The end of World War I also marked the end of bourgeois culture. An inner emptiness developed that, in the 19th and… — Walter Kasper Copy Share Image
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We got a leader in Iran who has announced that he wants to destroy Israel. So I've told people that if you're… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
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Two factors explain our success. One, MIT's renaissance after World War II as a federally supported research resource. Two, the mathematical revolution… — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
When I returned to the United States after three years of World War II service, my total assets consisted of one wife,… — E. Joseph Cossman Copy Share Image
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“Some books about the Holocaust are more difficult to read than others. Some books about the Holocaust are nearly impossible to read.… — Carol Rittner Copy Share Image
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“Certainly, blame for all this [turmoil in the Middle East] doesn't rest solely with the terrible decisions that were made at the… — Scott Anderson Copy Share Image
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He went off and fought in World War II. He had me when he was pretty old, so my dad's a World… — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
'Call Of Duty' initially cut its teeth on World War II simulation stuff, and then we gradually advanced to the end of… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
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One culture I find fascinating to juxtapose against American culture is the culture of Germany. They've gone through a long process through… — Chris Jordan Copy Share Image
My father took me back home, back to Greenwich Village, and he thought by taking me out of the orphanage he'd be… — Gregory Corso Copy Share Image
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“Great British painters, one might say, imitate the proverbial behaviour of buses. None come along for a century or more, then two… — Martin Gayford Copy Share Image
Television, introduced at the close of World War II, has become a form of electronic heroin, and it isn't even your trip.… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
At the age of nine, I could cross the length of Glasgow on a succession of buses, wearing regulation garter-topped stockings and… — Ronald Frame Copy Share Image
As a German, in view of the history of World War II and the terrible deeds of the Nazi period, I feel… — Helmut Kohl Copy Share Image
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“What you believe in isolation becomes true for you in isolation. A belief with another becomes true for you two that others… — Cosmo Starlight Copy Share Image
The '54 World Cup was the first time the people got the recognition back after the second World War and felt like… — Jurgen Klinsmann Copy Share Image
My country is in ruins. So I'm a fish in a poisoned fishbowl. I'm mostly just heartsick about this. There should have… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Racial inequity in how the immense benefits of the original G.I. Bill were disbursed are well-documented, and we've all seen how these… — Raphael Warnock Copy Share Image
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The freedom to express yourself without fear - that perhaps is something we in the U.S. take for granted. It's almost inconceivable… — Friedrich St. Florian Copy Share Image
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I try to keep deep love out of my stories because, once that particular subject comes up, it is almost impossible to… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The Islamic method of waging war is not to kill innocent civilians, but it was Christians in World War II who bombed… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
![“Certainly, blame for all this [turmoil in the Middle East] doesn't rest solely with the terrible decisions that were made at the end of World War I, but it was then that one particularly toxic seed was planted. Ever since, Arab society has tended to define itself less by what it aspires to become…” quote by Scott Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/78c/scott-anderson-16892_arab-society_certainly-blame-for-all-this-turmoil-in_1597624.jpg)
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