#confronted

In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History? ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

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The pyramid once passed there was still a short way to go before we confronted the Sphinx, in the middle of what our contemporaries have left him of his desert. ↗

— Pierre Loti

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During rehearsals I am confronted by things very mysterious. I have terrific fights with inner demons, and it's more painful than it ever was. ↗

— Jeanne Moreau

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No matter where you go and what you do in America, you turn the tele on and you're confronted with violence. ↗

— Steve Irwin

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I do not feel certain until I have confronted my initial solution with other solutions - although in fact the first solution often proves to be the right one. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

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The great advance of personal computers was not the computing power per se but the fact that it brought it right to your face, that you had control over it, that were confronted with it and could steer it. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

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Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to one's beliefs, and the equal impossibility of becoming free of them, one can be driven to the most inhuman excesses. ↗

— James Baldwin

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My sisters and I were fortunate to travel through Asia and Europe at very young ages. We confronted extraordinary beauty in Athens and unspeakable poverty in India. ↗

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

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When I was in the White House, I was confronted with the challenge of the Cold War. Both the Soviet Union and I had 30,000 nuclear weapons that could destroy the entire earth and I had to maintain the peace. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

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Traditionally, Medicare's assurance has been that for the elderly and persons with disabilities that they will not be alone when confronted with the full burden of their health care costs. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

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