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When theres a war, people get married. - Doris Lessing

When theres a war, people get married. – Doris Lessing

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What society doesnt realize is that in the past, ordinary people respected learning. They respected books, and they dont now, or not very much. That whole respect for serious literature and learning has disappeared. – Doris Lessing

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Learning
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That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something youve understood all your life, but in a new way. – Doris Lessing

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Learning
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Our society is dependent on some precarious mechanisms, and they are very dicey. They can easily collapse. – Doris Lessing

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War
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The aim of military training is not just to prepare men for battle, but to make them long for it. – Louis Simpson

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War

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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War

I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism. – P. D. James

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War

I feel like war should occur only for the most vital and necessary reasons, and only then. – Sharon Stone

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War

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In my particular instance, I came from a family that didnt have anything. Everything I earned in life I made. Myself. With songs that I wrote. – Billy Corgan

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I think through education, belief in God, and good engineering, our children become a lot better at what theyre doing than we did, and that starts with the very first sign of life on the face of this earth. – Evel Knievel

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I never got a formal education. So my intellect is my common sense. I dont have anything else going for me. And my common sense opens the door to instinct. – Jerry Lewis

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You will soon find that I am a bit obsessive about my work. And that is a little sad, one often feels strangely restricted, not finding time to simmer, although one actually has many interests. – Arne Jacobsen

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