Quotes having the keyword Ii
Americans, particularly after World War II, tended to romanticize war because in World War II our cause was the cause of humanity, and our soldiers brought home glory and victory, and thank God that they did. But it led us to romanticize it to some extent.
by Neil Sheehan (born in 1936) keywords: after, americans, because, brought, cause, did, extent, glory, god, home, humanity, ii, led, our, particularly, soldiers, some, tended, thank, us, victory, war , world World War II had been such a tremendous success story for this country that the political and military leadership began to assume that they would prevail simply because of who they were. We were like the British at the turn of the 19th century.
by Neil Sheehan (born in 1936) keywords: assume, because, been, began, british, century, country, had, ii, leadership, military, political, prevail, simply, story, success, such, tremendous, turn, war, were, world , would I had seen the films out of World War II, the great 82nd Airborne, the 101st, and all of those of you in the greatest generation and the service that you had provided.
by Hugh Shelton (born in 1942) keywords: films, generation, great, greatest, had, ii, out, provided, seen, service, those, war , world They said it was against the rules to take sides on a controversial issue. I said, 'I wish you had told me that during World War II, when I took sides against Hitler.'
by Howard K. Smith (born in 1914) keywords: against, controversial, during, had, hitler, ii, issue, rules, said, sides, take, told, took, war, wish , world Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.
by Barry Sonnenfeld (born in 1953) keywords: behind, black, comedy, explain, first, had, him, ii, jackson, men, michael, paris, sat, seen, stayed, told, wanted , wept I actually picked up copies of Decline I and II at a flea market once. I walked out without paying.
by Penelope Spheeris (born in 1945) keywords: actually, copies, decline, flea, ii, market, once, out, paying, picked, up, walked , without Those movies, Decline I and II and Suburbia, are dearly loved, but they never made any money. I didn't even have the rights for some of them.
by Penelope Spheeris (born in 1945) keywords: any, dearly, decline, even, ii, loved, made, money, movies, never, rights, some, suburbia, them , those I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
by Parker Stevenson (born in 1952) keywords: gather, got, ii, initially, momentum, once, patriotism, pull, question, reaction, same, situation, stirred, thing, think, today, together, up, war, whole, world , would All the other books ask, 'What's it like?' What was World War II like for the young kid at Normandy, or what is work like for a woman having a job for the first time in her life? What's it like to be black or white?
by Studs Terkel (born in 1912) keywords: ask, black, books, first, having, her, ii, job, kid, life, other, time, war, white, woman, work, world , young In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many Americans to talk absently about the trouble in Europe. Nothing that happened an ocean away seemed very threatening.
by Gene Tierney (born in 1920) keywords: americans, among, away, europe, happened, ii, leading, many, months, nothing, ocean, seemed, talk, tendency, threatening, trouble, up, very, war , world No one is immune from the larger events of his or her time - the Depression, World War II, civil rights, Vietnam, the spring of 1989 in China. These events intrude upon our lives and radically affect our directions.
by Paul Tsongas (born in 1941) keywords: affect, china, civil, depression, directions, events, her, his, ii, immune, intrude, larger, lives, our, radically, rights, spring, these, time, upon, vietnam, war , world We've committed many war crimes in Vietnam - but I'll tell you something interesting about that. We were committing war crimes in World War II, before the Nuremberg trials were held and the principle of war crimes was stated.
by George Wald (born in 1906) keywords: before, committed, committing, crimes, held, ii, interesting, many, nuremberg, principle, something, stated, tell, trials, vietnam, war, were , world I wonder how many people would have thought at the end of World War II that the capitalist system would be one that was meeting the challenges and making things better for people as we approach the 21st century.
by Sanford I. Weill (born in 1933) keywords: approach, better, capitalist, century, challenges, end, how, ii, making, many, meeting, system, things, thought, war, wonder, world , would My wife was my greatest asset. I didn't marry her until after World War II, but she has complemented me in every job I've ever had.
by William Westmoreland (born in 1914) keywords: after, asset, complemented, ever, every, greatest, had, her, ii, job, marry, she, until, war, wife , world King's Quest IV was a much bigger hit than I, II, or III. I do feel that King's Quest IV was a pivotal game in bringing in more female players.
by Roberta Williams (born in 1953) keywords: bigger, bringing, feel, female, game, hit, ii, iii, iv, king, more, much, pivotal, players, quest , than Steve Jobs didn't really set the direction of my Apple I and Apple II designs but he did the more important part of turning them into a product that would change the world. I don't deny that.
by Steve Wozniak (born in 1950) keywords: apple, change, deny, designs, did, direction, ii, important, into, jobs, more, part, product, really, set, steve, them, turning, world , would
