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- might make one apricate planet earth a bit more !!- regarding some very large reported $$ to the uSA elections, [although they could be deeply mis-understood and fundamentally decent]it may not all be down to altruism or newfound faith in democracy ...more "
“a rated altitude of 21,000 feet, gave it a 30 m.p.h. advantage over the FW 190 at that height; and this coupled with its astounding rate of climb, meant that for the remainder of the war the Spitfire winged supreme over the war-torn skies of Europe.”
― Fight for the Sky: The Story of the Spitfire and Hurricane
― Fight for the Sky: The Story of the Spitfire and Hurricane
“Naturally I started to read them from end to end, with, at the beginning, about as much attempt to discriminate as a pig working its way through a pail of garbage.”
― The Greatest Works of George Orwell: 1984, Animal Farm, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier, Homage to Catalonia…
― The Greatest Works of George Orwell: 1984, Animal Farm, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier, Homage to Catalonia…
“So far as I’m concerned a little poetry goes a long way.”
― The Greatest Works of George Orwell: 1984, Animal Farm, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier, Homage to Catalonia…
― The Greatest Works of George Orwell: 1984, Animal Farm, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier, Homage to Catalonia…
“Owen looked beaten, that stage in his career when he finally realizes he is not going to make a difference.”
― Galway Confidential: the gripping new mystery from the master of the Irish crime novel
― Galway Confidential: the gripping new mystery from the master of the Irish crime novel
“her dad. He had that basic integrity that is so rare as to be mistaken for altruism.”
― The Emerald Lie
― The Emerald Lie
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