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war
I was a lieutenant in World War II. John Eisenhower
war blessing games
No human mind may measure the blessings conferred by the game of base ball on the soldiers of the Civil War. It had its earliest evolution when soldiers, North and South, were striving to forget their foes by cultivating, through this grand game, fraternal friendships with comrades in arms.
war
I have friends who have had PTSD, and you can get it from other things than war. Dito Montiel
war connections speak
Sir, if you ever presume again to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this university. Robert E. Lee
war men ideas
Even now, the irony that so non-intellectual a man should choose to engage the Soviet Union on the battlefield of ideas has eluded most commentators and historians. Richard Perle
war character winter
. . .and every native has a story of winter – stories that usually begin, You call this a storm? And grow in the telling like battle tales shared by graying war veterans. It’s a peculiar character flaw to those of us from cold climates that we feel superior to those who have the sense to live elsewhere. Richard Paul Evans
war generations vietnam
The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone. Richard Holbrooke
war thinking opposites
Strategic thinkers were naturally rattled to find this outsider fooling around with their work. They had been thinking strategically when Reagan was just another movie actor playing opposite a chimpanzee, for heaven's sake. They think Reagan is too naive, too innocent, to grasp the intellectual complexities of cold war strategy. Russell Baker
war views opposites
So let's raise the tone of the debate. Too often at the moment we look like schoolchildren squabbling over a toy - our most precious toy, the Earth. And the danger is that as we pull in opposite directions in our global tug of war, the Earth will end up broken - or at least unable to sustain human life. That is the worst case scenario - or maybe, from the Earth's point of view, the best. Roz Savage
tasks opinion telling-the-truth
Our task is not to tell the truth; we are opinion molders. Walter Cronkite
tasks venture sound
I will venture to assert, that a just translation of any ancient poet in rhyme is impossible. No human ingenuity can be equal to the task of closing every couplet with sounds homotonous, expressing at the same time the full sense, and only the full sense of his original. William Cowper
tasks impossible accomplish
All translating seems to me to be simply an attempt to accomplish an impossible task. Wilhelm von Humboldt
tasks each-day way
Like a blind spinner in the sun,I tread my days:I know that all the threads will runAppointed ways.I know each day will bring its task,And being blind no more I ask. Helen Hunt Jackson
tasks world
The task is not just to understand the world but to change it. Karl Marx
tasks levels way
If we change the way the electricity sector operates, we can bring down our levels of carbon pollution, and continue the crucial task of tackling climate change. Putting a price on carbon would do this. Julia Gillard
tasks surprise abandon
As soon as we abandon ourselves to God and do the task He has placed closest to us, He begins to fill our lives with surprises. Oswald Chambers
tasks cleaning cleaning-up
And so Harry became proficient in the task of cleaning up vomit. Julia Quinn
tasks looks waste
Something that looks like a protocol but does not accomplish a task is not a protocol—it’s a waste of time. Bruce Schneier
worldwide
Going forward, you're going to see a lot more from Timex, from branding all the way down to promotional programs, and it's really going to be on the worldwide level,
world missions composer
A lot of composers before me have been on this mission to change the world by getting off equal temperament, and I'm definitely one of those.
world encounters virtue
As many as are the difficulties which Virtue has to encounter in this world, her force is yet superior.
world hearing salt
We have become so accustomed to hearing everyone claim that his product is the best in the world, or the cheapest, that we take all such statements with a grain of salt. Robert Collier
world this-world blanket
We all have our security blankets in this world. Some are just sharper than others. Rob Thurman
world superstar ridiculous
'I'll Tumble 4 Ya' has to be one of the most ridiculous hit singles that any international superstars have given the world. Rob Sheffield
world worthwhile variety
Learn what the rest of the world is like. The variety is worthwhile. Richard P. Feynman
world evolution newton
Along with William Shakespeare and Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin is Britain's greatest gift to the world. He was our greatest thinker. Richard Dawkins
world objective-truth materials
Science is the disinterested search for the objective truth about the material world.