"The wind bit hard at Valley Forge one Christmas. Soldiers tied rags on their feet. Red footprints wrote on the snow . . ."

-- Carl Sandburg

#War Quotes #Wind Quotes #Feet Quotes

“The same advice my commanding officer at Patrol Squadron 17, Cmdr. Robert J. Quinn, gave me before I was grilled to be given the responsibility to lead a crew of 12 all over the world, ready to stop a Russian submarine preparing to wipe out an American city with a nuclear missile: â€˜Always remember that common sense and communication will solve 95 percent of the challenges you face in the Navy and life.”
“Usually I wear my grandma's old aprons, or others I have collected in my travels. When I was young, I would sit and watch my grandma prepare stuff. She wasn't Italian, but she did really good Italian food.”
“As it somehow always manages before the winter solstice, but never after, the early darkness was cheerful and promising, even for those who had nothing.”
“A vice is a failure of desire”
“Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way round, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise.”
“Theres nothing that can beat the feeling of doing a movie or a TV show that makes everyone feel good.”
“When something is based on an iconic film, and we found this out with "The Producers" too, you've got to pay homage to what I'd call the greatest hits. ... People expect certain lines and moments they love.”
“I don't wase time thinking, 'Am I doing it right?' I say, 'Am I doing it?'”

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