"An old sergeant said, if you want to get to France in a hurry, then join the ambulance service, the French are big for ambulance service."

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Source : "Frank Buckles: America's Last Living World War I Veteran". www.tbo.com. February 6, 2008.

Frank Buckles

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“I always dreamed of making it in baseball, but life has moved pretty quickly for me.”
“Poetry is one of the ancient arts, and it began, as did all the fine arts, within the original wilderness of the earth. Also, it began through the process of seeing, and feeling, and hearing, and smelling, and touching, and then remembering--I mean remembering in words--what these perceptual experiences were like, while trying to describe the endless invisible fears and desires of our inner lives.”
“It's about the stories. If I write 14 stories that I love, then the next step is to get the environment of music around it to best envelop the story, and all kinds of sonic goodness - sonic goodies.”
“Do you know at this very moment you are surrounded by eternity? And do you know that you can use that eternity if you so desire?”
“[A writer] should try not to be too far, personally, below the level of his work.”
“It's funny because my main awkwardness around writing the song had little to do with the method.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“It was not until months after going vegetarian that I started really learning about all of the health benefits.”

Source : Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Wow. Who would want a fish for a pet when they could have a turtle?!”

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