#w

To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#accurate #brilliant #exhaustive #far #far less

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. ↗

— Ludwig van Beethoven

#life #mediator #music #sensual #spiritual

Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup. ↗

— Ludwig van Beethoven

#cannot #good #heart #lie #make

Off with you! You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that! ↗

— Ludwig van Beethoven

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I joined the Army in 1965 and served with the 11th Hussars, which I loved. The regiment was so relaxed - a salute was more like a friendly wave. ↗

— Antony Beevor

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You know, it's about getting out there and having a good time. Not about worrying - all these young books for women are like I'm 29 with a closet full of Prada shoes and I can't get a date. Come on. ↗

— Aisha Tyler

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I just write the sort of book that I would enjoy reading myself, a book that is both scholarly and recreates the experience of people at that time. ↗

— Antony Beevor

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I approach serious subjects, and I like to have the good guys win and have the parents among the good guys. ↗

— Caroline B. Cooney

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If you smash a city when you're trying to capture it, you actually end up providing the perfect terrain for the defenders while blocking the access for your own armoured vehicles. ↗

— Antony Beevor

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The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime. ↗

— Antony Beevor

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