Aimd Brunswick Quotes & Sayings

In fact, this figure [five million "murdered" Gentiles] is too high if one is counting victims who were targeted exclusively for racial reasons, but too low if one counts the total number of victims the Nazi regime killed outside military operations.
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Wiesenthal's aggrandizement of his role in the Eichmann capture is far less disturbing and historiographically significant than another of his inventions. In an attempt to elicit non-Jewish interest in the Holocaust, Wiesenthal decided to broaden the population of victims - even though it meant falsifying history. He began to speak of eleven million victims: six million Jews and five million non-Jews. Holocaust historian Yehuda Bauer immediately recognized that this number made no historical sense. Who, Bauer wondered, constituted Wiesenthal's five million.

--The Eichmann Trial, page 8 — Deborah E. Lipstadt

Being a working mom, you want to make a difference in our schools, which is making a difference in our children and ultimately it's making a difference in our community. — Kimora Lee Simmons

Who wants a bag of bones?" he said, with absolute sincerity. "I don't want to hurt myself on the sharp edges of the woman I'm bedding. — Charlaine Harris

But it also taught me that it is easier to overcome people's judgments than to overcome our own self-judgment, the fear we internalize. — Ken Robinson

Only a Mahican would bring a comb to war." Connor rolled his eyes, then leaned in as if about to tell Amalie a great secret, lowering his voice to a whisper. "It helps them keep their feathers pretty."
-Connor about Joesph — Pamela Clare

There is an astonishing imagination, even in the science of mathematics ... We repeat, there was far more imagination in the head of Archimedes than in that of Homer. — Voltaire

He is an old bore. Even the grave yawns for him. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree

The warmth and sun-drenched days of late summer, had been replaced by the cold, darkness of November, where the crisp chill served as a precursor to a winter that would long overstay its welcome once the holidays had past. — Matt Micros

I think you should always be seeking negative feedback. — Elon Musk

When you educate without the Holy Spirit, you only get a clever devil. — Adrian Rogers

I never plan anything-life is a roller coaster ride - I just hang on for dear life. — Marc Morrone

If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what you want to say. — Jeffery Deaver

Prison is an important part of life. We can't have violent people running around in the streets. (3 out of 4 federal prisoners are serving time for non-violent crimes.) Most competent and qualified kindergarden teachers can tell you who the 5 kids are in his or her class likely to wind up in prison 15 - 20 years from now. — Howard Dean

We live in a world filled with language. Language imparts identity, meaning, and perspective to our human community. Writers are either polluters or part of the clean-up team. Just as the language of power and greed has the potential to destroy us, the language of reason and empathy has the power to save us. Writers can inspire a kinder, fairer, more beautiful world, or invite selfishness, stereotyping, and violence. Writers can unite people or divide them. — Mary Pipher