"Brian Turner has given us not so much a memoir as a mediation, rendered with grace and wit and wisdom. If you want to know what modern soldiers see when they look at their world, read this book."

-- Larry Heinemann

#Book Quotes #Soldier Quotes #Grace Quotes

“Coming from dance, I feel acting is - I'm not going to say easy, because it's not. But the dance world is more hard-core.”
“There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.”
“I started taking my fiance, Justin, to some red carpet events I would go to, and a bowtie is often something that was required. We came across a lot of stylish bowties. We liked playing dress up for these events and we thought it would be fun to start a line, but it was never a reality until recently.”

Source : "Jesse Tyler Ferguson: The Bemused Exasperation Expert". Interview with Maggie Lange, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 16, 2012.
“New approaches are needed, new orientations in both thought and action. We must make the transition to a new civilization...We are talking of a transition toward a new civilization. No one knows what it will be like. What is important is to orient in that direction... I am convinced that a new civilization will inevitably take on certain features that are characteristic of, or inherent in, the socialist ideal.”
“I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time.”
“Don't play for safety - it's the most dangerous thing in the world.”

Source : Hugh Walpole (2007). “Fortitude”, p.350, 1st World Publishing
“[Scientific testing] can't determine how the mind will tolerate pain in a race. Sometimes, I say, 'Today I can die.'”
“I'm the only hell my Mama ever raised.”

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