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Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat — Sir Winston Churchill, May 13, 1940 I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this government: “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before...
In the late 1940s, something that appears to be an amalgam of the two was published and later reprinted with various changes in the 1960s. The idea evolved for decades and got mixed up with a few other quotes about being a genius originating back in the 1970s. Finally, Kelly wrote in...
July 14 –John Lennon(1940-1980), an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles, gives us his views on life: “Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.” ...
Mao Zedong (1893–1976) Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China On New Democracy (1940) Original: (zh-CN) 国体——各革命阶级联合专政。政体——民主集中制。这就是新民主主义的政治,这就是新民主主义的共和国,这就是抗日统一战线的共和国,这就是三大政策的新三民主义的共...
I am skeptical because I have not seen a solid citation. Would you please the explore the provenance of this remark? Reply from Quote Investigator:Probably not, but there is some evidence, andQIcan tell you why the quote is attributed to Einstein. The story begins in the 1940s when the ...
In June 1940 Trotsky penned a letter commenting on Burnham’s viewpoint:3 Burnham doesn’t recognize dialectics but dialectics does not permit him to escape from its net.He is caught as a fly in a web. Neither of the two statements above precisely matched the template under examination with...
In 1940 Terence Nunn was taken along with the rest of his school to South Wales. On the StoryVault website he describes the journey. "War broke out when I was seven, but I didn't get evacuated until I was eight. My mother told me war had been declared, but to me it just felt...
Mrs. Patrick Campbell(Beatrice Campbell; 1865-1940) British actress The legendary quotation about homosexuals commonly attributed to her DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL COUNTERQUOTE: “I don’t care if a soldier is ‘straight’, as long as he can shoot straight.” ...