As the only woman, I was able ...

As the only woman, I was able to sit with the officers in front, with a glass of vodka in one hand and a cucumber in the other. That\'s how I went to my first war.
As the only woman, I was able to sit with the officers in front, with a glass of vodka in one hand and a cucumber in the other. That's how I went to my first war.
 Asne Seierstad

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Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
 William Tecumseh Sherman
Feeling, in the broad sense of whatever is felt in any way, as sensory stimulus or inward tension, pain, emotion or intent, is the mark of mentality.
 Susanne Katherina Langer
In that period, we had the Cold War mentality imbued through us - the Post-war [environment] and the Cold War. I think we were reflecting some of that. This was before the Wall collapsed, etc.
 Stephen Mallinder
The kind of group mentality that we had lived under since the Second World War is starting to erupt, and the craving for individualism is now much stronger. It's not as taboo anymore, as it was when I was younger.
 Nicolas Winding Refn
I come out of a Cold War sensibility, a Cold War mentality, and during those Cold War years, I used to know, I thought, the answers to everything. And since the end of the Cold War, I'm just a dumb as everyone else.
 Jules Feiffer

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If I lose, then I have to accept that my way of writing books is not the way society says it's okay to write.
 Asne Seierstad
As a woman, you accept the situation, adapt to it, and do your best, whereas men would choose violence.
 Asne Seierstad
The judgment means a lot. As a journalist being accused of invading someone's privacy, there is always a risk that it will stick to your name.
 Asne Seierstad
When I decided to stay in Iraq, I decided to take the fear out of my body and put it into a freezer.
 Asne Seierstad