The advent of AIDS circa 1980 has really forced medicine and biology to take enormous steps just for sheer survival. The same way war propels hard technology, AIDS has created wartime conditions in the field of biology that will have all sorts of spin-offs. Paul Di Filippo adventaidbiology share on social
And I'm a slow writer: five, six hundred words is a good day. That's the reason it took me 20 years to write those million and a half words of the Civil War. Shelby Foote civildaygood Change image and share on social
The Second World War simplified things like race, and people came down on very clear lines. Chiwetel Ejiofor clearlinepeople Change image and share on social
During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism. Howard Thurman guisehatredmasquerade Change image and share on social
I grew up acutely aware of the exile and distance caused by war. Hiam Abbass acutelyawarecause Change image and share on social
We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination. John F. Kennedy agedeterminationextermination Change image and share on social
My personal opinion is that if someone writes honestly about war, it will inherently be anti-war. Kevin Powers antihonestlyinherently Change image and share on social
I understood that 'The Yellow Birds' would be a peculiar representation of the experience of being at war. I intended it to be so. Kevin Powers birdexperienceintend Change image and share on social
A man will go to war, fight and die for his country. But he won't get a bikini wax. Rita Rudner bikinicountrydie Change image and share on social
