#period

The blood and sweat shed by United States and United Nations troops proved to be the prime mover behind the realisation of freedom throughout the post-war period. ↗

— Kim Y. Sam

#blood #freedom #nations #period #post-war

I could write historical fiction, or science fiction, or a mystery but since I find it fascinating to research the clues of some little know period and develop a story based on that, I will probably continue to do it. ↗

— Jean M. Auel

#clues #continue #could #develop #fascinating

No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place. ↗

— Isaac Babel

#heart #iron #just #period #pierce

I decided that my means were sufficient to enable me to devote myself to botany, a determination which I never, during the long period of my subsequent career, had on any occasion any reason to repent of. ↗

— George Bentham

#botany #career #decided #determination #devote

The gun lobby finds waiting periods inconvenient. You have only to ask my husband how inconvenient he finds his wheelchair from time to time. ↗

— Sarah Brady

#finds #from time to time #gun #his #how

It will be a hard game if you think about winning a championship. We need to think about our own game at the moment and focus on getting good results especially over the Christmas period. ↗

— Dennis Bergkamp

#championship #christmas #especially #focus #game

If you're successful in what you do over a period of time, you'll start approaching records, but that's not what you're playing for. You're playing to challenge and be challenged. ↗

— Lou Brock

#challenge #challenged #over #period #playing

I wander around, get the lay of the land and try to imagine what kind of people would have lived there in that historical period. What would they eat? What kind of clothing would they wear? How did they shelter themselves? How did they get around? ↗

— James Welch

#clothing #did #eat #get #historical

The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read nor write. ↗

— Hannah Cowley

#charms #could #immortal #inspired #more

You have to find it in the moment, and that's one of the challenges of being an actor - especially a film actor - is that you have to maintain these heightened emotions for long periods of time. There's no trick to it. You just have to do. ↗

— Aaron Stanford

#being #challenges #emotions #especially #film