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I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she h

I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she had not been messed up by World War I. – Doris Lessing

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For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and satisfying. – Doris Lessing

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In war there is no prize for runner-up. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Another term for preventive war is aggressive war – starting wars because someday somebody might do something to us. That is not part of the American tradition. – Ron Paul

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We didnt start this war – the right wing did. Were tired of seeing good-paying jobs shipped overseas. This fight is about the economy, its about jobs and its about rebuilding America. – James P. Hoffa

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