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Sebastian Junger

"The negative effects of combat were nightmares, and I'd get jumpy around certain noises and stuff, but you'd have that after a car accident or a bad divorce. Life's filled with trauma. You don't need to go to war to find it it's going to find you. We all deal with it, and the effects go away after awhile. At least they did for me."

Source : "Restrepo co-directors Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington". Interview with Christopher Kompanek and Chris Kompanek, film.avclub.com. June 25, 2010.

Sebastian Junger

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“...the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear plant...has painfully affected the Soviet people, and shocked the international community. For the first time, we confront the real force of nuclear energy, out of control.”
“Go on,â€ he said in a low tone that was a dare. â€œKeep on poking the hungry wolf, see how naked it gets you.”
“The whole universe interest me.”
“Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it takes as the sign of virtue and intellect.”

Source : Lionel Trilling (2012). “The Liberal Imagination”, p.245, New York Review of Books
“I am dead. I have no desire for you. My body no longer wants the one who doesnâ€™t love.”
“At the end of 10 rounds, what you got, unless you have a knockout, of course, and so what you are doing is you are really packaging aggression in its most palatable form.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com
“Look,' I said, struggling to keep up, 'I just wanna make one thing absolutely clear. I don't believe in guns. I just want peace. Okay?' Alessandro stopped in the middle of the corridor, took out the gun, and wrapped my hand around it before I realized what he was doing. 'Can you feel that? That's a gun. It exists. And there are a lot of people out there who do believe in it. So, excused me for taking care of them so you can have your peace.”
“The mind sees the world as a thing apart, Â Â And the soul makes the world at one with itself. Â Â A mirror scratched reflects no imageâ€” Â Â And this is the silence of wisdom.”

Source : Edgar Lee Masters (2012). “Spoon River Anthology”, p.108, Courier Corporation

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