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“Ps. I am pretty certain Beyonce doesn't need you fighting any battles on her account. Seems like she's got everything covered perfectly well on her own.”

Needs Wells Seems Certain Fighting Battle Accounts Covered Need You Beyonce I Am Pretty

Author:Shirley Manson

“Just to show you how little reliance can be placed even on what are supposed the best accounts of a battle, I mention that there are some circumstances mentioned in General -'s account which did not occur as he relates them. It is impossible to say when each important occurrence took place, or in what order.”

Littles Important Shows Order Impossible Circumstances Battle Accounts Relate Reliance

Book:The dispatches of ... the duke of Wellington, compiled by lieut. colonel Gurwood. [With] Suppl. to vol. 1/3 [and] Index. [With] Index

Source: The dispatches of ... the duke of Wellington, compiled by lieut. colonel Gurwood. [With] Suppl. to vol. 1/3 [and] Index. [With] Index

“The battle for the airwaves cannot be limited to only those who have the bank accounts to pay for the battle and win it.”

Winning Pay Battle Accounts Bank Accounts

Author:Walter Cronkite

“Fiction must compete with first-rate reporting. If you cannot write a story that is equal to a factual account of battle in the streets or demonstrations, then you can't write a story.”

Ifs Writing Firsts Stories Fiction Streets Battle Equal Accounts Rate Demonstration Factual

Author:John Cheever

“No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle.”

Has Beens America Fighting White Race Dying Battle Diversity Accounts Social Justice Graveyard Foxholes

Author:John F. Kennedy

“Sense of smell, of course, is only one of those dog qualities that can't be replicated or improved upon. I've been researching dogs in warfare for my book about 'Rin Tin Tin,' and I've read many accounts of their heroics: carrying messages through battle, alerting troops to enemy planes, and even parachuting behind enemy lines.”

Book Courses Lines Behinds Quality Enemy Dog Battle Messages Accounts Smell Planes Troops Warfare Tin Tin Tin

Author:Susan Orlean

“When the higher officers are angry and insubordinate, and on meeting the enemy give battle on their own account from a feeling of resentment, before the commander-in-chief can tell whether or not he is in a position to fight, the result is ruin.”

Giving Art War Feelings Fighting Results Enemy Position Higher Battle Accounts Angry Meetings Ruins Chiefs Officers Resentment Art Of War Commanders Strategist Commander In Chief

Book:The Art of War

Source: The Art of War

“When a man has fulfilled all four of these requisites-to be wide awake, to have fear, respect, and absolute assurance-there are no mistakes for which he will have to account; under such conditions his actions lose the blundering quality of the acts of a fool. If such a man fails, or suffers a defeat, he will have lost only a battle, and there will be no pitiful regrets over that.”

Ifs Men Action Suffering Lost Loses Mistake Quality Courage Four Failing Conditions Regret Fool Battle Respect Accounts Absolutes Defeat Wide Awake Fulfilled Assurance Pitiful Wide Awake

Author:Carlos Castaneda

“Science affects the average man and woman in two ways already. He or she benefits by its application driving a motor-car or omnibus instead of a horse-drawn vehicle, being treated for disease by a doctor or surgeon rather than a witch, and being killed with an automatic pistol or shell in place of a dagger or a battle-axe.”