"What the Spanish War began the World War accomplished: America became the world's banker and ceased to be the world's pioneer!"

-- Anna Louise Strong

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“I have not been part of an active counterculture movement, as it is not the approach that I have personally pursued to create a qualitatively beneficial and meaningful impact on society.”

Source : "An Interesting Walk Through Counterculture" by Al Seckel, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 2, 2009.
“No life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it for example by seeing it how it could be worse and then being grateful it isn't.”
“They show that roughly two-thirds of a group of neurotic patients will recover or improve to a marked extent within about two years of the onset of their illness, whether they are treated by means of psychotherapy or not.”

Source : Hans Jürgen Eysenck, Glenn Daniel Wilson (1973). “The experimental study of Freudian theories”, Methuen Publishing
“It's not your circumstances that make or break your day. It's your attitude!”
“It just makes me realize how . . . fleeting life can be. How quickly it all passes by. And it's strange to read something written by someone whose life was really just beginning then but who's dead now."He nodded, looking like he was taking that in. But then he said, "That's kinda deep, Daisy."She laughed, rolled her eyes. "Well, you asked. So if that's too deep for you, tell me about your fish.""Well, they were small and blue and I feel emotional because their lives were really just starting but they're dead now.”
“Anytime you deny the acknowledgement of God you are undermining the entire basis for which our country exists.”

Source : "Defender of the Decalogue". Interview with Thomas R. Eddlem, www.thenewamerican.com. November 21, 2002.
“I was born to stand, fight and when all is done to give God the glory for the victories.”
“As for you, Private, if you mention a word of this to anyone, I'll feed you to the cat thing here. Understand?" "Yum," said Mogget. "Yes, sir!" mumbled the telephone operator, his hands shaking as he tried to smother the burning wreckage of his switchboard with a fire blanket.”

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