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Marked by eagerness to fight or contend




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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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