"Pres. Lyndon Johnson was a middle-aged man of smalltown America, both a Westerner and a Southerner, and except where politics had demonstrably forced his growth-as on the question of civil rights-he functioned like most men, as a product of his background."

-- Tom Wicker

#Character Quotes #Men Quotes #America Quotes

“Homosexuality is death, and I choose life.”
“As a result of the [9/11] attack and the killing of nearly 3,000 innocent people, we invaded two countries and killed innocent people in their countries Radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America.”
“Making a movie is the same as an orchestra; it's moving all the different instruments and the sounds, the kinetic and the auditory and the visual all together. I'm probably the trombone.”
“Canada does not just 'go along' in order to 'get along.' We will 'go along,' only if we 'go' in a direction that advances Canadaâ€™s values: freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.”
“The mind wants the world to return its love, or its awareness; the mind wants to know all the world, and all eternity, and God.”
“There is nothing for me to be sour about. What you got to understand is that I'm a military man. We usually do my shift for four or five years and then you got to move on.”
“it sucks to get old...but there's always beer”

Source : James Rollins (2008). “Map of Bones”, p.57, Hachette UK
“Women are most adorable when they are afraid; that's why they frighten so easily.”

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