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There can be no progress without head-on confrontation.

Now, I have always wanted to agree with Lady Bracknell that there is no earthly use for the upper an...

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Christopher HitchensPrepared for the Worst: Selected Essays and Minority Reports

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.

We see, then, that even from the zoological point of view, which is the least interesting and—note t...

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Whoever has the sword will have the earth.

Only he whose bright lyrehas sounded in shadowsmay, looking onward, restorehis infinite praise. Only...

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There are women who take it to the wire. That's what they are looking for, the ultimate confrontatio...

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A society coming apart at top and bottom, or passing over into another form, contains just as many p...

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William Barrett (philosopher)Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy

Most serious confrontations in life are not political, they are existential. One can agree with some...

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Azar NafisiThings I've Been Silent About: Memories

Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.

As more people have found the courage to break through shame and speak about woundedness in their li...

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