"Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin they think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives."

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Source : Counter-Attack (1918) "Dreamers"

Siegfried Sassoon

#Home Quotes #Gun Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“As a dedicated, successful writer, Lydia Sigourney violated essential elements of the very gender roles she celebrated. In the process, she offered young, aspiring women writers around the country an example of the possibilities of achieving both fame and economic reward.”
“All that spirits desire, spirits attain.”
“It's always good to do something that is not a repeat. I just don't believe in repeating.”
“I want to apologize for plaguing you with so many telephone calls last November and December. When the 'enthusiasm' is coming on me it is accompanied by a feverish reaching out to my friends. After its over I wince and wither.”
“On the unofficial level it was a glorious moment in our national life because young people decided that this had to stop, that they could no longer stand the shedding of blood in this tragic adventure in Southeast Asia.”
“A true woman of virtue is one who will socialize with every man on earth, and doesn't share her body with any of them.”
“I didn't know what the hell Charlie Parker was playing... I just liked the way he played.”
“I think a lot of people end up making sequels to movies just because the first one did a lot of business, and I think what people have learned is that it doesn't matter if the first one did a lot of business or that people want to go see another one just to see another one.”

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