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in history
«I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.»
Author: Abba Eban
(Minister)
| About:
War
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called for, in history, morrow, sued, suing, The Victor, The Victors, unconditional, vanquish, vanquished, vanquishes, victors
«Man's naked form+ belongs to no particular moment in history; it is eternal, and can be looked upon with joy by the people of all ages»
«I can recall no parallel in history where a great nation recently at war has so distinguished its former enemy commander.»
Author: Douglas MacArthur
(General)
| About:
History,
Nations,
War
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commander, commanders, distinguished, former, Great War, in history, in parallel, parallel, paralleled, recall, recently
«In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better.»
Author: Edward de Bono
(Psychologist, Writer)
| About:
Words
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continue, encyclopedia, encyclopedias, freeze, freezes, freezing, froze, frozen, insist, in a sense, in history, perceptions
«Iraq began destroying those missiles they don't have over the weekend. See, President Bush may be the smartest military president in history. First, he gets Iraq to destroy all of their own weapons. Then he declares war.»
Author: Jay Leno
(Comedian, Host)
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began, bush, declared war, declares, declare war, destroying, in history, Iraq, military, missile, missiles, of their own, President Bush, smartest, weapons, weekend
«Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price.»
Author: Robert Orben
| About:
Inflation
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bringing, for the first time, inflation, in history, luxuries, necessities, selling
«Much that is dreadful and inhuman in history, much that one hardly likes to believe, is mitigated by the reflection that the one who commands and the one who carries out are different people. The former does not behold the sight and does not experience the strong impression on the imagination. The latter obeys a superior and therefore feels no responsibility for the acts.»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
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«More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.»
Author: Woody Allen
(Actor, Author, Film Director, Screenwriter)
| About:
History,
Time,
Wisdom
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correctly, crossroad, crossroads, despair, extinction, faces, hopelessness, in history, leads, mankind, pray, total, totals, utter