"They (Women Marines) don't have a nickname, and they don't need one. They get their basic training in a Marine atmosphere, at a Marine Post. They inherit the traditions of the Marines. They are Marines."

-- Thomas Holcomb

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“Everything you're sure is right can be wrong in another place.”
“The best products in the world have a point of view. The worst products have none.”
“When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do so with thankfulness and fatigue, and whatever be my destiny afterward, I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine.”
“Birds born in cages think that flying is a disease.”
“It's good to go with your gut instincts in life. You just should. Even if it doesn't work out, something good will come out of it.”
“I think we live in a country where self-mythology or making up legends about your own life is something everyone does.”

Source : "The Misadventures of Iris Smyles". Interview with Royal Young, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 29, 2016.
“Every morning you have a choice. Are you going to be a positive thinker or a negative thinker? Positive thinking will energize you.”

Source : Jon Gordon (2015). “The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy”, p.8, John Wiley & Sons
“In doing God's work, there is no substitute for praying. The men of prayer cannot be displaced with other kinds of men.”

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