- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
War Quotes
War, remembered and reckoned with.
This topic pairs literary observation, such as a novelist's take on the social fabric depicted in a sprawling Tolstoy epic, with hard historical fact about the 1962 border conflict between China and India. Readers interested in broader historical context can visit History.
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- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
During the Second Boer War, from 1899 to 1902, Britain was rampantly jingoistic: anyone who opposed the war was cast as a traitor. The 'Guardian' stood against it and ran a campaign for peace while the brilliant 'Guardian' reporter Emily Hobhouse exposed the concentration camps for the Boers run by the British.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a rare pro-lifer who is against the death penalty, who's against all war, who favors, you know, all the things people need to flourish and stay healthy in life. They've tied themselves to the Republican Party, which doesn't support any of that.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People always seem to assume that we have a full, back-up support team - make-up, costume and a driver - but usually, in a war zone, there's only me and the cameraman.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
My characters have never waged a war against any gender. They are all about friendship and being loyal to your friends.
- Iraq War
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- Nov 07, 2020
I began college during the Iraq War and initially wanted to be a foreign correspondent.
- Prepare
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had nearly finished school because I was making effort not that bad on that. But there was a law in Germany after the war. You could not make your final examination before 18, so lots of people who were late because of the way had to do it first.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
Capitalism is war; socialism is peace.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Long live the liberation of the workers off all countries from the infernal chasm of war, exploitation and slavery!
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn't over for the veterans, or the family. It's just starting.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
Really important books to me are the classics. I try very hard to read them well - you know, especially once I got serious about writing. So, reading Tolstoy several times - 'War and Peace,' 'The Kreutzer Sonata' - all those were really important to me.
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- Nov 07, 2020