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The biggest thing that provokes the Russians. – Ben Hodges	Found on CNN 2 years ago
That is what provokes this entire incident, when the defendant provokes this incident, he loses the right to self-defense. You can not claim self-defense against a danger you create. – Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The golden youth are not popular, such behavior, from people who haven't earned a rouble and who still have milk drying on their upper lips, provokes hatred. The police need to see this through to the end. – Pyotr Shkumatov	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I had hesitated on gay marriage, in part, because I thought civil unions would be sufficient, i was sensitive to the fact that -- for a lot of people -- that the word marriage is something that provokes very powerful traditions and religious beliefs. – Barack Obama	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The fact that (Russia does) not have such a system only increases our isolation, provokes suspicion and distrust among investors and consumers, and has a very negative impact on business and the economy. – Mikhail Yulkin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Poems are comprised of everyday material expertly arranged in ways that require a reader's time and reflection, but the reward is great: a memorable insight into our humanity, a line that perfectly encapsulates a moment or a truth we want to remember, an experience with language that provokes new ideas and deeper understanding. – Jennifer Benka	Found on CNN 8 years ago
As China seeks to make sovereign land out of sandcastles and redraw maritime boundaries, it is eroding regional trust and undermining investor confidence, its behaviour threatens to set a new precedent whereby larger countries are free to intimidate smaller ones, and that provokes tensions, instability and can even lead to conflict. – State Antony Blinken	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
As China seeks to make sovereign land out of sandcastles and redraw maritime boundaries, it is eroding regional trust and undermining investor confidence, its behavior threatens to set a new precedent whereby larger countries are free to intimidate smaller ones, and that provokes tensions, instability and can even lead to conflict. – State Antony Blinken	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us that injury that provokes it. – Seneca	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The common dogma of fundamentalists is fear of modern knowledge, inability to cope with the fast change in a scientific-technological society, and the real breakdown in apparent moral order in recent years.... That is why hate is the major fuel, fear is the cement of the movement, and superstitious ignorance is the best defence against the dangerous new knowledge. ... When you bring up arguments that cast serious doubts on their cherished beliefs you are not simply making a rhetorical point, you are threatening their whole Universe and their immortality. That provokes anger and quite frequently violence. ... Unfortunately you cannot reason with them and you even risk violence in confronting them. Their numbers will decline only when society stabilizes, and adapts to modernity. – G Gaia	added by anonymous 14 years ago

The biggest thing that provokes the Russians.

– Ben Hodges

Found on CNN
2 years ago

That is what provokes this entire incident, when the defendant provokes this incident, he loses the right to self-defense. You can not claim self-defense against a danger you create.

– Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The golden youth are not popular, such behavior, from people who haven't earned a rouble and who still have milk drying on their upper lips, provokes hatred. The police need to see this through to the end.

– Pyotr Shkumatov

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I had hesitated on gay marriage, in part, because I thought civil unions would be sufficient, i was sensitive to the fact that -- for a lot of people -- that the word marriage is something that provokes very powerful traditions and religious beliefs.

– Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The fact that (Russia does) not have such a system only increases our isolation, provokes suspicion and distrust among investors and consumers, and has a very negative impact on business and the economy.

– Mikhail Yulkin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Poems are comprised of everyday material expertly arranged in ways that require a reader's time and reflection, but the reward is great: a memorable insight into our humanity, a line that perfectly encapsulates a moment or a truth we want to remember, an experience with language that provokes new ideas and deeper understanding.

– Jennifer Benka

Found on CNN
8 years ago

As China seeks to make sovereign land out of sandcastles and redraw maritime boundaries, it is eroding regional trust and undermining investor confidence, its behaviour threatens to set a new precedent whereby larger countries are free to intimidate smaller ones, and that provokes tensions, instability and can even lead to conflict.

– State Antony Blinken

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

As China seeks to make sovereign land out of sandcastles and redraw maritime boundaries, it is eroding regional trust and undermining investor confidence, its behavior threatens to set a new precedent whereby larger countries are free to intimidate smaller ones, and that provokes tensions, instability and can even lead to conflict.

– State Antony Blinken

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us that injury that provokes it.

– Seneca

added by anonymous
13 years ago

The common dogma of fundamentalists is fear of modern knowledge, inability to cope with the fast change in a scientific-technological society, and the real breakdown in apparent moral order in recent years.... That is why hate is the major fuel, fear is the cement of the movement, and superstitious ignorance is the best defence against the dangerous new knowledge. ... When you bring up arguments that cast serious doubts on their cherished beliefs you are not simply making a rhetorical point, you are threatening their whole Universe and their immortality. That provokes anger and quite frequently violence. ... Unfortunately you cannot reason with them and you even risk violence in confronting them. Their numbers will decline only when society stabilizes, and adapts to modernity.

– G Gaia

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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