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war ambition mean
For what are the triumphs of war, planned by ambition, executed by violence, and consummated by devastation? The means are the sacrifice of many, the end, the bloated aggrandizement of the few. Charles Caleb Colton
war winning games
War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never.
war hands fog
Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun, the hand that warned Belshazzar derived its horrifying effect from the want of a body.
war writing fighting
Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for it.
war long body
Wars are to the body politic, what drams are to the individual. There are times when they may prevent a sudden death, but if frequently resorted to, or long persisted in, they heighten the energies only to hasten the dissolution.
war heart character
Why am I always at war with myself? Why have I told, as if upon compulsion, what I knew all along I ought to have withheld? Why am I making a friend of this woman beside me, in spite of the whispers against her that I hear in my heart? Charles Dickens
war believe blow
I believe that the heaviest blow ever dealt at liberty's head will be dealt by this nation in the ultimate failure of its example to the earth.
war believe writing
There's a long-standing (50 year old) flame war within the field over whether it's "sci-fi" or "SF".SF has traditionally been looked down on by the literary establishment because, to be honest, much early SF was execrably badly written - but these days the significance of the pigeon hole is fading; we have serious mainstream authors writing stuff that is I-can't-believe-it's-not-SF, and SF authors breaking into the mainstream. If you view them as tags that point to shelves in bricks-and-mortar bookshops, how long are these genre categories going to survive in the age of the internet? Charles Stross
war writing spy
I like lassic British spy thrillers. Seriously. If the cold war was still on, that's something I'd be writing.
technique film formal
So I used formal techniques to make the film more perceptive emotionally. Alain Resnais
technique doe precision
By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision. Bruno Walter
technique stage thousand
I have played Dracula a thousand times on stage and I find I have become thoroughly settled in the technique of the stage and not of the screen. Bela Lugosi
technique
It's like when you want to make a house... the technique is very important. Cecilia Bartoli
technique captivating stills
Stillness as a technique is still really captivating to me. Adam Baldwin
technique spontaneity combat
In combat, spontaneity rules; rote performance of technique perishes. Bruce Lee
technique learning-new
I love learning new techniques. David Bailey
technique photographer justified
Emphasis on technique is justified only so far as it will simplify and clarify the statement of the photographer's concept. Ansel Adams
technique moments terrorist
A terrorist can attack any time, any place using any technique and you can't defend everywhere against every technique at every moment. Donald Rumsfeld
allies although applaud arctic arrival budget congress dead democratic drilling knowing lobby manipulate refused willing
We applaud those in Congress who have refused to let drilling proponents manipulate them and the democratic process. Although there are some still willing to do Big Oil?s bidding, the drilling lobby and their allies will be hard-pressed to keep Arctic drilling in the budget knowing that it is dead on arrival in the House. Carl Pope
allies forces stop
The pro-disengagement forces still have a long way to go in their work. We have allies there and we can still stop it politically. David Wilder
allies chooses draft indeed iraqis moved principles ratify revealed
Having removed the dictator, the allies have moved to put Iraqis in control of Iraq. Now, as they draft and ratify their Constitution, we will indeed see the character of a new Iraqi nation revealed through the principles it chooses to uphold. Kay Granger
allies allowed believed complete death fight germany policy russian time western
At this time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Germany and Russia to fight each other to death. Klaus Fuchs
allies allowed believed complete death fight germany policy russian time western
At that time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and I believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Russia and Germany to fight each other to the death.
allies imperfect like-me
I considered her my ally, because, like me, she was imperfect. Barbara Kingsolver
allies arms electoral happened nixon sheer tormented toward watergate
Nixon had been to China. He had been to Russia doing arms negotiation. And so, he was on his way toward what happened in November, which was an electoral win with 49 states. And the sheer unnecessariness of the Watergate break-in is something that must have tormented him and his allies in all of the years that followed. Thomas Mallon
allies central foreign german issue loyalty policy reason
Loyalty to allies is an important and central issue in German foreign policy but reason must always take priority, Joschka Fischer
allies closest foreign israel kept obama restored safe standing
On foreign policy, President Obama has kept our nation safe from terrorism and restored our standing in the world. When it comes to one of our closest allies - Israel - President Obama has been resolute. Chuck Schumer