"There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery."

-- Jon Krakauer

#War Quotes #Misery Quotes #Glamorous Quotes

“The only difference between me and the fans is I can't eat or drink during the game and you guys can't make moves. Besides that, we are pretty much the same people.”
“I am probably exaggerating a little, but I owe my equilibrium to ink and paper.”

Source : Julien Green (1964). “Diary, 1928-1957”, London, Collins
“Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on His anvil into what frame He desires.”
“Don't be afraid of losing, be afraid of playing a game and not learning something.”
“No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home.”

Source : L. Frank Baum “The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz”, Lulu.com
“I fully support your efforts to stamp out sexual assault in the United States military and believer that there is nothing in (Military Justice Improvement Act) that is inconsistent with the responsibility or authority of command. Your efforts in this regard have much broader implications that will actually strengthen the 'good order and discipline' of our military, which I believe accounts for much of the resistance that S967 is receiving...Protecting the victims of these abuses and restoring American values to our military culture is long overdue.”
“Secrets that reside in the mind of one person aren't really secrets. They're unspoken fears.”
“Watch people do their most common actions; these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.”

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