The fundamentals for me are character and conflict. I put character first because readers will be indifferent to conflict if they are indifferent to the character who is experiencing it. – Lynn Coady
I think there are real dangers to escalating military conflict with ISIS, and we need to be aware of them. But at the same time, you have to understand, you know, that this whole thing started with Bashar al-Assad and how he is the one who continued to escalate against the people of Syria who were trying to get democratic reform. – Keith Ellison
But although Australia was also involved in the Vietnam conflict, I can remember my dad telling us that if we were in Australia, we wouldn’t be drafted until we were 20. – Mel Gibson
In the grave should be buried the prejudices and passions born of conflict. Charity should hold the scales in which are weighed the deeds of men. – Robert Green Ingersoll
When France resolved, along with England, to lend assistance in the legitimate defense of Poland, the realization burst on us that a conflict of awesome proportions was inevitable. – Rene Cassin
Acting is many things, and one is an exercise of will. In any given scene, you’re trying to find where the drama and conflict is and then deploy the actors to play at that point of conflict with precision, control, and complete will. – Paul Greengrass
There is a conflict in the Middle East between two entities, and they’re both right, each in their own way. – Reuven Rivlin
During the early months of the war in 1914 there was a conflict of opinion between the War Office and the Foreign Office regarding news from the Front. – Philip Gibbs
History shows, in my opinion, that no nation can survive the tension, conflict and antagonism of two competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. – Richard Lamm
I don’t play the role of a villain, really, but I like playing anti-hero kind of roles. I like characters where there’s conflict, drama, and more personal investment than just being heroes. – Randeep Hooda
I always felt that if countries knew each other better, there would be less war. Often, conflict goes with demonizing other countries and cultures. – Sebastian Thrun
As such people achieve influence within the organization, whenever there is a conflict between their own interest and the interest of the organization, their interests will win out. – Robert Shea
I have learned that I am not built for conflict or controversy. I have also learned that, in all my life, I have never chosen a story. The story has always chosen me. – Poe Ballantine
But the threat posed by the radical Islamists represents an unusual conflict, unlike any experienced by our nation before: we face an enemy that is not a state. – Paul Weyrich
The U.S. cannot force Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds to make peace or to act for the common good. They have been in conflict for 1,400 years. – Peter DeFazio
Each time there is a conflict between Israel and Gaza, accusations fly over who started it, each side blaming the other. – Richard Engel
Socially smart people have always mocked the threateningly mobile, and anti-branding is a central strand of high-end status conflict now. – Peter York
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. – Robin Lord Taylor
There’s a lot of conflict and darkness inside everybody’s family. We all pretend to outsiders that it’s not so, but behind locked doors, there are usually high emotions running. – Salman Rushdie
The conflict between the creatures of Native Lore and the immigration of the European preternatural hosts is hinted at in ‘Blood Bound’ and reflects the conflicts between the human immigrants and the Indian people who were already here. – Patricia Briggs
If the Muslim is Sharia-compliant, that is in direct conflict with the U.S. Constitution. – Paul Nehlen
All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence. – Otto von Bismarck
Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means. – Ronald Reagan
If it squares with the Scripture, then let’s go. If it’s in conflict with the Scripture, then it’s heresy. – Randall Terry
I have always preferred conflict of individuals over the battle of extreme ideologies. – Robert Ludlum
They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed conflict. – Peter Mandelson
