competition and, therefore, conflict. That doesn’t mean we will all destroy each other, but it is no happy global village, either.
I am hopeful that films can connect people who are in conflict in a separated world.
Our nation must manage significant national security challenges over the next several years. We are already facing a potential conflict with Iraq, new challenges on the Korean peninsula, and key decisions in the president’s plans to transform the military.
