"The people who write official histories for the Army believe that a generation needs to pass before you can tackle the official history. It's useful to have some distance. Sources become available. Passions cool. It allows an opportunity to make some real assessments and judgments about personalities and characters."

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Source : "Rick Atkinson talks 'The Guns at Last Light'". Interview with John Barron, www.chicagotribune.com. May 10, 2013.

Rick Atkinson

#Real Quotes #Distance Quotes #Believe Quotes

“When I wrote The Onion Field, I realized that my first two novels were just practice.”

Source : Interview with Ann Bruns, www.bookreporter.com. May 17, 2002.
“Those who seem to load the public taste are, in general, merely outrunning it in the direction which it is spontaneously pursuing.”
“The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, said, When Allah loves a people, He tries them.”
“I'm not the type of person to give up just because something gets rough. That's a coward. That's not me.”
“Property is in its nature timid and seeks protection, and nothing is more gratifying to government than to become a protector.”
“I have great faith in the people of Montana; they can't be bought.”

Source : "Sen. Jon Tester Decries Citizens United's Impact In Montana, Nationally". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. January 30, 2012.
“Fitzgerald describes the social disillusionments and ballroom romanticism of the young people of the upper classes and the loneliness of Gatsby, who gives large parties and has an extensive social life; yet he is lonely, and his guests scarcely know him.... Hemingway's characters live in a tourist world, and one of their major problems is that of consuming time itself. It is interesting to observe that his works are written from the stand point of the spectator. His characters are usually people who are looking--looking at bullfights, scenery, and at one another across cafe tables.”
“Moscow seethes and bubbles and gasps for air. It's always thirsting for something new, the newest events, the latest sensation. Everyone wants to be the first to know. It's the rhythm of life today.”

Source : Svetlana Alliluyeva (2016). “Twenty Letters to a Friend: A Memoir”, p.6, HarperCollins

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