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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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- Nightmares
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to have nightmares about the civil war when I got to England at ages 14 to 15. It took me some years to get over that.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I came to America, I was already a writer, already published in Bosnia. I was planning to go back, but I had no choice but to stay here after the civil war, so I enrolled at Northwestern in a master's program and studied American literature.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
And this system sorted out the Chechen war in just 20 days. This way, I used the President's power, he didn't use me. It wasn't hard for me to leave - it isn't my scene. I have nothing to do there.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
The next war... may well bury Western civilization forever.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020
In order to win the war on terrorism, we have to win the war of information. Information is so very, very valuable. This is an important tool in gathering up information.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
If today is anything like the typical day of the past 3 years, three American soldiers will die in Iraq or Afghanistan, the Taliban will get a little stronger in Afghanistan and the civil war will continue to be enhanced in Iraq.
- Fall
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm doing another Churchill. I did a Churchill for HBO and that was up to 1939 and there's talk of the war years. They were going to do it this fall, but the script wasn't going to be ready.
- Result
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- Nov 07, 2020
War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.
- Jealousy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Do I appreciate the idea of jealousy, revenge and all these so-called dark qualities? Yes. Do I write these songs in order to engage in some public war with someone? No.
- Plague
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- Nov 07, 2020