#war

At the beginning, Lincoln was so inexperienced he had reverence for military expertise, not realizing that there wasn't any military expertise, that the most anybody had commanded up to that point had been somebody, some troops in the Mexican War, and it had been years ago. ↗

— David Herbert Donald

#any #anybody #been #beginning #commanded

I don't know many people, if any, who have had some straight line toward success. I mean, they start here, they work hard, they've got what it takes, and they just go straight to the top over some number of years. Most people get a little failure. ↗

— Sam Donaldson

#failure #get #go #got #had

We are at war with enemies that still have the intent to do further damage to Americans at home and abroad. ↗

— Bradley A. Blakeman

#damage #further #home #intent #still

I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me to make the new Superman. ↗

— Richard Donner

#bros #disappointed #enough #film #filmmaking

All cities do face similar, significant trends in the future... most importantly global warming and climate change. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#cities #climate #climate change #face #future

I'm trying to raise the awareness of the troops that, when they deploy and go to war, it's not just them at war - it's also their family. Their family is having to go through all the hardships and the stresses. ↗

— Chris Kyle

#awareness #deploy #family #go #hardships

I don't understand a way to work other than bold-facedly running towards failure. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#i #other #running #than #towards

Each individual piece is a calculated attempt to entice women to add to their wardrobe. ↗

— Bill Blass

#attempt #calculated #each #entice #individual

I'm not going into personal details of meetings I have with anybody, be it John Howard or President Bush or President Putin or President Yeltsin, in years gone by, whoever it may be, I'm not going into that. ↗

— Alexander Downer

#bush #details #going #gone #howard

It is because the administration is hostile to silver; and thus it is surrendering this country to the Shylocks of the Old World who have made war upon it. ↗

— Richard Parks Bland

#because #country #hostile #made #old