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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.
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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
civilization history moral nice record
K is for Kenghis Khan. He was a very nice person. History has no record of him. There is a moral in that, somewhere. Harlan Ellison
civilization local pillar
I was a glassy-eyed undergraduate. It was a pillar of local civilization. Stewart Brand
civilization lasts analysis
In the last analysis civilization is based upon the food supply. Will Durant
civilization long achievement
what about Christianity? Are we right in the face of so long a record of its poverty in international achievement, to keep invoking it as a standard, almost synonymous with civilization? Rose Macaulay
civilization people empathy
The purpose of civilization and growth is to be able to reach out and empathize with other people... For me, the movies are like a machine that generates empathy. Roger Ebert
civilization lessons lost
The greatest advances in human civilization have come when we recovered what we had lost: when we learned the lessons of history. Winston Churchill
civilization enemy slavery
The enemies of American civilization-- for such are the enemies of slavery-- seem to be more on the alert than its friends. William Walker
civilization prosperity nations
There is nothing that sets a nation back as far in civilization as prosperity. Will Rogers
civilization taught-us use
Civilization has taught us to eat with a fork, but even now if nobody is around we use our fingers.
survival evolution blind
Life results from the non-random survival of randomly varying replicators. The watchmaker is blind Richard Dawkins
survival aristocracy world
The principle of avoiding the unnecessary expenditure of energy has enabled the species to survive in a world full of stimuli; but it prevents the survival of the aristocracy. Rebecca West
survival despair degradation
Our life is always deeper than we know, is always more divine than it seems, and hence we are able to survive degradations and despairs which otherwise must engulf us. William James
survival fundamentals world
Reconnection to the natural world is fundamental to human health, well-being, spirit, and survival. Richard Louv
survival missions determine
Once one determines that he or she has a mission in life, that's it's not... Richard M. Nixon
survival body machines
The body is a survival machine programmed to propagate the genes that reside inside it.
survival religion culture
God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or infective power, in the environment provided by human culture.
survival quality body
In true natural selection, if a body has what it takes to survive, its genes automatically survive because they are inside it. So the genes that survive tend to be, automatically, those genes that confer on bodies the qualities that assist them to survive.
survival engagement able
Through the evolutionary process, those who are able to engage in social cooperation of various sorts do better in survival and reproduction. Robert Nozick