"The conduct of war was so much more interesting than its prevention."

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Source : Barbara W. Tuchman (2011). “The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914; Barbara W. Tuchman's Great War Series”, p.335, Random House

Barbara Tuchman

#War Quotes #Interesting Quotes #Prevention Quotes

“When new pages are sent to editors and see rejection, we should ask for the reasons. We must study the reasons for failure and learn. It's not about struggle with our limitations or with public or the publishers. It's more about treating it like in aikido; the strength of the attack is used to defeat him with the same effort.”
“Which is probably the reason why I work exclusively in black and white... to highlight that contrast.”
“We're the first generation that doesn't need to be afraid of the media. We will become the media”
“Life is not life unless you make mistakes”
“who hasn't slept in an empty bed sometimes, longing for the embrace of another person on the achingly short trip to the grave?”
“What matters is hard work, and emotional intelligence,”
“Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?”

Source : "Colten v. Kentucky, 407 U.S. 104". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. June 12, 1972.
“I think it's true that the more sanitized a person is, you can't really relate to that person.”

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