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The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-Boat peril...It did not take the form of flaring battles and glittering… — Winston Churchill
It was the hour in which objects lose the consistency of shadow that accompanies them during the night and gradually reacquire colors, but seem to… — Italo Calvino
We entered a synagogue which was packed with the greatest stinking bunch of humanity I have ever seen. Either these Displaced Persons never had any… — George S. Patton
When a man's pride is subdued it's like the sides of Mount Aetna. It was terrible during the eruption, but when that is over and… — Henry Ward Beecher
During the Civil War, on hearing complaints that Gen. Ulysses S. Grant drank alcohol to excess Find out what Grant drinks and send a barrel… — Abraham Lincoln
'As a fraction of your tax dollar today, what is the total cost of all spaceborne telescopes, planetary probes, the rovers on Mars, the International… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
May we not suspect that the vague but very real fears of children, which are quite independent of experience, are the inherited effects of real… — Charles Darwin
The young blush much more freely than the old but not during infancy, which is remarkable, as we know that infants at a very early… — Charles Darwin
The truth is, I do indulge myself a little the more in pleasure, knowing that this is the proper age of my life to do… — Samuel Pepys
What strangely enchanted tunes gush forth during those sleepless nights! — Emile M. Cioran
I believe that the freedom of speech should be protected, but so should a family's right to privacy as they grieve their loss. There is… — Dave Reichert
I was thrown into a community production of 'Bye Bye Birdie' or something when I was a kid. I wanted to just build the sets,… — Michael Stuhlbarg
As one gets older being sad and miserable can become a bit of a habit. To counteract this, she suggests making a point of savoring… — Rumer Godden
During negotiations nothing is gained by attacking people's comfort zones. — Alan Sugar
The drinking man is never less himself than during his sober intervals. — Charles Lamb
During periods of discontinuous, abrupt change, the essence of adaptation involves a keen sensitivity to what should be abandoned - not what should be changed… — Peter Drucker
The most difficult thing to understand during conversation is silence. — Henry David Thoreau
Creativity is a central source of meaning in our lives...most of the things that are interesting, important, and human are the results of creativity...when we… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace is an interlude during war. — Georges Clemenceau
The mail service has been excellent out here, and in my opinion this is all that the Air Force has accomplished during the war. — Chesty Puller
During a trip to Iraq last fall, I visited our theater hospital at Balad Air Force Base and witnessed these skilled medical professionals in action… — Melissa Bean
The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically/mentally, than anything your players will face during a game. — Bobby Knight
You have to learn things in every game because you are not going to be able to practice two-and-a-half to three hours (during the season),… — Don Meyer
During 1866 and 1922, Native Americans and black soldiers often intermingled in the American west, on the frontier. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
So much of becoming a good athlete involves bringing other things to the table, other than physical skills. It involves intelligence, it involves many of… — Julius Erving

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