Carl von Clausewitz Quotes
Modern wars are seldom fought without hatred between nations; this serves more or less as a substitute for hatred between individuals.
Carl von Clausewitz
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I grew up listening in awe to stories of their wartime adventures. My granny, Joan, was a journalist and wrote amazing letters to my grandpa when he was a prisoner of war, while my nana, Mary, was a Land Girl, then a Wren. They were so independent, resilient and glamorous.
Laura Carmichael
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Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.
Aldous Huxley
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Actually, I've done it the other way so many times where you rehearse the band and you do the whole thing with lights, the show and the crew - everything. Then you see what happens and you're already committed to dates. I'm just sort of putting out feelers this way.
Paul Westerberg
The Replacements
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I'm a heavy smoker. I go through two lighters a day.
Bill Hicks
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Relationships do change throughout the course of your life, and I always think in terms of relationships changing and evolving rather than starting and stopping.
Kimora Lee Simmons
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When I found out I was going to be on CBS every morning, my first phone call was to Jenny Craig. Ten days later, I'd lost nine pounds. Now I even take the plan's popcorn with me to the movies.
Gayle King
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Androgyny suggests a spirit of reconciliation between the sexes; it suggests, further, a full range of experience…it suggests a spectrum upon which human beings choose their places without regard to propriety or custom.
Carolyn Heilbrun
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The truth is most women are weak, be they mortal or immortal. But when they are strong, they are absolutely unpredictable.
Anne Rice
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Your tale is of the longest," observed Monks, moving restlessly in his chair. It is a true tale of grief and trial, and sorrow, young man," returned Mr. Brownlow, "and such tales usually are; if it were one of unmixed joy and happiness, it would be very brief.
Charles Dickens
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Modern wars are seldom fought without hatred between nations; this serves more or less as a substitute for hatred between individuals.
Carl von Clausewitz