"Why did the Germans and Japanese keep fighting after 1943 when every rational hope of victory had disappeared?"

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Niall Ferguson

#Fighting Quotes #History Quotes #Victory Quotes

“Emergency rooms are closed, many hospital wards are as well leaving people who are sick with heart disease, trauma, pregnancy complications, pneumonia, malaria and all the everyday health emergencies with nowhere to go.”

Source : "Another American Doctor Tests Positive for Ebola in West Africa" by Sydney Lupkin, abcnews.go.com. September 2, 2014.
“There's no question young drivers have far more accidents than older ones-but is it our aim to keep them off the roads? Or to allow only rich young people (who can afford the premiums) to drive?”

Source : "The Invisible Bankers, Everything The Insurance Industry Never Wanted You To Know". Book by Andrew Tobias, 1982.
“To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour of the great; an experienced man fears it.”
“As an exercise in appreciation, try for one hour to feel grateful for every single thing you find yourself doing. When you read, be grateful you can see and read. When you walk, be grateful for the use of your feet. When you talk, be grateful for the ability to communicate with others. For a full hour do not take even the smallest action for granted. Be aware of every detail of what you can do. Anyone who does this daily for even a short time will have a much greater appreciation for everything he does.”
“I simply taught, preached, wrote God's Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all.”
“The jumbo jet is the airborne equivalent of the interstate highway...One might as well be stuffed into a cartridge and shot through a pneumatic tube, like interoffice mail.”
“There ought to be three traditions in the art of humanity: the realistic, the visionary and the wild.”
“It turns out that the 'Cry It Out' method of baby sleep training, where you ignore that your kid is screaming, crying and turning 40 shades of purple so that she can break herself out of the habit of being spoiled and cuddled to sleep, does more harm - way more - than good.”

Source : Denene Millner (2017). “My Brown Baby: On the Joys and Challenges of Raising African American Children”, p.32, Agate Publishing

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