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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 sacrifice men
I do occasionally wonder, if you were to bring to life one of those young men who sacrificed themselves in what was advertised to them as the Great War, and the war to end all war, and show them that we're still engaged in armed conflict in the same area, I'm not sure that they would be pleased about what their sacrifices amounted to. Russell Crowe
war people culture
Those who remember Washington's cold war culture in the 1980s will recall the shocked reactions to Reagan's intervention. People interested in foreign policy were astonished when in 1985 he met alone at Geneva - alone, not a single strategic thinker at his elbow! - with the Soviet Communist master Gorbachev. Russell Baker
common-sense laughing people
You know, people don't want their intelligence insulted. They don't want to be preached to. They don't want to be degraded. All they want to do is sit, laugh, have a good time, love one another, forget about what's going on in the world, and find something out so they can be useful in this life. Do this and you have common sense. Tyler Perry
common-sense may sound
We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra. William Kingdon Clifford
common-sense prejudice common
The rule for traveling abroad is to take our common sense with us, and leave our prejudices behind. William Hazlitt
common-sense novelists belief
A novelist must preserve a childlike belief in the importance of things which common sense considers of no great consequence. W. Somerset Maugham
common-sense perfect feelings
As a scientist I cannot help feeling that all religions are on a tottering foundation. None is perfect or inspired. As for their prophets, there are as many today as ever before, only now science refuses to let them overstep the bounds of common sense. Luther Burbank
common-sense people magic
Magicians and scientists are, on the face of it, poles apart. Certainly, a group of people who often dress strangely, live in a world of their own, speak a specialized language and frequently make statements that appear to be in flagrant breach of common sense have nothing in common with a group of people who often dress strangely, speak a specialized language, live in ... er ... Terry Pratchett
common-sense autism too-much
Sometimes we forget about common sense. Autism is used too much as an excuse for bad behavior. Temple Grandin
common-sense grace mind
The restraining grace of common sense is the mark of all valid minds. Ralph Waldo Emerson
common-sense serious genius
Common sense is as rare as genius.
essentials harmony our-lives
Discerning our personal gifts is essential if we are to experience harmony in our lives. Sarah Ban Breathnach
essentials lines
A line has to be drawn somewhere between what is essential and what is peripheral. Sargent Shriver
essentials action compassionate
The compassionate actions of a Buddha are essential to reforming and revitalizing society. Vinessa Shaw
essentials obvious starry-night
Exaggerate the essential, leave the obvious vague. Vincent Van Gogh
essentials noble ordinary
Thus I got into my bones the essential structure of the ordinary British sentence, which is a noble thing. Winston Churchill
essentials dogma separation
We crave, we deeply yearn for, release from the limitations of a dogma that declares separation, disunity, and judgment to be the essential condition of life. Neale Donald Walsch
essentials knows
Everybody has to know where they're coming from, what they're doing, why they're doing it, who they are. These are essentials. Eli Roth
essentials painting
There are some things in painting which cannot be explained, and that something is essential. Pierre-Auguste Renoir
essentials compliment humans
The highest compliment one can be paid by another human being is to be told: 'Because of what you are, you are essential to my happiness.' Nathaniel Branden