quotes about Provoking
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Horror, for me, is not defined by the thing that provokes ones fear, but the human being who has contact with it.
-- Andrew Pyper -
The charges are false and despicable. I have not received a fair hearing. This is un-American. All the lawyering will provoke an untoward outcome.
-- Catherine Crier -
Provoking, isn't it? that when one is most in need of sensible words, one finds them not.
-- Charlotte Forten Grimke -
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Don't ever miss a day without improving something personally.
-- David D. Glass -
I expect to be great. I expect to do what hasn't been done. I expect to provoke change.
-- Deion Sanders -
The works of nature first acquire a meaning in the commentaries they provoke.
-- George Santayana -
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The time for us to begin innovating and looking for new solutions is now.
-- Jacqueline Novogratz -
What we really yearn for as human beings is to be visible.
-- Jacqueline Novogratz -
Our lives are so short. And our time on this planet is so precious. All we have is each other.
-- Jacqueline Novogratz -
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All people deserve access to health at prices they can afford.
-- Jacqueline Novogratz -
Failure can be an incredibly motivating force.
-- Jacqueline Novogratz -
I would like to provoke ambiguous responses in my readers.
-- James Ellroy -
Tradition is the living faith of the dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living.
-- Jaroslav PelikanSource : Jaroslav Pelikan, Valerie R. Hotchkiss, Patrick Henry (2005). “Orthodoxy & Western Culture: A Collection of Essays Honoring Jaroslav Pelikan on His Eightieth Birthday”, p.16, St Vladimir's Seminary Press
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It has always been the task of the new generation to provoke changes.
-- Ludwig von Mises -
Socrates was likewise right that pissing people off is how we first, and maybe best, go about the business of provoking thought.
-- Mark KingwellSource : Mark Kingwell (2000). “The World We Want: Restoring Citizenship in a Fractured Age”, p.159, Rowman & Littlefield
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Following the rules of your industry will only get you so far.
-- Max McKeownSource : Max Mckeown (2013). “The Strategy Book ePub eBook: How to Think and Act Strategically to Deliver Outstanding Results”, p.76, Pearson UK
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If one can't be happy, one must be amused....
-- Nancy MitfordSource : Nancy Mitford, Charlotte Mosley (1993). “Love from Nancy: the letters of Nancy Mitford”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
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Most experiences provoke a transformation in you. So, when you live something, live it fully because you never know when this is going to happen again and not only that, if it even happens again, it will not have the same impact.
-- Paulo Coelho -
You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others.
-- Pope Francis -
We will not have failure - only success and new learning.
-- Queen Victoria -
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I like to do movies that provoke rather than reinforce conservative values.
-- Steve Coogan -
Truth provokes those whom it does not convert.
-- Thomas WilsonSource : Thomas Wilson, Clement Cruttwell (1782). “The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God Thomas Wilson, Fifty-eight Years Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man: With His Life”, p.317
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Méret Oppenheim was a very erotic woman. She also liked provocation, and if you could provoke surrealists at the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, or similar Dadaist hangouts in Basel, where you could normally get away with these things, you were truly a provocateur.
-- Rebecca Horn -
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Just watching an actor in front you really provokes you in such a sudden, unexpected way. You can't ask for anything more from someone you're working with than that.
-- Dan ByrdSource : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com