People do not yet realize (because the mind isn't built that way) what war can be. They fear it but surely they fear it the way children fear nightmares, dimly, without definite images in their heads of how it will all work out.
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Is a lie!
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It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness
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MARTHA BECK Life is too complicated not to be orderly. MARTHA STEWART I catnap now and then, but I think while I nap, so it's not a waste of time. MARTHA STEWART The center of the stage is where I am. MARTHA GRAHAM For the vast majority of world history, human life - both culture and biology - was shaped by scarci... MARTHA BECK There are all kinds of letters and protests that come from, not surprisingly, Japanese fishermen, th... MARTHA SMITH You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost. MARTHA GRAHAM Not everyone is equally good-looking. MARTHA BECK I suggest Substituting Inedible Nurturance, or SIN. Don't replace overeating with virtuous work ... MARTHA BECK My daughter doesn't allow me to wear fur. MARTHA STEWART Demanding the removal of Secretary Rumsfeld is not going to hasten the dismantling of the worldwide ... MARTHA RAINVILLE It's not common for a woman on television, especially if she's the mom of the family, to be ... 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MARTHA BECK We go through a rigorous vetting process of products before they even get to Martha. MARTHA STEWART Comparing and contrasting is a valuable human skill - and not just during high school English exams.... MARTHA BECK Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is... MARTHA BECK We didn't wait for a holiday or a birthday or anything like that to get together. It was just the th... MARTHA DAVIS If to dance is to dream, then you make dreams come true MARTHA GRAHAM If I tell a man he needs to quit his soul-sucking job, he has to go home and fight with his wife or ... MARTHA BECK The most beautiful destination I've been to was the Seychelles Islands, and the most culturally ... MARTHA HUNT Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact. MARTHA BECK I cannot count the times I've been defeated, humiliated, or physically injured immediately after... MARTHA BECK My dog has the intellectual capacity of a lime wedge, yet even he possesses an elaborate set of assu... MARTHA BECK