While in Korea, Linebarger masterminded the surrender of thousands of Chinese troops who considered it shameful to give up their arms. He drafted leaflets explaining how the soldiers could surrender by shouting the Chinese words for 'love', 'duty', 'humanity' and...
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BloodAndTreasure on 20th Mar 2010 (via bloodandtreasure.typepad.com)
There's love that declares itself quietly, love that speaks poetically, love that is longing, yearning, desperate, heartbroken. But this, here, is love soaring, triumphant, shouted to the rooftops; it's love that won't be denied. Does she love you? You better...
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NormanGeras on 28th Mar 2009 (via normblog.typepad.com)
Justice Michael Kirby, about to retire from the High Court of Australia, emphasizes his most important discovery - love.Love for one another. Love for our community. Love for others everywhere in the world.Well, it's a way of talking. In some...
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NormanGeras on 18th Dec 2008 (via normblog.typepad.com)
Let me count the ways... I love the excitement she brings to the base. I love how her rallies outdraw Barack Obama. And, for that matter, Joe Biden in his hometown. I love how she handles hecklers: "Bless your heart,...
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CentreRight on 19th Oct 2008 (via conservativehome.blogs.com)
To know, know, know him, is to love, love, love him ... I do love that song. And it often pops into my mind when I'm swimming; Zen-like rhythmic splashing is a mental magnet for songs with a hypnotic beat...
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CentreRight on 4th Jul 2009 (via conservativehome.blogs.com)
Are you serious? How do I love Sarah Palin? Let me count the ways… I love the excitement she brings to the base. I love how her rallies outdraw Barack Obama. And, for that matter, Joe Biden in his hometown. I love how she handles hecklers: “Bless your heart, sir, my son’s in Iraq fighting for your right
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QuaequamBlog on 19th Oct 2008 (via theliberati.net)
Well, it's not heartbreak exactly, and if it's love, it's love on the way out. But it belongs to this series and how. It's one of the true accents of love - the regret, the resignation, the what could have...
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NormanGeras on 13th Apr 2009 (via normblog.typepad.com)
Strange that a philosopher should not know this. Falling and being in love is a glorious feeling. We need a different word to describe our love for our neighbour We have two perfectly good words which make this distinction. Eros and agape. True, we simply nicked ‘em from the Greeks but then we’ve done that with large parts of
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TimWorstall on 14th Feb 2010 (via timworstall.com)
What motivates me to be a conservative? Love. Love of country, family, society, traditions, freedom, democracy, history and culture and a desire to retain all of these things intact for all time. What motivates a socialist? Hatred. Hatred for all the above and a desire to eradicate them. Socialists don't do love - which is why any attempt to defend those things I list above are confronted by ...
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Ranting Stan on 27th Apr 2009 (via rantingstan.blogspot.com)
Another one from across the Channel (and there'll be more): 'I will hide you, and I will protect you, but, my love, don't leave me... My love, I will wait for you all my life. I will think only of...
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NormanGeras on 25th Mar 2009 (via normblog.typepad.com)