"Against those who preach confrontation, violence, hate," he declared two years ago, the museum would send "the humanist message of respect for diversity and the dialogue of cultures".From the start, the plan was to exhibit works that were already to be found in Paris, split between the Musée de l'Homme and the Palais de la Porte Dorée.
"They persistently tighten the screws, encourage lawlessness and provoke more confrontation and violence.
She taunts and provokes these apparent rivals, pushing the confrontation toward violence and delivering a nose-breaking head butt to one of them.
Civility can be a fragile membrane, instantly replaced by confrontation or violence or death, even on a brightly lit afternoon, even in the park.
Because the "only story in town" in Jerusalem involves the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians, we have become accustomed to reading about never-ending confrontation and violence.
His camera, gliding around political-strategy rooms and construction sites, is more mobile than it used to be, but he has little interest in confrontation or violence.
I have always been very intrigued not only by the concept of destiny but also of brotherhood and loyalty and friendship and loss of innocence, the confrontation with violence, manhood, all those things.
It's worth considering the confrontation with violence (inner and outer), the fiercely forged affinities, and the sheer pursuit of thrills and striving for ecstasy, that also mark the best, and more obviously marginal art films of our own time.
"The world will hold the governments of Lebanon and Syria directly accountable for any intimidation, confrontation or violence directed against the people of Lebanon, and we have made this clear to both governments.
But for the most part, the movement has remained tentative and well behaved, dominated by a conservative wing that -- like the country's political opposition -- seeks to avoid confrontation and violence.
Pope Benedict XVI also appealed for an end to the bloodshed, urging both sides to restore a truce and not to yield to the "perverse logic of confrontation and violence".
