"Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there."

-- William Westmoreland

#Military Quotes #Engagement Quotes #Vietnam Quotes

“Just smiling at someone walking down the street can make the person's day. It's all about paying it forward.”
“At the rate America is decaying morally, we shall have to change our national symbol from an eagle to a vulture.”
“Lincoln sees slavery in some ways as a theft of labor. A slave is a laborer who is being denied the fruits of his labor.”

Source : "Eric Foner on the Perennial Relevance of Abraham Lincoln". Interview with Aaron Leonard, historynewsnetwork.org. October 4, 2010.
“Ann Sothern's dressing room...was unbelievably lush and beautiful. More elegant than many homes I've been in.”
“It is this claim to a monopoly of meaning, rather than any special scientific doctrine, that makes science and religion look like competitors today. Scientism emerged not as the conclusion of scientific argument but as a chosen element in a worldview - a vision that attracted people by its contrast with what went before - which is, of course, how people very often do make such decisions, even ones that they afterwards call scientific.”
“Tawwakul is not an act of the limbs-it is an act of the heart. And so while the limbs are striving hard, the heart is completely reliant on Allah. This means whatever the outcome of the limbs' striving, the heart will be completely satisfied, knowing that it is the flawless decision of Allah. But in order to reach this level, one must hold on to hope, strive with the limbs, and let go with the heart.”
“I danced frightening things. They were frightened of me and therefore thought that I wanted to kill them. I did not want to kill anyone. I loved everyone, but no one loved me, and therefore I became nervous.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“This world is the land of the dying; the next is the land of the living.”

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