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    I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of grays and lavenders, two rivers shaping it to a point and the cliff rising above me like a challenge.

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As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.

As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.

by Gerald Barzan Found in: History Quotes, Past Quotes,
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Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning read more

Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.

by Barry M. Goldwater Found in: History Quotes,
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The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the read more

The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.

by Dwight D. Eisenhower Found in: History Quotes,
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They died hard, those savage men-like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. read more

They died hard, those savage men-like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.

by Gen Douglas Macarthur Found in: History Quotes,
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Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything.

Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything.

by Margaret Mead Found in: History Quotes,
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How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?

How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?

by Charles De Gaulle Found in: History Quotes,
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The men who make history have not time to write it.

The men who make history have not time to write it.

by Metternich Found in: History Quotes,
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While we read history we make history.

While we read history we make history.

by George William Curtis Found in: History Quotes,
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History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.

History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.

by Paul Eldridge Found in: History Quotes,
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