I think that the first World War put an end the kind of music that Mahler, Bruckner and Richard Strauss were writing.… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
“Sgt. Basilone in his personal humility and unwavering dedication to the men who served with him, became a true hero of the… — Jim Proser Copy Share Image
When the Way governs the world, the proud stallions drag dung carriages. When the Way is lost to the world, war horses… — Laozi Copy Share Image
I studied history at university, so I'm always quite fascinated by the Second World War and France. That's one of my interests. — Ruth Wilson Copy Share Image
The First World War, and especially the latest one, largely swept away what was left in Europe of feudalism and of feudal… — Emily Greene Balch Copy Share Image
I had done a lot of reading, relative for a kid, about World War Two, and I thought about Chamberlain a lot. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I only take vitamin B complex. Before World War II, I used to take ionized yeast, because in the pre-war era we… — John Gokongwei Copy Share Image
When I appeared before the draft board examiner during World War II, he asked me if I thought I could kill. "I… — Oscar Levant Copy Share Image
“The war in China exemplified a fact often forgotten about the Second World War: globally, more non-combatants perished than uniformed participants. Civilians… — A.G. Riddle Copy Share Image
The modern Middle East was largely created by the British. It was they who carried the Allied war effort in the region… — Scott Anderson Copy Share Image
All the other books ask, 'What's it like?' What was World War II like for the young kid at Normandy, or what… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
“General George Patton and others lamented that the Second World War had broken out in 1939 over saving the free peoples of… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
My parents, like others of "The Greatest Generation" who lived through the Great Depression and World War II, wanted to provide the… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
Now that we've made that decision, everyone is thinking about the practical consequences and I think Theresa May could be the most… — Jeremy Hunt Copy Share Image
“To help me understand his combat days, Sheeran tracked down the 45th Infantry Division’s hardbound, 202-page official Combat Report, issued within months… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
I would go in the university stacks and pull out books like 'Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II' when I was… — Paul Allen Copy Share Image
Many of the principle weapons that the Nazis used during World War II had their first trial in combat in Spain -… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
There was a time, right up until the end of the Second World War and beyond, when white people in Europe thought… — Stuart Franklin Copy Share Image
“We actually tried Free Will before. After taking you from hunting and gathering to the height of the Roman Empire we stepped… — Philip Dick Copy Share Image
“In World War II, some Japanese soldiers preferred to take their own lives rather become prisoners of war. In Saipan hundreds of… — Harald Welzer Copy Share Image
“It is a natural propensity to attribute misfortune to someone’s malignity. When prices rise, it is due to the profiteer; when wages… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Propaganda campaigns in general have been closely attuned to elite interests. The Red scare of 1919-20 have served well to abort the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
An American leader would be derelict of duty if he did not seek to understand all his options in such unprecedented circumstances.… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
“THE FIRST WORLD WAR was a tragic and unnecessary conflict. Unnecessary because the train of events that led to its outbreak might… — John Keegan Copy Share Image
“Moreover, it was social democracy and the welfare state that bound the professional and commercial middle classes to liberal institutions in the… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
I hope my journals relating to World War II will help clarify issues of the past and thereby contribute to understanding the… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
If the inner world is inundated with peace, then the nightmare of world war cannot even come into being. — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
My family moved from Rangoon to Rawalpindi during World War II. My father was born in Lahore in 1946. Those were difficult times. — Rasika Dugal Copy Share Image
My mom enlisted in the U.S. Navy in World War II, and my parents actually bought our home thanks to the loan… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I always thought those World War II films with German people speaking English with German accents was weird. — Wagner Moura Copy Share Image
Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature.… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
The reality is that most of North America knows next to nothing of the 20th centurys first genocide - the systematic slaughter… — Chris Bohjalian Copy Share Image
Being born in '31 was during the Depression and in my earlier youth World War II took place - so it was… — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
I believe in sun even if it doesn't shine ¦. I believe in love even if I dont feel it ¦. And… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The chief fruit of the First World War was the Russian Revolution and the rise of Communism as a national power. — Whittaker Chambers Copy Share Image
My dad always told me that the principal reason he chose New Zealand to emigrate to after World War II was the… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
Did it [cocaine] for about eight years. Not a terribly long time to be an addict I guess, but it is longer… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
When the Second World War started, I was only five but I still remember... Being a witness... I wanted people to remember… — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
Zhukov was the most successful commander of World War II, who fell from grace under Khrushchev, but never lost his place in… — Georgy Zhukov Copy Share Image
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