"Now that our troops are mired in a dangerous effort to defeat the insurgency and are also trying to help rebuild the country, Americans of all political persuasions simply want the United States to succeed and our troops to be as safe as possible."

-- Harry Reid

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“You have to be as fully prepared for the dull game as you are for the great game, or else you won't be prepared for the great one.”
“I've always been open. That's made my resume. I go with what happens, and then I try to make good choices with what I get offered.”
“Life would be fabric-softener, tuna-salad-on-white, PTA-meeting normal.”
“One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast.”
“Liberalism itself has failed, and for a pretty good reason. It has been too often compromised by the people who represented it.”
“Last season when I was on set...for some reason I had The Battle Hymn of the Republic in my head but I didn't know all the words. It was one of those songs you had to learn when you were younger. It wasn't as important for people raised in the 80's and 90's as it was to people raised in the 50's, 60's and 70's so when I started singing "My eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord," Jane [Fonda] heard me singing it and started singing the rest of it. Suddenly everyone on set everyone was singing. That's just something I can keep in my heart forever.”
“A garden is to be enjoyed, and should satisfy the mind and not only the eye of the beholder. Sounds such as the rustle of bamboo and the dripping of water, scents and sensations such as grass or gravel or stone underfoot, appeal to the emotions and play a part in the total impression.”
“I've been immersed in it too long. My spirit is wobbly and my mind is confused. The hurt has become too great.”

Source : Ernie Pyle, David Nichols (1987). “Ernie's war: the best of Ernie Pyle's World War II dispatches”, Touchstone

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