"Literature, art, like civilization itself, are only accidents."

-- Joyce Carol Oates

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“While flying with several other USAF pilots over Germany in 1957, we sighted numerous radiant flying discs above us. We couldn't tell how high they were. We couldn't get anywhere near their altitude.”
“"We will coordinate efforts of the PLO with responsible authorities in Jordan in all fields - politically, militarily and materially..." "It was very probable that the Jordan army might start the battle."”
“I don't really break into too many solos. But I've never been a super-big solo guy anyway. I like to make the main melody guitar lines of the songs as cool and interesting as possible without just strumming chords. I like to have chords intertwined with riffs here and there, but I'll do the riffs and the solos where the bottom will drop out. Basically, I do everything for the song, I don't do it for the solo glory. Kids aren't really into that anymore for some reason.”
“There is more respect to be won in the opinion of this world by a resolute and courageous liquidation of unsound positions than by the most stubborn pursuit of extravagant or unpromising objectives.”

Source : "The Vietnam War: An Intimate History". Book by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns, September 5, 2017.
“I knew I wanted to be an artist at age 5 or 6. I always drew. At 8, I was permitted to study.”
“Besides, I'm a gypsy at heart and I like to travel around.”
“Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie.”

Source : D. E. Tarver, Musashi Miyamoto (2004). “The Book of Five Rings: Miyamoto Musashi”, p.40, iUniverse
“All of our presidents come into office looking so vigorous ... They grow grayer and grayer, and by the time they leave, theyâ€™re as white as the building they live in ... I have one big advantage: Iâ€™ve been coloring my hair for years. So youâ€™re not going to see me turn white in the White House.”

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