After the desperate years of their own war, after six years of repression inside Spain and six years of horror in exile, these people remain intact in spirit. They are armed with a transcendent faith; they have never won, and yet they have never accepted defeat. Martha Gellhorn acceptarmdefeat share on social
After the election of George McGovern in 1972 as a peace candidate - I should say his election to the nomination of the Democratic Party - the party changed the rules to steeply tilt that playing field, creating superdelegates and Super Tuesdays that make it very hard for a grassroots campaign to prevail. Jill Stein campaigncandidatechange share on social
After 'The Empire Strikes Back,' I got to make big films that I didn't care about, 'Never Say Never Again' and 'RoboCop 2,' and then I got too old. Irvin Kershner backbigcare Change image and share on social
After the end of the Second World War it was a categorical imperative for us to declare that we renounced war forever in a central article of the new Constitution. Kenzaburo Oe articlecategoricalcentral Change image and share on social
After the enormous success of All About my Mother, all the awards and everything, I wanted to start a movie in exactly the same place that I used to be before. I wanted to show that all of the success had not changed my perception. Pedro Almodovar awardchangeenormous share on social
After the events of the 20th century, God, quite reasonably, left Europe. But He's still here in the United States. P. J. O'Rourke 20thcenturyeurope Change image and share on social
After the failure in '92, my goal was to be a good pole vaulter. I used that as motivation. Dan O'Brien failuregoalgood Change image and share on social
After the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanians were crazed with happiness. People who never met each other before hugged each other in the streets - convinced that tomorrow things would look different. Then came the many disappointments. Octavian Paler ceausescuconvincecrazed share on social
After the fall of the Soviet Union, if you start the clock, then 47 journalists, reporters, cameramen, photographers have been killed in Russia since the fall of communism. That makes it the third most deadly country on Earth to practice journalism. That's not a record to be proud of. Daniel Silva cameramanclockcommunism share on social
After the falling out with my father, I worked on a couple of ranches - thoroughbred layup farms, actually - out toward Chino, California. That was fine for a little while, but I wanted to get out completely, and twenty miles away wasn't far enough. Sam Shepard californiachinocompletely share on social