#provoke

I would like to provoke ambiguous responses in my readers. ↗

— James Ellroy

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And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a remedy to one sore, you will provoke another; and that which removes the one ill symptom produces others. ↗

— Thomas More

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If you find yourself easily provoked, then just change the channel. ↗

— Toba Beta

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All sensitive people agree that there is a peculiar emotion provoked by works of art. ↗

— Clive Bell

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It'll keep you alive for another 10 years if you get yourself a laugh once a day: either provoke it, or look around in the wildest laboratory in the world, the public. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

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The greatest danger of bombs is in the explosion of stupidity that they provoke. ↗

— Octave Mirbeau

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Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants. ↗

— Elizabeth Montagu

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I know I will be breaking a taboo. But I'm sure that it will provoke a new discussion. It's time things change. I feel 30 and want to look that way again. ↗

— Brigitte Nielsen

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Repression will provoke rebellion. ↗

— Hugh Williamson

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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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