#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

#events #friend #history #men #my friend

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

#confronted #contemporaries #desert #go #him

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

#confronted #demons #during #ever #fights

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

— Steve Irwin

#confronted #go #matter #tele #turn

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

#brought #computers #computing #confronted #control

That always seemed to be the most critical test that a child was confronted with - loss of parents, loss of direction, loss of love. Can you live without a mother and a father? ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#child #confronted #critical #direction #father

Dr. King's general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era. ↗

— Al Sharpton

#confronted #dr #era #general #general principles

We will never forget the passengers of Flight 93, who courageously confronted the terrorists, defeating another planned attack on America. They are the heroes for our times. ↗

— Bob Taft

#another #attack #confronted #courageously #defeating

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

#asia #athens #beauty #confronted #europe

I think these last 10 years have seen just a huge shift in the psyche of this country as regards gay people. I think AIDS had a lot to do with it. So many families who really believed they'd 'never met one' were suddenly confronted with their sons becoming ill, and friends of sons. I think that brought a lot of it into the open. ↗

— Janis Ian

#becoming #believed #brought #confronted #country