Victor Davis Hanson Quotes
Often, the pretexts for starting a war are not real shortages of land, food or fuel, but rather perceptions - like fear, honor and perceived self-interest.
Quotes to Explore
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I've been hyper-conscious about staying away from rubbish. I don't eat white bread, white rice or cereal unless it's porridge.
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This is the ultimate con game - I'm having fun and people pay me to do it.
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There is a lot of opportunity sitting in global healthcare business. I think there is a strong opportunity to build upon for further growth.
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career.
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Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.
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Ah me! Love can not be cured by herbs.
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If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans.
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In some weird, warped way, I'm actually convinced that if I got mugged, I could probably take out the guy.
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Death may simply be an alteration in consciousness, a transition for continued life in a nonmaterial form.
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Sometimes it takes dealing with a disability - the trauma, the relearning, the months of rehabilitation therapy - to uncover our true abilities and how we can put them to work for us in ways we may have never imagined.
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Now there is a new group every week; it seems like everybody and anybody can get into the charts.
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When I was seventeen, I worked as a counsellor at a co-ed sleep-away camp for eight weeks. I loved it but it could be harrowing - it was far too much responsibility for someone my age.
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Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic book.
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The larger the disaster, the more necessary it is to have the government as the principal driver of recovery.
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Know your worth! People always act like they're doing more for you than you're doing for them.
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All too often the Democratic Party has taken the black vote for granted, and all too often the Republican Party has written it off.
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The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going to read what they want to into it.
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Poor privileged white men. Their stranglehold on power is slowly being loosened.
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Howard Hughes was this visionary who was obsessed with speed and flying like a god... I loved his idea of what filmmaking was.
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I came to America with a dream and I made it. The dream became reality. America is built for success.
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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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I am, you know, a Democrat through and through. I've always voted Democratic. You know, that is where my heart lies.
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Often, the pretexts for starting a war are not real shortages of land, food or fuel, but rather perceptions - like fear, honor and perceived self-interest.
