"I shall never forget my admiration for that German pilot, who single handed, fought seven of us for ten minutes. I saw him go into a fairly steep dive and so I continued to watch, and then saw the triplane hit the ground and disappear into a thousand fragments, for it seemed to me that it literally went into powder."

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Source : James McCudden (2009). “Flying Fury: Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps”, p.200, Casemate / Greenhill

James McCudden

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“Whoever loves to meet God, God loves to meet him.”
“People have their complexities. They have their heroic moments and their villainous moments, too.”

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“Most people have thought of ... climate change as a problem about the environment that is separate and distinct from problems of human wellbeing.”

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“It's wrong to criticize leaders of the church, even if the criticism is true.”
“The zeal, bravery, and good behavior of the officers and men on the night of June 30, and during July 1, was commendable in the extreme.”
“He says he had to go help someone in a desperate situation. Who, exactly, he refuses to say. He doesnâ€™t know when heâ€™s going to be back, but suggests we put off the wedding for a few days. The rotter! How dare he just zoom off and not tell me where heâ€™s going, or who heâ€™s going to help, or what exactly heâ€™s up to!â€ Yeah, how dare he go out and be all heroic and stuff when you want him here slobbering over your big boobs.”

Source : Katie Macalister (2007). “Holy Smokes: An Aisling Grey, Guardian, Novel”, p.101, Penguin
“I havent won on my birthday since college, so its good to play hard and get a win by double figures.”
“On my early trips to London and Paris, in 2009, I started to shift to more wide-brimmed felt hats similar to Borsalinos and Stetsons.”

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