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war world saving
Those who are convinced they have a monopoly on The Truth always feel that they are only saving the world when they slaughter the heretics. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
war what-if ifs
What if someone gave a war and Nobody came? Allen Ginsberg
war lying military
Blunders are an inescapable feature of war, because choice in military affairs lies generally between the bad and the worse. Allan Massie
war men soldier
Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilized folk to despise war. Allan Massie
war achievement president
Our best presidents have really combined domestic leadership with heroic achievements in foreign affairs or war. Allan Lichtman
war college soldier
These doomsday warriors look no more like soldiers than the soldiers of the Second World War looked like conquistadors. The more expert they become the more they look like lab assistants in small colleges Alistair Cooke
war drama memorable
More than anything else, though, to anyone who would write about it, golf offers a four-hour drama in two acts, which becomes memorable even in the tape-recorded reminiscenses of old champs, and which - in the hands of someone like Herb Wind - can become a piece of war correspondence as artfully controlled as Alan Morehead's account of Gallipoli. Alistair Cooke
war promise holy
Like a christening, a wedding, a graduation ceremony, a holy war, a revolutioneven?a fireworksdisplay, agaudy promise of what life ought to be, not life itself. Alistair Cooke
war missing want
Wouldn't want to miss a war, would I? Alison McGhee
eye confession terrible
Our eyes are full of terrible confessions. Anne Sexton
eye lilies world
When you told me you loved me," Lily's eyes widened when she looked at Lux, "You saved the world. Amanda Hocking
eye dark night
After a sleepless night the body gets weaker, It becomes dear and not yours - and nobody's. Just like a seraph you smile to people And arrows moan in the slow arteries. After a sleepless night the arms get weaker And deeply equal to you are the friend and foe. Smells like Florence in the frost, and in each Sudden sound is the whole rainbow. Tenderly light the lips, and the shadow's golden Near the sunken eyes. Here the night has sparked This brilliant likeness - and from the dark night Only just one thing - the eyes - are growing dark. Marina Tsvetaeva
eye hands honor
There is more beauty than our eyes can bear, precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm. Marilynne Robinson
eye men parent
The mealy look of men today is the result of momism and so is the pinched and baffled fury in the eyes of womankind. Philip Wylie
eye men world
Before I knew that a man could kill a man, because it happens all the time. Now I know that even the person with whom you've shared food, or whom you've slept, even he can kill you with no trouble. The closest neighbor can kill you with his teeth: that is what I have Learned since the genocide, and my eyes no longer gaze the same on the face of the world. Philip Zimbardo
eye age clear
They say eyes clear with age. Philip Larkin
eye steps havens
I wore Nietzsche's eyes. Now that I step back to see, I haven't been me. Paula Cole
eye opportunity ideas
If you've got a good idea and you're willing to do whatever it takes to pursue it, keep your head up and eyes open because you don't know when opportunity will come knocking. Paula Deen