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Quote by Thor Heyerdahl
Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear

Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II. – Thor Heyerdahl

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Civilization grew in the beginning from the minute that we had communication – particularly communication by sea that enabled people to get inspiration and ideas from each other and to exchange basic raw materials. – Thor Heyerdahl

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communication
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One learns more from listening than speaking.And both the wind and the people who continue to live close to nature still have much to tell us which we cannot hear within university walls. – Thor Heyerdahl

Category:
Nature
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Thor Heyerdahl
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A civilized nation can have no enemies, and one cannot draw a line across a map, a line that doesnt even exist in nature and say that the ugly enemy lives on the one side, and good friends live on the other. – Thor Heyerdahl

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Nature
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War
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Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose – and you allow him to make war at pleasure. – Abraham Lincoln

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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. – George Bernard Shaw

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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out. – William Tecumseh Sherman

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A great war leaves the country with three armies — an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. – German Proverb

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Good architecture lets nature in. – Mario Pei (1901–1978)

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The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from red people. – Gerome Gragni and James Rado, 1967

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In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be the gainer; to forget oneself is to be happy. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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There is no such cozy combination as man and wife. – Menander

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