"Leonid Breznev was an old man and despite his own military experience in World War II, he on the other hand was not very close to the military."

-- Helmut Schmidt

#Military Quotes #War Quotes #Men Quotes

“I imagine a line, a white line, painted on the sand and on the ocean, from me to you.”
“His calumny is not only the greatest benefit a rogue can confer on us, but the only service he will perform for nothing.”
“It's certain that the death of an actor can be on a television screen playing the same thing every week.”
“Trying to pick individual stocks is a trap. I can't do it. Warren Buffett can, but hardly anyone else can beat the indexes over a long period of time.”
“There are only three requirements for success. First, decide exactly what it is you want in life. Second, determine the price that you are going to have to pay to get the things you want. And third, and this is most important, resolve to pay that price.”
“Here at the sea---especially at the sea---I could hear my sisterâ€™s voice in the waves: â€œKira-kira! Kira-kira!”

Source : Cynthia Kadohata (2008). “Kira-Kira”, p.244, Simon and Schuster
“Working with Ty Power was exciting. In those days, he was the biggest romantic swashbuckler in the world. Murderously handsome! But what I loved most about Ty Power was his wicked sense of humor.”
“I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.”

Source : Quoted in Edward Dean Sullivan, The Fabulous Wilson Mizner (1935)

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