Douglas Haig Quotes

Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender.

Douglas Haig

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: soldier
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: June 19, 1861 - January 29, 1928

Topics

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This is the sheriff you're talking about, with a gun and badge that enforces the law. Nothing is going to stop me from cracking down on illegal immigration as long as the laws are there.

Joe Arpaio

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The feeling of support I got was pretty overwhelming. That energy and optimism was something I had been missing and didn't even know it.

Matt Sharp

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I never achieved my first goal in the National Actors Theatre, which is to have a permanent Acting Company.

Tony Randall

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Competitive bodybuilding is a niche sport, but bodybuilding is for everybody.

Ronnie Coleman

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Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.

Rumi

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To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.

Ludwig von Mises

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I fight for everybody, national and international, no matter where they are. I want to help those athletes. Not only those in the UFC - those that are in the big league and can have a better future - but those in the small promotions and need our help.

Jose Aldo

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Well, in any art there are a lot of technical things that you can get to like.

Donald Judd

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When I work with other people, I have to try to make their vision happen. With my own, I don't think about it. The music has its own kind of agency.

Arca

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It is not suffering as such that is most deeply feared but suffering that degrades.

Susan Sontag

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The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

Pearl S. Buck

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In much of computer science, I can easily 'auto-grade' your work and give you an instant meaningful feedback. I can't do this when it comes to the subtlety of human thought, language, poetry, philosophy.

Sebastian Thrun

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