"Sir: It gives me pleasure to report to you the fine bearing and soldierly conduct of Captain Wilson and his men whilst absent on special duty. Though their duties were more arduous than those of others, they were always prompt and ready for performance of all they were called upon to do. As a body they would be a credit to any organization, and I will be glad to be associated with them on duty at any time."

-- John Taylor Wood

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“Me as a backup center? Hell no.”
“The marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama. It has competition. Every jogger can't dream of being an Olympic champion, but he can dream of finishing a marathon.”
“I love having debates with people when they are debates but some people, you just can't. Some people shouldn't be given the oxygen.”

Source : "Amy Winehouse would be a great Doctor" by Ben Dowell, www.theguardian.com. July 6, 2008.
“All conversation, in addition to whatever else it does, displays, and asks for recognition of, our competence.”
“I think that what happens is that all of my modern influences blend together with the older soul influences and you get Mayer Hawthorne.”
“calls her beautiful, but she cannot hear...”
“If nature puts a burden on a man by making him different, it also gives him a power.”
“Those things which we call extraordinary, remarkable, or unusual may make history, but they do not make real life. After all, to do well those things which God ordained to be the common lot of all mankind, is the truest greatness. To be a successful father or a successful mother is greater than to be a successful general or a successful statesman.”

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