A Quote by Valerie Plame

I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.

Valerie Plame

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Better Gotten Ground Holding Terribly

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Valerie Plame
American - Novelist
Born: August 13, 1963

I'm a freak when it comes to holding on the ground; it's just almost impossible holding me on the ground.

Alexander Volkanovski

I want to continue to expand my game a little more, build my body and work on staying strong so I can play the way I've been playing, and holding my ground the way I've been holding my ground.

Pau Gasol

As a person who is not confrontational by disposition I tend to see that the quality of being confrontational is a positive attribute.

John Hall

I had my moments for sure but I wasn't confrontational. And sometimes you get on the court and you'd find yourself very confrontational. It was all a discovery.

Andre Agassi

Steadfastness, that is holding on; patience, that is holding back; expectancy, that is holding the face up; obedience, that is holding one's self in readiness to go or do; listening, that is holding quiet and still so as to hear.

S. D Gordon

I've gotten incredibly lucky with the people I've gotten to work with. It's made my mind better, and it's made me a better person.

Zoe Kazan

One of the problems with computers, particularly for the older people, is they were befuddled by them, and the computers have gotten better. They have gotten easier to use. They have gotten less expensive. The software interfaces have made things a lot more accessible

Steve Case

My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man.

Alvin Ailey

On dispersive ground, therefore, fight not. On facile ground, halt not. On contentious ground, attack not. On open ground, do not try to block the enemy's way. On the ground of intersecting highways, join hands with your allies. On serious ground, gather in plunder. In difficult ground, keep steadily on the march. On hemmed-in ground, resort to stratagem. On desperate ground, fight.

Sun Tzu

The more fear confrontational activism can put into the heart of the political class, the better.

Glenn Greenwald

As the equipment has gotten better - and it's gotten better in an attempt to try to protect the player more - then the equipment becomes used more as a weapon.

Troy Aikman

For me, I've gotten better at that since I've gotten older. I never was good at that when I was younger.

Boy George

Let me just say, as I've gotten older, the parts have gotten better.

Margo Martindale

If you look through the century, certain things have gotten better and certain things have gotten worse. I wouldn't say overall that things have gotten better. I think you could say things have gotten worse, but I don't think you could say that things have gotten better. Overall. You can't say that.