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ABIGAIL GEORGE My father was a military attache, so I've been traveling all my life.
EDGAR RAMIREZ The whole concept of the Russian military is based on a World War II plan of mass mobilization of tr...
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MARILLYN HEWSON Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides.
ALBERT BUSHNELL HART
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My father fought on the side of the Central Powers, as a soldier in the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hu... MICHAEL KORDA My father, who had lost a brother, fighting on the Austrian side in World War I, was a committed pac...
WALTER KOHN Both sides of the gym are served now.
MATT GRAVES I was a product of the Depression. My father struggled to make a living for our family. He worked as...
CHARLES MOORE As I explain at some length in my book 'Energy Victory,' during World War II, the American s...
ROBERT ZUBRIN Across the board, from my mother to my father to my aunts and uncles, everybody has always given me ...
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My identity has always been confused. Born in Edinburgh of a Scottish/Russian/Jewish mother and an E... SARA SHERIDAN My family has served the country in almost every major war since the Civil War.
JACK SCALIA
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BILL O'REILLY Of course, I also attribute some of my hearing loss to being in the infantry in World War II. It's p...
GEORGE KENNEDY Cyber war takes place largely in secret, unknown to the general public on both sides.
NOAH FELDMAN My father had been in the German Diplomatic Service, and although he had been in the United States s...
HERMANN EILTS I'll tell ya this: I come from an educated family. My father was an attorney representing blue c...
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DAVID GRAHAM I was born and raised in New York, but my family on both sides is of Italian descent.
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LISA KLEYPAS Of course, I also attribute some of my hearing loss to being in the infantry in World War II. It'...
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DAVE GARDNER It's always been in our family. All my uncles and aunts and cousins have been altar servers.
HECTOR GONZALEZ
We must send a strong message both to those who currently serve and to all veterans, including those... LEONARD BOSWELL
Almost everything about American society is affected by World War II: our feelings about race; our f... RICK ATKINSON Louie and Seabiscuit were both Californians and both on the sports pages in the 1930s. I was fascina...
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My dad always told me that the principal reason he chose New Zealand to emigrate to after World War ... PETER JACKSON My grandfather was in World War II and fought in Europe in Army Infantry, so I have such a huge resp...
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I grew up around lots of men - my father, my brothers, my uncles - so I wasn't intimidated by th... DOLLY PARTON I had the first integrated Army band in World War II.
DAVE BRUBECK During World War II the top secret “Norden XV” or “Blue Ox” otherwise known the Army Airforc...
CAPTAIN HANK BRACKER, "SUPPRESED I RISE"
World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the ... LANE EVANS the most horrendous, unimaginable war crimes committed in Europe since the end of World War II.
RATKO MLADIC My dad fought in the Second World War, and it offends me when they put our military down. That's why...
ANDY LOPEZ There is now a need for all involved in this process, including political leaders on both sides of t...
CEES MAAS Both my grandparents were officers in World War Two, and I would be personally offended if somebody ...
DAVID AYER War brings out the most negative emotional human responses on both sides.
HENK MIDDELRAAD You don't know that and I don't know that!
MICHELE COSTELLO The whiskey’s power released his repressed memories so fast that his words raced to keep up with t...
PASCAL MARCO His shoulder might be hurting like a son of a bitch and he was more than slightly sloshed but he rec...
VICKIE MCKEEHAN
I was at a ballpark as much as I was in school. I was on a basketball court or football field as muc... OMARI HARDWICK
It's the same courage and self-sacrifice that our fathers had in World War II and it's beautiful, BENJAMIN BRATT
My grandmother is British. She was in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force during World War II. That&... SARAH GADON
My paternal grandfather, when he was in the army in World War II - he was over in the South Pacific,... STURGILL SIMPSON
My wife was my greatest asset. I didn't marry her until after World War II, but she has compleme... WILLIAM WESTMORELAND Quite a number of observers have commented on my coolness during various riotous concerts which I pe...
GEORGE ANTHEIL I grew up in Rhode Island. Most of my family on both sides is from Rhode Island.
SEAN SPICER Ralph's first bar was in Arizona during World War II. He ran a place just outside the entrance to Fo...
JOE TIERCE
My father came by himself across the North Korean border when he was seventeen. And hasn't seen ... JIM YONG KIM When both sides of a controversy revel in the defeat and humiliation of the other side, in fact they...
CHARLES EISENSTEIN Life is worth living and no matter what it throws at you it is important to keep your eyes on the pr...
ALISTAIR URQUHART
I'm a military kid, both parents in the military - Mom did 12 years, Dad did 21, served in two w... ROBERT GRIFFIN III I grew up in a time when people believed in duty, honor and country. My grandfathers were both offic...
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON
Today, war of necessity is used by critics of military action to describe unavoidable response to an... WILLIAM SAFIRE U.S. soldiers, although they fought with great courage, under very harsh conditions, were ill-traine...
LOUIS CALDERA
I'm transitioning to television and film, but ultimately, I want to have a stronger presence on ... 
There's so many, 'no, black people aren't like that' barriers in mainstream media. 
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O snail
In the city fields 
Arise from sleep, old cat,
Make your heart bleed! Put your soul into that damn thing. And try new things. 
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Football doesn't build character. It eliminates weak ones. 
I used to care more about the score than I do now. 
Three things can happen when you pass and two of 'em are bad. 