"I killed a lot of Germans, and I am only sorry I didn't kill more."

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Source : "Farewell to Nancy Wake, the mouse who ran rings around the Nazis" by Kim Willsher, www.theguardian.com. August 8, 2011.

Nancy Wake

“We have these impossibly high standards and we'll probably never live up to our perfect fantasies of our future selves. But I feel like that's okay.”

Source : Marina Keegan (2014). “The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories”, p.2, Simon and Schuster
“He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen ten cathedrals once has seen but little; and he who has spent half an hour in each of a hundred cathedrals has seen nothing at all.”
“If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies.”
“As a woman, I think my style defines my leadership in that it's a gentler, more compassionate approach. Rather than tell people what's good for them, I consult, I listen and I compromise where it's in the best interest of the citizens.”
“I think most performers are just lazy.”
“The consumerist culture insists that swearing eternal loyalty to anything and anybody is imprudent, since in this world new glittering opportunities crop up daily.”
“That's the way it was every time I studied it.”
“[Clayton Kershaw ] is intense. He's a competitor.He's extremely fun to play behind.”

Source : Source: www.usatoday.com

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