"How are you, G.I. Joe? It seems to me that most of you are poorly informed about the going of the war, to say nothing about a correct explanation of your presence over here. Nothing is more confused than to be ordered into a war to die."

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Source : "The Life and Death of Hanoi Hannah" by Don North, donnorth.com. October 17, 2016.

Hanoi Hannah

#Confused Quotes #War Quotes #Explanation Quotes

“The most surprising thing for my mother and father was when I was actually earning more money than them by the time I was about 18. They thought I was going to be the ne'er do well, who they'd have to keep worrying about.”
“I'm passionate about people. I've spent my life in advocacy. People matter - whether or not we agree on the issue, people matter.”

Source : "Meet the Lawmaker Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R-N.Y.), 25th District". Interview with Kris Kitto, thehill.com. April 4, 2011.
“Acts of virtue ripen into habits; and the goodly and permanent result is the formation or establishment of a virtuous character.”

Source : Thomas Chalmers (1833). “On the Adaptation of External Nature to the Moral and Intellectual Constitution of Man”, p.148
“Inspiration is highly overrated. If you sit around and wait for the clouds to part, it's not liable to ever happen. More often than not, work is salvation.”

Source : "What I've Learned: Chuck Close" by Andy Ward, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.
“How much would our churches be transformed if each of us made it a practice to thank God for others and then to tell those others what it is about them that we thank God for?”
“I love to shop, especially in retro stores. I have about a million pairs of old-school sports shoes like Adidas, so that's probably my biggest vice.”
“The number one problem in the classroom is not discipline; it is the lack of procedures and routines.”

Source : Harry K. Wong, Rosemary Tripi Wong, Chelonnda Seroyer (2009). “The First Days of School: How to be an Effective Teacher”, Harry K Wong Publication
“It is reasonable to ask who or what created the universe, but if the answer is God, then the question has merely been deflected to that of who created God.”

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