#ere

I had an uncle who was a postal official at the Polish post office in Gdansk. He was one of the defenders of the Polish postal service and, after it capitulated, was shot by the Germans under the provisions of martial law. Suddenly he was no longer a member of the family, and we were no longer allowed to play with his children. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#allowed #children #defenders #family #germans

I did not volunteer for the Waffen SS, but was, as were thousands of my year group, conscripted. I did not then know as a 17-year-old that it was a criminal unit. I thought it was an elite unit. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#did #elite #group #i #know

Melancholy has ceased to be an individual phenomenon, an exception. It has become the class privilege of the wage earner, a mass state of mind that finds its cause wherever life is governed by production quotas. ↗

— Gunther Grass

#cause #ceased #class #earner #exception

I've always considered making it legal for Americans to import their prescription drugs a free-trade issue. Imports create competition and keep domestic industry more responsive to consumers. ↗

— Chuck Grassley

#competition #considered #consumers #create #domestic

What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning. ↗

— Chuck Grassley

#child #different #different way #gifted #good

It wouldn't do me much good to back somebody that won in Iowa if they can't carry on the campaign elsewhere. ↗

— Chuck Grassley

#campaign #carry #elsewhere #good #iowa

When men and women are able to respect and accept their differences then love has a chance to blossom. ↗

— John Gray

#accept #blossom #chance #differences #love

The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded all ages. ↗

— Horace Greeley

#better #illusion #pervaded #probably #than

It's like going into the Senate. You know, the first time you get there, you're all excited, "My God, how did I ever get here?" Then, about six months later, you say, "How the hell did the rest of them get here?" ↗

— Mike Gravel

#did #ever #excited #first #first time

One gets to the heart of the matter by a series of experiences in the same pattern, but in different colors. ↗

— Robert Graves

#different #different colors #experiences #gets #heart