"Since time immemorial it had been the custom before a sea battle for the men to wash and don clean clothes in case of being wounded. This was all the more necessary under these circumstances, as many of them were still covered with coal dust."

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Source : Richard Hough (2003). “Naval Battles of the Twentieth Century”, p.33, The Overlook Press

Richard Hough

#Men Quotes #Dust Quotes #Sea Quotes

“If you can believe it, Hollywood wanted to change my birthdate. I was born after Valentine's Day, so they wanted to change it to February 14. A Latin lover should be born on Valentine's Day. I said no.”
“'Zero Dark Thirty' is a disturbing, fantastically-made movie. It will make you hate torture.”
“I've been on a show before where I was on a billboard and then, after like three or four weeks, they took the billboard down and replaced it with nothing. Took my face down and put a white board up.”
“The gap between the rich and poor is growing among and within most nations. The political and social effects of unequal location of energy and other mineral resources are acute. Population numbers continue to climb. The global environment shows signs of widespread deterioration. Both natural and social environments are increasingly vulnerable to catastrophic disturbances... There may, however, be a cheering challenge in the possibility that out of its struggle with these realities the human race may move a bit nearer to behaving as if it were indeed one family.”
“We spend our life, it's ours, trying to bring together in the same instant a ray of sunshine and a free bench”
“Christianity is why the 'Duck Dynasty' family is still together.”
“a victor's peace is usually vindictive and stirs up a passion for revenge a generation or so later.”

Source : Muriel Lester (1937). “It Occurred to Me”
“How long is this endless groveling before every cry of 'racism' going to continue before the whole country collectively throws up?”

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