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Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful.
Arthur Keith /
Jealous
Men
Ambitious
Envious
Vengeful
Combative
Competitive
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I'm sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that's my general style.
Ian Jackson /
Excess
Following
Sorry
Combative
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To say martial arts, or the combative form - mixed martial arts - is not an art form is incorrect.
Scott Coker /
Martial Arts
Art Form
Combative
Incorrect
Martial
Mixed
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It's always a balance... being clear-headed but being aggressive and as combative as you need to be.
Owen Farrell /
Aggressive
Combative
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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 / Soccer Player
One On One
Soccer
Combative
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Mostly what you remember and enjoy are the scenes you played with people. And quite often, they're the combative scenes!
Diana Rigg / Film Actress
Combative
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With three younger brothers, we were always very competitive and combative. But my mother always says I get the drive from her.
Kelita Zupancic /
Combative
Competitive
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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 / Writer
Criticism
Combative
Perceived
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Skillful conversationalists can explore disagreements and make points in ways that feel constructive and positive rather than combative or corrective.
Gretchen Rubin / Author
Constructive
Skillful
Combative
Corrective
Disagreements
Explore
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Certainly from the rehearsal process with Elizabeth I think it was very clear. Well let me start again. We were initially supposed to be more combative.
Jennifer Beals / Film Actress
Clear
Rehearsal
Certainly
Combative
Elizabeth
Initially
Rehearsal Process
Supposed
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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 / Former White House Press Secretary
Secretary
Combative
Press Secretary
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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 / Football Coach
Adjustment
Elements
Strategic
Combative
Forth
Sudden
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I had a particular affinity for wrestling, and it did have a lot to do with being small and being combative - and being angry. And when you're small and you don't back down, you get in a lot of fights.
John Irving / Novelist
Affinity
Angry
Particular
Combative
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Many say that no real avant-garde - which I'll define as a combative group of free-thinking artists - can exist anymore. The media's reach is too vast. New artists and movements get snatched up too quickly.
Margo Jefferson / Critic
Avant Garde
Combative
Define
Vast
Movements
Snatched
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I came to know Gore Vidal in the mid-1980s, when I was living in southern Italy, virtually a neighbour, and our friendship lasted until his death in 2012. Needless to say, he was a complicated and often combative man.
Jay Parini /
Friendship
Complicated
Gore
Neighbour
Combative
Italy
Lasted
Needless
Virtually
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In making the jump from a local program to the showcase of a coast-to-coast broadcast, Ted Yates and I were determined to maintain the candid, sometimes combative style we'd introduced on 'Night Beat.' But that proved easier said than done.
Mike Wallace / American Football Wide Receiver
Candid
Determined
Program
Showcase
Beat
Broadcast
Combative
Introduced
Jump
Local
Maintain
Proved
Ted
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I'm a combative person, I know I am, and the greatest thing about law school was I learned to fight with my brain. I clarified something to myself. No matter how much you want to live in the white man's world, you either live by what you believe in, or you die.
Jim Webb / Former United States Senator
Myself Believe Man
Combative
Greatest Thing
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I started wrestling at ten. I played a lot of other sports: soccer, football. I really enjoyed skiing. But wrestling just took off for me. It seemed to be the sport I had an affinity for; I liked the individual, combative nature. There's something special about that. It took me all the places I wanted to go.
Randy Couture / Actor
Affinity
Enjoyed
Skiing
Soccer
Something Special
Combative
Seemed
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In places like Glasgow and Newcastle, audiences have a tradition of being amusingly combative. But they're not trying to ruin the act, they're trying to give you a challenge. It's like a cat playing with a mouse - the cat doesn't want the mouse to die, it wants to keep it alive for its own amusement and to be entertained by its struggle.
Stewart Lee / Comedian
Amusement
Cat
Glasgow
Newcastle
Tradition
Audiences
Combative
Entertained
Mouse
Ruin
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