I first heard of General Anders and his army more than 50 years ago. I admired him then, and I admire him still; and I feel a special bond with the men, women and children whom he rescued from hunger, disease, and official abuse. Theirs is a story of endurance and fortitude that gives one faith in the human spirit.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I He wanted to argue like this forever. This was better than nothing. There was no exhausting his ange... DAVID DUCHOVNY Between earth and heaven, this woman must be the most evil and the most hated person ever, yet betwe... FENG NONG You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. CRAIG GROESCHEL I believe that all men and women will be saved. PAT BUCKLEY Something wrong with your child? Feed them and put them to bed. Something wrong with your man? Feed ... SUSAN CARTWRIGHT The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison SARAH J. MAAS I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you. SARAH J. 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wait.. ! I am receiving a correction ... JOHN C LEHMAN Mistress: Something between a mister and a mattress. JIM BACKUS She is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one. EDMUND BURKE If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing... MARY FRANCES BERRY Woman was God's second mistake. ARISTOTLE ONASSIS No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in lo... ROGERS The most happy marriage I can imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman. IRWIN COREY It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. BASKINS I feel like Zsa Zsa Gabor's sixth husband. I know what I'm supposed to do, but I don't know how to m... DAVID BISSONETTE The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong. HENRY BROOKS ADAMS On one issue, at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women. H. L. MENCKEN A woman's head is always influenced by heart; but a man's heart by his head. -Lady Marguerite Bless... LADY MARGUERITE BLESSINGTON If it's a woman, its caustic; if it's a man, it's authoritative. -Barbara Walters. BARBARA WALTERS A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman. EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON There is nothing enduring in life for a woman except what she builds in a man's heart. JUDITH ANDERSON They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in congress you know that the filibuster was i... CLARE BOOTH LUCE When women go wrong, men go right after them. -Mae West. MAE WEST The society of women is the element of good manners. JONATHAN S. HAAS Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry. PAULINE THOMASON I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years. F. M. KNOWLES Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures. SAM KINISON Bigamy is one way of avoiding the painful publicity of divorce and the expense of alimony. JOHN HEYWOOD
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