"A singular fact about modern war is that it takes charge. Once begun it has to be carried to its conclusion, and carrying it there sets in motion events that may be beyond men's control. Doing what has to be done to win, men perform acts that alter the very soil in which society's roots are nourished."

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Source : Bruce Catton (1985). “The Civil War”, p.173, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Bruce Catton

#War Quotes #Winning Quotes #Men Quotes

“Marriage is made out to be so important for girls but the focus has to shift at some point from marriage to the real challenges of life which are the same for women and men, so we have to prepare our girls just the way we prepare our boys.”
“We have nine ships and in the next two years will have ten, eleven and twelve. So things are going very nicely and all because of that program that people thought was mindless and so forth.”
“Your body gets old but your mind can always accept that.”

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“There is something mysterious in this work that I do not ever what to discover.”
“Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid that lack of civilization in high boots”
“I'm a huge David Wain fan. He's one of my best friends now, but he just makes me laugh continually, much to the annoyance of his wife.”

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“Negative people present us with an accelereted personal growth opportunity.”
“Receiving far less attention are the working class heroes, who go about their solitary work routines with quiet dignity, come home from another grueling day, yet still find time to interact with their children.”

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