"If there is a single trait in our character that has historically set us apart from other nations, it is our determination to limit the authority of those who rule over us."

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Source : Billy Bragg (2013). “The Progressive Patriot”, p.330, Random House

Billy Bragg

#Determination Quotes #Character Quotes #History Quotes

“Studies by Medical Corps psychiatrists of combat fatigue cases... found that fear of killing, rather than fear of being killed, was the most common cause of battle failure, and that fear of failure ran a strong second.”

Source : Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall (1954). “Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command in Future War”
“Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each of us individually.”
“He ran as he'd never run before, with neither hope nor despair. He ran because the world was divided into opposites and his side had already been chosen for him, his only choice being whether or not to play his part with heart and courage. He ran because fate had placed him in a position of responsibility and he had accepted the burden. He ran because his self-respect required it. He ran because he loved his friends and this was the only thing he could do to end the madness that was killing and maiming them.”
“According to the brain-centered model of exercise performance, a runner achieves his race goal when his brain calculates that achieving the race goal is possible without catastrophic self-harm.”

Source : Matt Fitzgerald (2007). “Brain Training For Runners: A Revolutionary New Training System to Improve Endurance, Speed, Health, and Res ults”, p.57, Penguin
“It's a deep and all but certain truth about narcissistic personalities that to meet them is to love them, but to know them well is to find them unbearable. Confidence quickly curdles into arrogance; smarts turn to smugness, charm turns to smarm.”
“Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it is immortal; the other kind inevitably goes stale, for it lies in mere fantasy.”
“But also, the guest workers program, it's quite often misused, meaning people could come in as part of a guest workers program and after two weeks in the fields, they'd run off to do every other kind of job that isn't covered by a guest workers program.”

Source : "Lou Hobbs Tonight", www.cnn.com. January 2, 2006.
“Emptiness and boredom: what a complete understatement. What I felt was complete desolation. Desolation, despair and boredom.”

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