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In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency amo

In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many Americans to talk absently about the trouble in Europe. Nothing that happened an ocean away seemed very threatening. – Gene Tierney

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Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the need to be useful. – Gene Tierney

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I followed the same diet for 20 years, eliminating starches, living on salads, lean meat, and small portions. – Gene Tierney

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When human beings live together, conflict is inevitable. War is not. – Daisaku Ikeda

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War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want. – William Tecumseh Sherman

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I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common cause-the war. – Gene Tierney

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