- Confronting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Head-On Quotes
Facing hard things without flinching
The quotes here share a common thread: real progress requires confronting difficulty directly rather than working around it. One speaker applies this to gender-based violence, another to the collision of science, ethics, and politics explored in action-driven storytelling.
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- Ethics
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- Nov 07, 2020
'V-Wars' is a head-on collision of real-world science, terrorism, special forces action, ethics, politics and an exploration of what defines us as human.
- Foundation
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are convinced that gender equality is the foundation of sustainable peace and development and that gender-based violence needs to be addressed head-on as part of the efforts to build peace.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's so much written about the Titanic, and it's hard to separate what's fact and what's fiction. My understanding is that the way the Titanic was designed, the emphasis was placed on surviving a head-on collision.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away.
- Distribute
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're grappling with the same issue facing all advanced economies - how to revive growth and distribute its fruits more fairly. An America that can tackle that problem head-on can perhaps help revive a stagnant global economy.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Overcoming the obstacle of my diabetes diagnosis was something that forced me tackle the challenge head-on and, with an amazing support system, eventually come out stronger.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
The scientific effort to inform the public about landslide risks often runs head-on into powerful economic interests.
- Amazing Things
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- Nov 07, 2020