"The little bit you and me might change the world," Malloy smiled, "it wouldnt show up until a hundred years after we were dead. We'd never see it." "But it'd be there."

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Source : James Jones (2012). “The World War II Trilogy: From Here to Eternity, The Thin Red Line, and Whistle”, p.1090, Open Road Media

James Jones

#Years Quotes #World Quotes #Littles Quotes

“America, the temple of invention and industry, doesn't make things anymore.”
“It is something great and greatening to cherish an ideal; to act in the light of truth that is far-away and far above; to set aside the near advantage, the momentary pleasure; the snatching of seeming good to self; and to act for remoter ends, for higher good, and for interests other than our own.”

Source : Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1994). “Bayonet! Forward: my Civil War reminiscences”, Butternut & Blue
“The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God.”
“Good luck and good timing are the same thing.”
“I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.”
“The concept of military necessity is seductively broad, and has a dangerous plasticity. Because they invariably have the visage of overriding importance, there is always a temptation to invoke security "necessities" to justify an encroachment upon civil liberties. For that reason, the military-security argument must be approached with a healthy skepticism.”
“It isnâ€™t the fall that will kill you, but the sudden stop.”
“Question your answers, Truth has no anger”

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