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Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Truth
Recoil
He
Another
Does
Falls
Pit
Which
Violence
Violent
On the day when two army corps may mutually annihilate each other in a second, probably all civilized nations will recoil with horror and disband their troops.
Alfred Nobel
Day
Army
Will
Other
Corps
Recoil
Mutually
Horror
Troops
Civilized
Civilized Nations
Annihilate
May
Nations
Each
Second
Two
When I started out playing small clubs, you could feel the room recoil from certain kinds of songs. Anything that was too personal, that had a sentiment to it, or was laying out your feelings, was immediately booed. People would start throwing things. And anything that was really provocative or humorous or radical was embraced or cheered.
Beck
You
People
Feelings
Sentiment
Radical
Too
Humorous
Immediately
Out
Recoil
Would
Embraced
Kinds
Small
Laying
Could
Throwing
Had
Songs
Feel
Provocative
Personal
Anything
Clubs
Room
Really
Certain
Your
Things
Start
Started
Playing
I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me; and that, if once it became apparent that we were on the edge, all the Great Powers would call a halt and recoil from the abyss.
Edward Grey
Great
Me
Thought
Abyss
Edge
Else
Everyone
Everyone Else
Once
Recoil
Must
Would
Seemed
Powers
Obvious
Call
Became
Halt
Were
Apparent
Life presents itself in constantly changing ways, but you're able to accept the challenges, rather than recoil, throw up your hands, and go on a binge.
Carnie Wilson
Life
You
Challenges
Changing
Ways
Recoil
Constantly
Able
Rather
Throw
Accept
Go
Up
Itself
Than
Hands
Your
Binge
Presents
My instinct is to absolutely recoil when talking about writing in a mechanistic way. Nothing could be dumber than writing a film or TV script based on prescriptions, on other peoples' ideas of what character should be.
Michael Hirst
Character
People
Writing
Nothing
Other
Way
Recoil
TV
About
Could
Absolutely
Instinct
Ideas
Talking
Dumber
Than
Script
Should
Film
Based
The Democrats generally recoil from the subject of entitlements.
Bill Keller
Entitlement
Recoil
Generally
Democrats
Subject
Would it be a surprise if entrepreneurs recoil at the thought of consciously courting any person who has more power and money than they have?
Tahl Raz
Money
Thought
Power
Recoil
Would
More
More Power
Entrepreneurs
Courting
Surprise
Than
Person
Any
Who
Politics is rough and tumble everywhere, and many women recoil from that negative aspect of it - the nastiness, the charges and counter-charges.
Melanne Verveer
Politics
Women
Negative
Everywhere
Recoil
Charges
Tumble
Aspect
Many
Rough