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title: "4 Actual War Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [One night, I was lying in bed, and I was channel surfing between reality TV programs and actual war coverage. On one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/one-night-i-was-lying-in-bed-and-i-was-channel-surfing-between/)

[Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/)

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> [What I found most ironic is that the safest part for us as journalists was during the actual war. Back then, during…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaroslav-trofimov/what-i-found-most-ironic-is-that-the-safest-part-for-us-as/)

[Yaroslav Trofimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaroslav-trofimov/)

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> [I actually looked up in my journal trying to figure out some dates and, in January 1991, America is about to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-actually-looked-up-in-my-journal-trying-to-figure-out-some-dates/)

[Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e0/ian-mackaye-3369_country_i-actually-looked-up-in-my-journal-tryin_2860001.png)

> [When you look at the beginning of the actual war, it's not hard to recognize that the Pakistanis were the ones to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/when-you-look-at-the-beginning-of-the-actual-war-it-s-not-hard-to/)

[Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/)

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