"Our country regularly uses military force, but only a fraction of Americans serve in the military. This means fewer and fewer people have a direct link to the military, and yet it remains as important as ever that we have a rich understanding of what we are doing as a country."

-- Phil Klay

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“A lot of people... are afraid of pictures which have visible emotions in them. They feel calmer in front of pictures which are placid.”
“I find afflictions to be good for me. I have always found them so. Afflictions are happy means in the hands of the Holy Spirit to subdue my corruptions, my pride, my evil passions, my inordinate love to the creature. Afflictions soften my hard heart, bring me to my knees, increase faith, increase love, increase humility, increase self-denial. Afflictions make me poor in spirit, and nothing in my own eyes.”
“It's hard to know more about a person's life than what that person wants you to know.”
“There is a joy which is not given to the ungodly, but to those who love Thee for Thine own sake, whose joy Thou Thyself art. And this is the happy life, to rejoice to Thee, of Thee, for Thee; this it is, and there is no other.”
“We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.”
“I work best when a little scared, when there's so much more than the lines to think about.”
“She was born in Baton Rouge, her favorite song was In My Life.”
“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.”

Source : "Chanel : A Woman of Her Own" by Axel Madsen, (p. 124), 1991.

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