Carl Mydans Quotes
We cannot hope to control what we do not understand, nor to confront our adversary, war, with our eyes averted.
Quotes to Explore
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In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.
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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
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The most difficult part of any crime novel is the plotting. It all begins simply enough, but soon you're dealing with a multitude of linked characters, strands, themes and red herrings - and you need to try to control these unruly elements and weave them into a pattern.
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International institutions are composed of governments. Governments control their own military forces and police.
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What strategic benefit would accrue from having Montenegro as an ally that would justify the risk of our having to go to war should some neighbor breach Montenegro's borders?
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Here, in Cork district, you have in combination all the dangers which war can inflict.
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To secure peace is to prepare for war.
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Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.
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I've gone to war zones before and never got shot.
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Sometimes fear is used as a way to control.
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It's always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it's always the war widows who lead the Memorial Day parades.
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When I returned to the United States after three years of World War II service, my total assets consisted of one wife, one small daughter, $276 in the bank, and an idea. The idea was for an export business to supply items badly needed everywhere in Europe.
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Rent-control laws disproportionately benefit the non-poor because the elite pull strings, work the system and are better connected than the non-poor.
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When you write what you know, you stay in control. One of the first things I encourage my writing students to do is to lose control - say what they want to say, break structure.
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The NATO forces will, to the extent that they have capacity, assist the war crimes tribunal.
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I can't imagine what it would be like to write in a relaxed state. I'm going to be writing some stories for my own interest. I want to experiment with different things and see if I can approach writing with much less control and in a better psychological state. It will be like breaking out of a straitjacket.
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I want to start my own airplane business. I'm going to buy two Dakotas, paint them up in war colours and do, er, nostalgia trips to Arnhem - you know, where the old paratroopers used to go - and charge them about 20 quid a time.
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Deficits are like putting dynamite in the hands of children. They can get out of control very quickly.
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They reckon ill who leave me out; When me they fly, I am the wings; I am the doubter and the doubt; And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.
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My relationship with Dean was great, but ultimately it wasn't a fulfilling marriage for either of us.
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It's the way of life in Saginaw. If you're not tough, you don't survive.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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'Lies are rust on iron. A blemish on power.'
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We cannot hope to control what we do not understand, nor to confront our adversary, war, with our eyes averted.
