I don't really think much about how I would have fared in the Second World War. It's a topic that has to… — Fionn Whitehead Copy Share Image
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French existentialism is an unhelpful philosophy in which to couch modern feminism: born from the ravages of the Second World War, it… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
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In 1945, when the Second World War technically ends in Poland, the incoming Soviet army liberates some groups of people but begins… — Norman Davies Copy Share Image
“The challenge to which these two groups responded was the interdependence of human kind, North and South, Rich and Pool, Industrialised and… — Prince Charles HRH the Prince of Wales Copy Share Image
I was born in 1953, in Paris. But soon after my birth my family (I have one sister) moved into a rent… — Richard Clayderman Copy Share Image
Why did the people think [Vietnam war] was fundamentally wrong and immoral? The guys who ran the polls, John E. Rielly, a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Some writings spotted U.S. history said that the CIA agents who were watching the Communists, in the period after the Second World… — Mohamed Addakhakhny Copy Share Image
Tell the British people if the Iraqis are subjected to aggression or humiliation they would fight bravely. Just as the British people… — Saddam Hussein Copy Share Image
I hate the word "method acting." It's just so silly. You hear people going, "Yeah I'm a method actor." I'm like, "So… — Jeremy Irvine Copy Share Image
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The Second World War had a precipitating effect in that it discredited the empires, as well as bankrupting them. Not only could… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
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Like so many of the young men he grew up with, my grandfather Luis Lujan was proud to answer his nation's call… — Ben Ray Lujan Copy Share Image
When my elders mentioned 'The War,' they invariably meant that of 1914-1918, even after 1939, for the Second World War was merely… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
I have just written a book on the occupation of the Channel Islands, which is being published in Germany. Pursuing the Second… — John Nettles Copy Share Image
In the case of the second world war the distorting factor is not poetry but our seemingly insatiable need to view the… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
“When I got home from the Second World War, mu Uncle Dan clapped me on the back, and he said, "You're a… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The great leaders of the second world war alliance, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, understood the twin sides of destruction and salvation.… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
Take the Iraq War,it's the second worst crime after the Second World War. It's the first time in history, in the history… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The First World War created the Second World War because that was a war between three grandsons of Queen Victoria: The King… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
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As a Jew, I was taught that it was ethically imperative to speak up and to speak out against arbitrary state violence.… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
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Winston Churchill inspired my leadership philosophy. I've read a huge number of his writings, especially his diaries from the Second World War.… — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
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A German officer visited Picasso in his Paris studio during the Second World War. There he saw Guernica and, shocked at the… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
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