"Events alone rarely provide much guide to the…" — Walter Lord
"Events alone rarely provide much guide to the future."
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11 Quotes by Walter Lord
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Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.
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It would be nice to say the rich people, the fancy people, all behaved like bastards and the poor slobs…
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The ones that measure up are not always the ones you expect.
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I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations.
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I never earned a dollar that was not somehow through writing.
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It's a funny thing, but today the Titanic is probably much more - that is people are much more aware…
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Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not…
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There were exceptions, a couple of families that just plain didn't want to even think about it, although forty years…
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Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit - a magic blend of skill, faith,…
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You have to study the people and the ones that measure up are not always the ones you expect.
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More Alone Quotes
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There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads.
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India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex…
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Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her…
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I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes alone.
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Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to…
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While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward,…
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The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be…
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In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges…
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We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?
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