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Evacuation Of Dunkirk Quotes By Stephen Clarke

The prospect of one day being hauled out of the canal by yet another old enemy was hard for France to swallow, even more so when British and French defence specialists discussed their exit strategy in case of an overwhelming Soviet attack, and the Brits proposed a massive evacuation via Dunkirk. — Stephen Clarke

Evacuation Of Dunkirk Quotes By Charles Kaiser

Eight hundred small boats had loaded 338,000 men into larger ships during the legendary evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk, including 500 French officers and 18,000 French sailors, to prevent them from being captured or killed by the Germans. — Charles Kaiser

Evacuation Of Dunkirk Quotes By Alice Hamilton

When employers tell me they prefer married men, and encourage their men to have homes of their own, because it makes them so much steadier, I wonder if they have any idea of all that that implies. — Alice Hamilton

Evacuation Of Dunkirk Quotes By Aravind Adiga

What good is winning a battle, if you don't even realise there's a war going on? — Aravind Adiga

Evacuation Of Dunkirk Quotes By Patrick O'Brian

Good only for destruction - has destroyed all that was valuable in the monarchy - is destroying France with daemonic energy - this tawdry, theatrical empire - a deeply vulgar man - nothing French about him - insane ambition - the whole world one squalid tyranny. His infamous treatment of the Pope! — Patrick O'Brian

Evacuation Of Dunkirk Quotes By Cassandra Clare

I don't care," Clary said. "He'd do it for me. Tell me he wouldn't. If I were missing-"
"He'd burn the whole world down till he could dig you out of the ashes. I know," Alec said. — Cassandra Clare

Evacuation Of Dunkirk Quotes By Hermann Hesse

How beautiful the world was when one looked at it, without searching ... just looked, simply and innocently. — Hermann Hesse

Evacuation Of Dunkirk Quotes By Erin Hunter

I know what it's like to have friends in other Clans. To feel that there's something stronger that your Clan calling you away from home. — Erin Hunter

Evacuation Of Dunkirk Quotes By Tom Holland

Achievement was worthy of praise and honor, but excessive achievement was pernicious and a threat to the state. — Tom Holland

Evacuation Of Dunkirk Quotes By Benjamin Booker

I was just a music lover who wondered what it would sound like if Otis Redding strapped on a guitar and played in a punk band. That's it. — Benjamin Booker

Evacuation Of Dunkirk Quotes By Nicholas Sparks

More than anything, he wanted to return to the house with the same look of peace that he'd seen on Pastor Harris's face, but he trudged through the sand, he couldn't help feeling like an amateur, someone searching for God's truths like a child searching for seashells. — Nicholas Sparks

Evacuation Of Dunkirk Quotes By Friedrich August Von Hayek

Money is one of the greatest instruments of freedom ever invented by man. It is money which in existing society opens an astounding range of choice to the poor man, a range greater than that which not many generations ago was open to the wealthy — Friedrich August Von Hayek

Evacuation Of Dunkirk Quotes By Anais Nin

I really believe that if I were not a writer, not a creator, not an experimenter, I might have been a very faithful wife. I think highly of faithfulness. But my temperament belongs to the writer, not to the woman — Anais Nin

Evacuation Of Dunkirk Quotes By Frederick Lenz

Each of the ten thousand states of mind presents you with a different view of essence and experience. — Frederick Lenz

Evacuation Of Dunkirk Quotes By Bam Margera

I got addicted to Tetris, playing it in my basement, I was missing all these airplane flights over it. After the fourth one that I missed, I realized I needed to get rid of this thing - so ever since then, I don't play video games any more. — Bam Margera

Evacuation Of Dunkirk Quotes By Douglas Bader

The sea from Dunkirk to Dover during these days of the evacuation looked like any coastal road in England on a bank holiday. It was solid with shipping. — Douglas Bader