"Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big."

-- Theodore Roosevelt

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“Everyone has a side to them that's kind of unexplained and feels misunderstood.”

Source : "Metallica's Kirk Hammett discusses vintage horror and geek bonding". Interview with Kenny Herzog, www.avclub.com. October 5, 2012.
“there on the beaches of Normandy I began to reflect on the wonders of these ordinary people whose lives were laced with the markings of greatness.”

Source : Tom Brokaw (1998). “The Greatest Generation”, Random House Large Print Publishing
“When you are in the dark, listen, and God will give you a very precious message.”
“My father was very much a child of the counterculture movement and was drawn to the idea of alleviating poverty in the developing world, helping farmers diversify their crops and stuff like that.”
“Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life.”
“Einstein, in the special theory of relativity, proved that different observers, in different states of motion, see different realities.”
“Listening to Britons dining out is like watching people play first-class tennis with imaginary balls.”
“Psychologists call it "free-floating" anxiety. What contradictory words. Anxiety doesn't free-float. It stalks. It attacks. It lands on you with a thud.”

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