#violent

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#character #diminished #importance #insignificance #knowledge

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#life #may #orderly #original #regular

Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country in the history of the world, that's just the way it is. We're all affected by it. ↗

— Spike Lee

#america #country #history #honest #i

Let us love temperately, things violent last not. ↗

— Philip Massinger

#let us #love #things #us #violent

In the 1990s, we introduced Boston's community policing strategy. We reversed the tide of violent crime that threatened our city, and we established a national model for preventing and fighting crime. ↗

— Thomas Menino

#city #community #crime #established #fighting

For a time during the early settlement of this country peace and goodwill prevailed, only to be followed later by violent and relentless warfare. ↗

— Nelson A. Miles

#during #early #followed #goodwill #later

Among them, there were Muslims, Christians, and Jews living together. But then violent organizations came, bringing with them many large groups of people from various parts of the world to Palestine. ↗

— Hassan Nasrallah

#bringing #came #christians #groups #jews

The active part of man consists of powerful instincts, some of which are gentle and continuous; others violent and short; some baser, some nobler, and all necessary. ↗

— Francis W. Newman

#consists #continuous #gentle #instincts #man

Great affection is often the cause of violent animosity. The quarrels of men often arise from too great a familiarity. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

#animosity #arise #cause #familiarity #great

Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

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