A Quote by Amy Dickinson

People who are combative in one relationship tend to be combative in other relationships.

Amy Dickinson

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Amy Dickinson
American - Columnist
Born: November 6, 1959

Hamilton was extremely combative. Not only was he combative, but he also overreacted to anything he perceived as a threat or a criticism.

Ron Chernow

I mean I have had a very combative relationship with critics because I'm very impatient with people that don't give my work the respect I feel it deserves.

John Zorn

We'd better work hard on getting rid of that must - Other people must do what I want them to do!" It's what makes people hostile, nasty, mean and combative, and it leads to feuds, wars and genocide. We'd better do something about that.

Albert Ellis

Mostly what you remember and enjoy are the scenes you played with people. And quite often, they're the combative scenes!

Diana Rigg

The sport of soccer in general is very combative. People don't realize it's very one-on-one a lot of times.

Tobin Heath

Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful.

Arthur Keith

I'm sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that's my general style.

Ian Jackson

There's several ways to be a journalist. One way is to be combative and take the person to task and what you have is a portrait of somebody defending themselves, which is interesting. The other thing is to slip into their world and really be a representative for all the people that love the experience of that artist, and have them get so comfortable that you become invisible and they're themselves.

Cameron Crowe

I tend to believe, when you're in a relationship, if you don't fight, it's not a real relationship. You have to have arguments and tensions, otherwise I don't believe it. My mother always said, "If you don't fight, you can't have a marriage. You have to fight for each other. If you don't know how to fight, relationships tend not to last."

Richard LaGravenese

The combative instinct is a savage prompting by which one man's good is found in another's evil.

George Santayana

Most of the time, tough, combative, adversarial dialogue is much more exciting than physical action.

Sol Stein

I miss the combative back and forth, strategic elements of the game on Sunday. Making the adjustments, and what you've prepared for all week all of a sudden isn't there.

Bill Cowher

As a press secretary and on 'The Five,' I've learned that I have a choice in how I answer a question. There's combative or productive - I get to take my pick.

Dana Perino

Don’t waste another minute dealing with a toxic, negative, energy-draining person. Some people are wired for negativity. They love being argumentative, combative and abusive. Run for your life as quickly as possible.

Les Brown

The captaincy of the national side is a distinction which Messi deserves as he has all the qualities a captain requires - a combative character and immeasurable talent.

Alfredo Di Stefano

Skillful conversationalists can explore disagreements and make points in ways that feel constructive and positive rather than combative or corrective.

Gretchen Rubin

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