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William Manchester Quotes

He was a great thundering paradox of a man Picture Quote #1
I wondered vaguely if this was when it would end, whether I would pull up tonight’s darkness like a quilt and be dead and at peace evermore Picture Quote #1
The author points out that novices to total war, and this Hitler and the British press have in common, overreact to daily events and lose sight of overall strategy Picture Quote #1
I wondered vaguely if this was when it would end, whether I would pull up tonight’s darkness like a quilt and be dead and at peace evermore Picture Quote #1
His [Gen. Douglas MacArthurs] twenty-two medals-thirteen of them for heroism-probably exceeded those of any other figure in American history. He seemed to seek death on battlefields Picture Quote #1
They fought on with a devotion which would puzzle the generation of the 1980s. More surprising, in many instances it would have baffled the men they themselves were before Pearl Harbor. Among MacArthur’s ardent infantrymen were cooks, mechanics, pilots whose planes had been shot down, seamen whose ships had been sunk, and some civilian volunteers Picture Quote #1
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His [Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s] own heroes were Lincoln and Washington, and in some ways he resembled them Picture Quote #1
Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or any other abstraction. They fight for one another. And if you came through this ordeal, you would age with dignity Picture Quote #1
Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor’s officers’ mess and are very polite. They always were. Except, of course, for that little interval there between 1941 and 1945 Picture Quote #1
He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] was a great thundering paradox of a man, noble and ignoble, inspiring and outrageous, arrogant and shy, the best of men and the worst of men, the most protean, most ridiculous, and most sublime Picture Quote #1
But there are no loners. No man lives in a void. His every act is conditioned by his time and his society Picture Quote #1
The sum of a million facts is not the truth Picture Quote #1
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To the medieval mind the possibility of doubt did not exist Picture Quote #1
Abruptly the poker of memory stirs the ashes of recollection and uncovers a forgotten ember, still smoldering down there, still hot, still glowing, still red as red Picture Quote #1
As she sallied forth from her boudoir, you would never have guessed how quickly she could strip for action Picture Quote #1
An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome Picture Quote #1
A man’s task is to find himself, and if he fails in this, it doesn’t much matter what else he finds Picture Quote #1
I realized that the worst thing that could happen to me was about to happen to me Picture Quote #1
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The coconut trees, lithe and graceful, crowd the beach like a minuet of slender elderly virgins adopting flippant poses Picture Quote #1
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He was a great thundering paradox of a man  (William Manchester Quotes) I wondered vaguely if this was when it would end, whether I would pull up tonight’s darkness like a quilt and be dead and at peace evermore  (William Manchester Quotes) The author points out that novices to total war, and this Hitler and the British press have in common, overreact to daily events and lose sight of overall strategy.  (William Manchester Quotes) I wondered vaguely if this was when it would end, whether I would pull up tonight’s darkness like a quilt and be dead and at peace evermore.  (William Manchester Quotes) His [Gen. Douglas MacArthurs] twenty-two medals-thirteen of them for heroism-probably exceeded those of any other figure in American history. He seemed to seek death on battlefields  (William Manchester Quotes) They fought on with a devotion which would puzzle the generation of the 1980s. More surprising, in many instances it would have baffled the men they themselves were before Pearl Harbor. Among MacArthur’s ardent infantrymen were cooks, mechanics, pilots whose planes had been shot down, seamen whose ships had been sunk, and some civilian volunteers  (William Manchester Quotes) His [Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s] own heroes were Lincoln and Washington, and in some ways he resembled them  (William Manchester Quotes) Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or any other abstraction. They fight for one another. And if you came through this ordeal, you would age with dignity  (William Manchester Quotes) Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor’s officers’ mess and are very polite. They always were. Except, of course, for that little interval there between 1941 and 1945  (William Manchester Quotes) He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] was a great thundering paradox of a man, noble and ignoble, inspiring and outrageous, arrogant and shy, the best of men and the worst of men, the most protean, most ridiculous, and most sublime  (William Manchester Quotes) But there are no loners. No man lives in a void. His every act is conditioned by his time and his society  (William Manchester Quotes) The sum of a million facts is not the truth  (William Manchester Quotes) To the medieval mind the possibility of doubt did not exist  (William Manchester Quotes) Abruptly the poker of memory stirs the ashes of recollection and uncovers a forgotten ember, still smoldering down there, still hot, still glowing, still red as red  (William Manchester Quotes) As she sallied forth from her boudoir, you would never have guessed how quickly she could strip for action  (William Manchester Quotes) An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome  (William Manchester Quotes) A man’s task is to find himself, and if he fails in this, it doesn’t much matter what else he finds  (William Manchester Quotes) I realized that the worst thing that could happen to me was about to happen to me  (William Manchester Quotes) The coconut trees, lithe and graceful, crowd the beach like a minuet of slender elderly virgins adopting flippant poses  (William Manchester Quotes)