Alvin C. York famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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When you have God behind you, you can come out on top every time.
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I had orders to report to Brigadier General Lindsey, and he said to me, "Well, York, I hear you have captured the whole damned German army." And I told him I only had 132.
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I noticed the bushes all around where I stood in my fight with the machine guns were all cut down. The bullets went over my head and on either side. But they never touched me.
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The fear of God makes a hero; the fear of man makes a coward.
-- Alvin C. York
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I wasn't putting too much emphasis on it (the booing). I think that you have to put it behind you.
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I've always said your legacy is what you leave behind you.
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Here's a tip: never get drunk while wearing a hooded sweatshirt. You will eventually think there's someone right behind you.
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I know you left me once, but I came right back to find you. Even though I like being in your past, you got a bright future behind you.
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You have such a huge career ... behind you.
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Something deeply hidden had to be behind things.
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Perhaps there are just some things you leave behind when you choose a new life.
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I like to hide behind the characters I play.
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What you leave behind is the people you loved. You leave yourself in them.
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In my experience, staying in a marriage that my ex and I both agreed had all its best moments behind it was epically depressing.
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