"For a strong adversary (corps) the opposition of twenty-four squadrons and twelve guns ought not to have appeared very serious, but in war the psychological factors are often decisive. An adversary who feels inferior is in reality so."

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Source : Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (friherre) (1953). “The Memoirs of Marshal Mannerheim”

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim

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“When you've toured for about 10 years like me, you end up feeling like you're always waiting for somebody or something. The whole day is a drag”
“Superstition is an unreasoning fear of God.”
“It is not easy to make an effort and to remember all the little personalia of some one one has loved very much, and by whom one has been loved.”

Source : Isa Bowman (1900). “The Story of Lewis Carroll: Told for Young People by the Real Alice in Wonderland, Miss Isa Bowman”
“Writing is work and cooking is relaxing.”
“Sometimes you're traveling a highway, the only road you've ever known and wham! A semi comes from nowhere and rolls right over you. Sometimes you dont wake up. But if you happen to you know things will never be the same. Sometimes that's not so bad. Sometimes lives instersect, no rhyme, no reason, except, perhaps, for a passing semi.”
“I understand that if I really need my hair to be nice, now I hire someone to do it, and I understand that putting on a pair of heels really makes a difference.”
“I felt like people only knew me as a singer who dated pretty girls.”
“I don't have an iPod! It's never appealed to me, really.”

Source : "'This really does keep my brain young'". Interview With Stuart O'Connor, www.theguardian.com. February 14, 2008.

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