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Humanity's Endless, Bloody Game.

War is a violent and sustained armed conflict between organized groups, typically nations or states, characterized by aggression, destruction, and the intent to impose one's will upon another. It is a profoundly meaningful, albeit tragically so, aspect of human life because it exposes the darkest aspects of our nature – our capacity for violence, tribalism, and ideological conflict – while simultaneously revealing our resilience, courage, and the enduring yearning for peace.

War
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Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
António de Oliveira Salazar
António de Oliveira Salazar
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
John Lennon
John Lennon
Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini

# War & War-based electronic games

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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Advance Wars" (Advance Wars: Days of Ruin, Characters, Brenner)
“...”
— Unknown
War-based electronic games
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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Advance Wars" (Advance Wars: All games, Orange Star, Jake)
“Owned.”
— Unknown
War-based electronic games
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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Medal of Honor: Allied Assault" (Quotes, Maj. Jack Grillo)
“Look out!”
— Unknown
2002 video games War-based electronic games Windows video games Medal of Honor (video game series)
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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Medal of Honor: Allied Assault" (Quotes, Maj. Jack Grillo)
“Shoot them!”
— Unknown
2002 video games War-based electronic games Windows video games Medal of Honor (video game series)
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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Advance Wars" (Advance Wars: All games, Blue Moon, Olaf)
“I'll bury you!”
— Unknown
War-based electronic games

# War & People of the Cold War

Joseph Stalin
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Joseph Stalin" (Quotes, The Foundations of Leninism)
“Ch.8”
— Joseph Stalin
General Secretaries of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union People from Georgia (country) Anti-imperialists Atheists
M
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Mohammad Reza Pahlavi" (Quotes, Publications, The Shah's Story (1980), On world leaders and statesmen)
“Page 145”
— Muhammad Reza Pahlavi
Heads of state Muslims from Iran Monarchs from Iran Anti-communists
Joseph Stalin
Context: • Remark about snubbing some American generals and politicians at a cinema, as quoted by Simon Sebag Montefiore, "Why Stalin loved Tarzan and wanted John Wayne shot", The Telegraph (4 June 2004)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Joseph Stalin" (Quotes, Contemporary witnesses)
“Fuck them!”
— Joseph Stalin
General Secretaries of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union People from Georgia (country) Anti-imperialists Atheists
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Context: • In 2011, referring to Donald Trump, to Maureen Dowd of The New York Times (Maureen Dowd (December 2, 2018), "The Patrician President and the Reporterette: A Screwball Story", The New York Times retrieved: December 10, 2018; w:Jeff Zeleny (December 5, 2018), Uneasy presidents club convenes at Bush funeral, retrieved: December 10, 2018; (December 5, 2018), "George W. Bush Eulogizes 'Best Father' at Solemn State Funeral", Fortune retrieved: December 10, 2018; Epstein, Jennifer (December 5, 2018), George W. Bush Eulogizes ‘Best Father’ at Solemn State Funeral, retrieved: December 10, 2018; Maureen Dowd (2016), The Year of Voting Dangerously: The Derangement of American Politics publisher: Grand Central Publishing, ISBN: 9781455539246; Goldschlag, William; Janison, Dan (December 3, 2018), "Trump breaks character in show of respect for George H.W. Bush", Newsday retrieved: December 10, 2018)
• Source: Wikiquote: "George H. W. Bush" (Post presidency)
“He's an ass.”
— George Herbert Walker Bush
Presidents of the United States 1924 births 2018 deaths Politicians from Boston
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Context: • From his speech to parliament, October 1979
• Source: Wikiquote: "P. W. Botha" (Quotes)
“Adapt or die.”
— Pieter Willem Botha
Prime Ministers of South Africa 1916 births 2006 deaths Presidents of South Africa

# War & God of War (series)

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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "God of War (2018 video game)" (Kratos)
“Boy?”
— Unknown
2018 video games PlayStation 4 video games God of War (series) Norse mythology in popular culture
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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "God of War III" (Cronos)
“Kratos!”
— Unknown
God of War (series) 2010 video games PlayStation 3 video games Video games set in Greece
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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "God of War Ragnarök" (Thor)
“Come on!”
— Unknown
PlayStation 5 video games Adventure games God of War (series) Norse mythology in popular culture
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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "God of War (2018 video game)" (Kratos)
“Stay still.”
— Unknown
2018 video games PlayStation 4 video games God of War (series) Norse mythology in popular culture
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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "God of War III" (Cronos)
“Time to die.”
— Unknown
God of War (series) 2010 video games PlayStation 3 video games Video games set in Greece

# War & War films

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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (Irina Spalko)
“JONES!!!!”
— Unknown
2008 films 2008 American films Action films Adventure films
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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Avatar (2009 film)" (Theme song:
"I See You", written by James Horner, Thaddis Harrell, and Simon Franglen, sung by Leona Lewis – YouTube video)
“EVERMORE!”
— Unknown
2009 films 2009 American films Science fiction films Action films
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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Avatar (2009 film)" (Neytiri)
“I See You.”
— Unknown
2009 films 2009 American films Science fiction films Action films
The Deer Hunter
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "The Deer Hunter" (Michael Vronsky)
“Okay. Okay!”
— The Deer Hunter
1978 films 1970s American films Drama films Epic films
The Creator (2023 film)
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "The Creator (2023 film)" (Alphie)
“To be free.”
— The Creator (2023 film)
2023 films Action films Science fiction films 2020s American films

# War & Anti-war activists

Kurt Vonnegut
Context: • recurring phrase
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kurt Vonnegut" (Quotes, Breakfast of Champions (1973):
Full title: Breakfast of Champions, Or Goodbye Blue Monday!)
“And so on.”
— Kurt Vonnegut
Academics from the United States Absurdists Agnostics from the United States Humanists‎
Joseph Lowery
Context: • Speech honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., January 17, 2005, Clemson University
• Source: Wikiquote: "Joseph Lowery" (Quotes)
“We are one.”
— Joseph Lowery
Civil rights activists Political leaders People from Alabama 1921 births
Henry Rollins
Context: • Feast
• Source: Wikiquote: "Henry Rollins" (Quotes)
“BULLLLLSHIT!!”
— Henry Rollins
Musicians from the United States Singer-songwriters from the United States Actors from the United States Stand-up comedians from the United States
Kurt Vonnegut
Context: • Final line
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kurt Vonnegut" (Quotes, Slaughterhouse-Five (1969):
Full title: Slaughterhouse-Five, Or The Children's Crusade : A Duty-dance with Death These are just a few samples, for more from this work see Slaughterhouse-Five)
“"Poo-Tee-Weet?"”
— Kurt Vonnegut
Academics from the United States Absurdists Agnostics from the United States Humanists‎
Rachel Maddow
Context: • The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC (April 6, 2009)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Rachel Maddow" (Quotes, 2000s)
“Thank you Satan.”
— Rachel Maddow
1973 births Living people Non-fiction authors from the United States Women authors
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