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I never fail to be moved by knowing that the ground on which I walk is layered with the past- with achievement… — Eva Hoffman Copy Share Image
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We humans are conflicted beings. Our beliefs don't always harmonize with our instincts, and our behavior doesn't always reflect our beliefs. ...… — Brandon Mull Copy Share Image
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There's this kind of war on running - people keep telling you you'll get hurt, get injured, that you need orthotics, that… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
“It was funny the things you noticed before a battle – the dust in the air hanging as if suspended in time.… — Elizabeth Novak Copy Share Image
Hence when lightning fires the arch of heaven, and thunders rock the ground, when furious whirlwinds rend the howling air, and ocean,… — Mark Akenside Copy Share Image
“Eventually the United States became the latter arsenal and bank of the allies, and acquired a direct interest in allied victory that… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
Those laws, being forged for universal application, are in perpetual conflict with personal interest, just as personal interest is always in contradiction… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
The war industry people are very together; they know exactly what they want; they don't even have to talk to each other.… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
We are Germans. We are Armenians. French, Italian, Russian, American, Asian, African... many other nationalities. We are Christians, Jewish, Muslim and Hindu.… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
The politics of language and the politics of writing really got to me. I've heard this phrase more than once now: this… — Truong Tran Copy Share Image
“The CSS Alabama’s captain, Rafael Semmes, was a devout Catholic who saw the Civil War as a religious struggle. He associated Northern… — Andrew Lees Copy Share Image
It was my view then, and still is, that you don't make war without knowing why. Knowledge of course, is always imperfect,… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
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