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Madariaga, Salvador de
1886–1978
1886–1978
1
Since, in the main, it is not armaments that cause wars but wars (or the fears thereof) that cause armaments, it follows that every nation will at every moment strive to keep its armament in an efficient state as required by its fear, otherwise styled security.
Since, in the main, it is not armaments that cause wars but wars (or the fears thereof) that cause armaments, it follows that every nation will at every moment strive to keep its armament in an efficient state as required by its fear, otherwise styled security.
Morning Without Noon
(1974) pt. 1, ch. 9
Madden, Samuel
1686–1765
1686–1765
1
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Boulter's Monument
(1745) l. 377.
Madonna
1958–
1958–
1
Being blonde is definitely a different state of mind. I can't really put my finger on it, but the artifice of being blonde has some incredible sort of sexual connotation.
Many people see Eva Perón as either a saint or the incarnation of Satan. That means I can definitely identify with her.
on playing the starring role in the film Evita
Being blonde is definitely a different state of mind. I can't really put my finger on it, but the artifice of being blonde has some incredible sort of sexual connotation.
in
Rolling Stone
23 March 1989
Many people see Eva Perón as either a saint or the incarnation of Satan. That means I can definitely identify with her.
on playing the starring role in the film Evita
in
Newsweek
5 February 1996
Maeterlinck, Maurice
1862–1949
1862–1949
1
Il n'y a pas de morts.There are no dead.
Il n'y a pas de morts.There are no dead.
L'Oiseau bleu
(1909) act 4
Magee, John Gillespie
1922–41
1922–41
1
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings.
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high, untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings.
"High Flight" (1943).
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high, untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.
"High Flight" (1943).
Magna Carta
1
That the English Church shall be free.
No free man shall be taken or imprisoned or dispossessed, or outlawed or exiled, or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him, nor will we send against him except by the lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land.
To no man will we sell, or deny, or delay, right or justice.
That the English Church shall be free.
Clause 1
No free man shall be taken or imprisoned or dispossessed, or outlawed or exiled, or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him, nor will we send against him except by the lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land.
Clause 39
To no man will we sell, or deny, or delay, right or justice.
Clause 40
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