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Action should be founded on co...

Action should be founded on contemplation, and those of us who act don't put enough time, don't give enough emphasis, to contemplation.

Robert McNamara 51 quotes

We do not have the God-given r...

We do not have the God-given right to shape every nation in our image or as we choose.

Robert McNamara 51 quotes

Measure what is important, don...

Measure what is important, don't make important what you can measure

Robert McNamara 51 quotes

One solitary God-centered, God...

One solitary God-centered, God-intoxicated man can do more to keep God's love alive and His presence felt in the world than a thousand half-hearted, talkative busy men living frightened, fragmented lives of quiet desperation.

Robert McNamara 51 quotes

It is true that at the time [1...

It is true that at the time [1962] we had a strategic nuclear force of approximately five thousand warheads compared to the Soviet's three hundred.

Robert McNamara 51 quotes

To this day we seem to act in ...

To this day we seem to act in the world as though we know what's right for everybody.

Robert McNamara 51 quotes

Poor planning or poor executio...

Poor planning or poor execution of plans is simply to let some force other than reason shape reality.

Robert McNamara 51 quotes

All those involved in the fire...

All those involved in the firebombing of Tokyo .. were war criminals interviews recorded in the movie The Fog of War.. the firebombing of Tokyo occurred before the atom bombs.. 100,000 civilians died in one night from American bombs.. 500,000 altogether over several days say some.

Robert McNamara 51 quotes

General, you don't have a war ...

General, you don't have a war plan! All you have is a kind of horrible spasm!

Robert McNamara 51 quotes

Neither conscience nor sanity ...

Neither conscience nor sanity itself suggests that the United States is, should or could be the global gendarme.

Robert McNamara 51 quotes

That's one of the major lesson...

That's one of the major lessons: no president should ever take this nation to war without full public debate in the Congress and/or in the public.

Robert McNamara 51 quotes

Never answer the question that...

Never answer the question that is asked of you. Answer the question that you wish had been asked of you.

Robert McNamara 51 quotes

It would be our policy to use ...

It would be our policy to use nuclear weapons wherever we felt it necessary to protect our forces and achieve our objectives.

Robert McNamara 51 quotes

I formed the hypothesis that e...

I formed the hypothesis that each of us could have achieved our objectives without the terrible loss of life. And I wanted to test that by going to Vietnam.

Robert McNamara 51 quotes

It was a perfectly beautiful n...

It was a perfectly beautiful night, as fall nights are in Washington. I walked out of the president's Oval Office, and as I walked out, I thought I might never live to see another Saturday night.

Robert McNamara 51 quotes

...but highly placed sources w...

...but highly placed sources within the Kennedy Administration disagreed: '[T]he assumption that the strategic nuclear balance mattered in any way was wrong... As far as I am concerned, it made no difference... If my memory serves me correctly, we had some five thousand strategic nuclear warheads as against t heir three hundred. Can anyone seriously tell me that their having three hundred and forty would have made any difference? The military balance wasn't changed. I didn't believe it then, and I don't believe it now.

Robert McNamara 51 quotes

We burned to death 100,000 Jap...

We burned to death 100,000 Japanese civilians in Tokyo - men, women and children. LeMay recognized that what he was doing would be thought immoral if his side had lost. But what makes it immoral if you lose and not immoral if you win?

Robert McNamara 51 quotes

A computer does not substitute...

A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing without a pencil is no particular advantage.

Robert McNamara 51 quotes

Brains are like hearts - they ...

Brains are like hearts - they go where they are appreciated.

Robert McNamara 51 quotes

We are confident that we can p...

We are confident that we can penetrate any enemy defenses with our missiles. We know that we are more than the equal of any nation in the world.

Robert McNamara 51 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....