- Behavior
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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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- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I left my job as a feature writer on a newspaper to write a book, then sent it off to a number of agents thinking they would all reject me. Within a week, most had come back to say they loved what they had read, which then led to a bidding war for my first two novels.
- Friend
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- Nov 07, 2020
A friend of mine suddenly announced she had written a novel and got a publishing deal; I thought, 'Hang on... if she can do it, I can bloody well do it, too.' That novel went to a bidding war, and went on to be a huge best-seller.
- Great Achievements
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- Nov 07, 2020
The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity - as a given.
- Fading
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- Nov 07, 2020
The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain are little more than fading memories. Ideals that once commanded great loyalty are now taken for granted.
- Door
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I was a very strong opponent of the war, in fact, one of those who went door to door to my colleagues and thus achieved 60 percent of the Democrats voting no against this war.
- American Troops
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- Nov 07, 2020
Three years into the war, tens of thousands of American troops remain targets of a growing Iraqi insurgency.
- Nov 07, 2020
I will continue to push for solutions to eliminate reliance on hired guns to provide security in war zones.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our biggest catastrophe was that Dresden was destroyed in the war. But the message of the city is that wounds of war can heal, and people can live in peace.
- Better Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are legitimate concerns long term, in my view, about nuclear war and policy and stuff like that. But the world has become a better place every 20 years for the last 2,000 years.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
American farmers, by making the commitment to grow more corn for ethanol, are at the top of the spear on the war against terrorism.
- Days
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- Nov 07, 2020
After the United States entered the war, I joined the Naval Reserve and spent ninety days in a Columbia University dormitory learning to be a naval officer.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that Barack Obama faces a level of divisiveness, and I don't mean on a national level in terms of the North and the South and the Civil War; I really mean just politically.
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced. Americans have rightfully noted the honor and nobility of courage under hostile fire and thanked those who perished in their defense.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion.
- Artist
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- Nov 07, 2020