The World Motivation
Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor's officers' mess and are very polite. They always were. Except, of course, for that little interval there between 1941 and 1945.
“Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor's officers' mess and are very polite. They always were. Except, of course, for that little interval there between 1941 and 1945.”
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“Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor's officers' mess and are very polite. They always were. Except, of course, for that little interval there between 1941 and 1945.”
“He was a great thundering paradox of a man.”
“I wondered vaguely if this was when it would end, whether I would pull up tonight's darkness like a quilt and be dead and at peace evermore.”
“As she sallied forth from her boudoir, you would never have guessed how quickly she could strip for action.”
“Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or any other abstraction. They fight for one another. And if you came through this ordeal, you would age with dignity.”
“An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome.”
“Fashion is part of our culture, and it's about more than just a pretty dress.”
“I've never judged anybody by how they look or how they dress. I basically judge them on their character. And that's how I lead my own life.”
“It takes time and energy, and if I'm working, then I'd rather flop in front of the telly than put on a tiny dress and work out how to get myself to God knows where. I mean, lazy some would call it.”
“If I ever play Hamlet, it'll be in a dress!”
“I was a teenager in '95, so I didn't dress like a woman then. I was really small. I remember wishing I wasn't wearing Gap Kids.”
“Take opera for example - to go to the opera you have to dress up in a tuxedo and pay lots of money.”