Lushan Rebellion Quotes & Sayings

Children cannot bounce off the walls if we take away the walls. — Erin Kenny

I am the most incurably lazy devil that ever stood in shoe leather. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Our actions, habits, character, and future are most definitely affected by our thoughts. — Elizabeth George

Truth is the aim of story. And though we must take into account the human author's subjectivity and personal slant, the best authors are those who tap universal longings and make connections to our real, lived humanity. — Sarah Arthur

Ulrik's smile grew, while his gold eyes glittered with humor. There are those who think me inconsequential. Others don't know what threat I am. Still others would disregard me. They'll all learn soon enough. — Donna Grant

When you scale by population size, only one of the 20th century's atrocities even makes the top ten. The worst atrocity of all time was the An Lushan Revolt and Civil War, an eight-year rebellion during China's Tang Dynasty that, according to censuses, resulted in the loss of two-thirds of the empire's population, a sixth of the world's population at the time.13 — Steven Pinker

Do you realize there was a time when the United States of America actually made sense? A time when you could look at a Norman Rockwell painting of a GI peeling potatoes for Mom and get all choked up and nobody'd laugh at you? — James K. Morrow

You can't simply turn off love. It's part of life, and it's everywhere. You have to reach out and try to take it. — Lauren Morrill

I suspect the base that I'm working from is not particularly one of inquiry, but of memory of what I did last time. — Ian McKellen

Part of diplomacy, the hard work of diplomacy is trying to extract whatever concessions you can get, and giving something the other side wants. Of course you've got to try to make peace with, and work with those who are your adversaries, but you don't just rush in, open the door, and say, "Here I am. Let's talk and make a deal." — Hillary Clinton

The witch knew who had killed her and she snatched pieces of time, here and there, from the business of dying, to make her revenge. — Kelly Link

Embrace adversities as the hidden treasures of life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The whole thing in general started by us wanting to impact the Kingdom and bringing as much glory to God as possible. That's still our overall purpose, but God's given us to passions. That's to impact the non-believer and let them know through our actions and through our music and through our shows that there is hope, there is meaning, there is purpose in this life. — Alan Powell