Vera Brittain Quotes
Modern war and modern civilisation are utterly incompatible...one or the other must go.
Quotes to Explore
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Actually, I didn't like Dartmouth very much, but the whole theater scene I really liked.
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In the '60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.
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I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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We've heard from many teachers that they used episodes of Star Trek and concepts of Star Trek in their science classrooms in order to engage the students.
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A great sense of peace entered my body, and seemingly into every cell.
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The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England, which runs in our veins.
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I also didn't consider myself a huge baby person.
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If I manage to leave my bedroom and get to the gym, that makes me feel good about myself! For me, the most difficult part is getting out of bed, but once I'm out, I really enjoy playing sports.
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A film set is the most comfortable place I could be in the world; that's what I know.
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I'd never rule anything out, to be honest with you, whether it be the small of volunteer status for a community organization or national politics, who knows?
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I was looking for something like baseball, where there's a lot of data and the competition was pretty low. That's when I discovered politics.
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This is my spiritual journey through life, my way of making sense of the world. I don't need permission from anyone or accolades from anyone; it is completely internal.
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Nobody believed in the success of the Internet.
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I have a mantra in my head that there will always be another meal. I can put my fork down, knowing there will be good things in my future!
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I often feel that when people have affairs, it has more to do with something they're searching for in themselves than anything else.
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I've never thought in terms of 'men do this' and 'women do that.'
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I like Bach. I like Randy Newman.
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History shows us that other highly developed forms of civilization have collapsed. Who knows whether the same fate does not await our own?
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The only football players in my time were fellows who really loved to play football. They were not in it for the money. There wasn't much money there. They would have played football for nothing.
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Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
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They say that truth is the first casualty of war. But there is another casualty as well: trust. As conflict escalates, trust between people and political leaders crumbles away as surely as night follows day.
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Modern war and modern civilisation are utterly incompatible...one or the other must go.
