Karin Slaughter

I read about violent things. I think what I get out of that is entertainment by learning about different things, and reading the genre and getting an understanding of motivations. But at the end of the day, it's still a book, and I can walk away.

American Writer

Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

Black girls are punished, many times violently so, for questioning and challenging authority, which is something that is often celebrated and encouraged as a sign of intelligence and critical thinking in white boys.

American Activist

Isabelle Adjani

It doesn't need to be that violent and crazy and wild. Having experienced it, you don't belong to yourself anymore. You belong to the passion... It's something you have to go through to learn what passion is about.

French Actress

Flea

The most important thing to me with any politician is that they don't start wars, but education is a big part of that, too, because educated people are less likely to do stupid, violent things.

Australian Musician

James Ivory

I was constantly going to the movies. My parents let me see whatever I wanted to and they only pulled me out of one movie in my life. That was 'Gunga Din' and they thought it was too violent.

American Director

Karyn Kusama

What kind of world is it if we allow people who are violent and do terrible things off the hook? What does that say about the world we're living in - it's like a world upside down, right?

Gustave Flaubert

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

French Novelist

Brad Pitt

It's a violent world we live in. I don't agree with trying to hide that or cover it up.

Actor

Jackie Chan

Chinese Actor

James D. Watkins

American Admiral

The word 'violent' often suggests negative judgement and disapproval when describing behaviors.

Negative Connotation

Use 'violent' to describe actions that cause or intend to cause serious harm.

Severity of Action

Often associated with illegal or socially unacceptable behavior.

Legality Implication

Indicates something with the power to have a significant impact or effect.

Strong Impact

Describes occurrences that are sudden and forceful in nature.

Suddenness

Can describe non-physical events that are extreme, such as strong reactions or changes.

More Than Physical

Reflects a very high level of emotional intensity or passion.

Intense Emotions

Implies a forceful expression of feelings, sometimes unexpectedly.

Expressive Force

Can describe positive emotions, like love, if they're extremely forceful.

Not Always Negative

 shaking violently, or even splitting apart. But that's not really how it works. For one thing, most buildings are not located right on a fault line, and the shifting tectonic plates go much deeper than building foundations. So what's actually going on? In fact, the reality of earthquakes and their effect on buildings

Why do buildings fall in...

 but if you don't restrain the hands of the violent bullies from taking it all away, you're going to be very disappointed in the long-term impact of your efforts. So you would think that the disintegration of basic law enforcement in the developing world would be a huge priority for the global fight against poverty.

Gary Haugen: The hidden...

 can no longer support its weight. But though the above-ground volcano is gone, the underground volcanic activity continues. With no method of release, magma and volcanic gases continue to accumulate and expand underground, building up pressure until a massive and violent explosion

The colossal consequences...

 in other words, to be addicted. Sugar also causes dopamine to be released, though not as violently as drugs. And sugar is rare among dopamine-inducing foods. Broccoli, for example, has no effect, which probably explains why it's so hard to get kids to eat their veggies.

How sugar affects the...

 acceptable once that person accepts that they are an extremist and when they act on that there are a violent extremists so first and foremost basic psychological discourse on nature versus nurture and this is how we grow up

An inside look at...

 this tiny singularity violently exploded. And it is from this explosion, this bang, that all matter, energy, space, and time were created. What happened next were two major stages of the universe's evolution.

Origins of the Universe...

 and kill just about anything, whether it's a predator or otherwise. If it doesn't represent a meal, they just leave it. If it does, of course they eat it, but in that way, in a pretty violent fashion

Eternal Adversaries:...

 otherwise if it doesn't represent a meal they just leave it if it does of course they eat it but in that way in a pretty violent fashion they absolutely are top of the tree when it comes to the

Hair-Raising Hyena...

 In ancient Greece, violent internal conflict between bordering neighbors and war with foreign invaders was a way of life,

This is Sparta: Fierce...

 Fights as violent as this between females are rare.

Violent