Haruo Nakajima (1929–2017) Japanese actor
As quoted by David Milner, "Haruo Nakajima Interview" http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/nakajima.htm, Kaiju Conversations (March 1995)
“The House of Peers, thoughout the war
Did nothing in particular
And did it very well.”
Iolanthe (1882)
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Did nothing in particular
And did it very well." by W. S. Gilbert?
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English librettist of the Gilbert & Sullivan duo 1836–1911Related quotes
“He who did well in war just earns the right
To begin doing well in peace.”
Robert Browning (1812–1889) English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era
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Kurt Waldheim (1918–2007) 4th Secretary-General of the United Nations, President of Austria
Ich habe im Krieg nichts anderes getan als hunderttausende Österreicher auch, nämlich meine Pflicht als Soldat erfüllt. <br class="br"> Waldheim Affair http://derstandard.at/2000031874110/Ich-habe-im-Krieg-nichts-anderes-getan-als-meine-Pflicht, 9 March 1986
Jeff Gannon (1957) American journalist
February 10, 2004
Questions asked at Press Conferences
“I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.”
Steve Martin (1945) American actor, comedian, musician, author, playwright, and producer
“What the war did to dreamers.”
Anthony Doerr book All the Light We Cannot See
Source: All the Light We Cannot See
Angela Carter (1940–1992) English novelist
Source: The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
William Saroyan book The Human Comedy
The Human Comedy (1943)
Context: Everything is changed — for you. But it is still the same, too. The loneliness you feel has come to you because you are no longer a child. But the whole world has always been full of that loneliness. The loneliness does not come from the War. The War did not make it. It was the loneliness that made the War.