"I had the good fortune and opportunity to come home and to tell the truth; many soldiers, like Pat Tillmanâ€¦ did not have that opportunity. The truth of war is not always easy. The truth is always more heroic than the hype."

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Source : Opening Statement Before House Oversight & Govt. Reform Committee, delivered 24 April 2007

Jessica Lynch

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“I find words really hard.”
“Jazz presumes that it would be nice if the four of us-simpatico dudes that we are-while playing this complicated song together, might somehow be free and autonomous as well. Tragically, this never quite works out. At best, we can only be free one or two at a time-while the other dudes hold onto the wire. Which is not to say that no one has tried to dispense with wires. Many have, and sometimes it works-but it doesn't feel like jazz when it does. The music simply drifts away into the stratosphere of formal dialectic, beyond our social concerns.”
“And Thames and all the rivers of the kings Ran into Mississippi and were drowned. They planted England with a stubborn trust But the cleft dust was never English dust.”
“Buy, buy, buy, buy! They want to grab you and trap you and turn you into little Elizabeth Hurleys.”
“I was on the San Diego school board for 4 years, where I watched children successfully matriculate into elementary schools from Head Start programs from all around our city.”
“Most New Zealanders want to travel overseas. We're a great travelling nation. It's hard to imagine simply not moving from here, especially as time went on and became cheaper and easier. When I first travelled it was four and a half weeks by sea each way.”

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“I can go from one extreme to another, from playing at the Sydney Opera House on the Songbook tour to shows with Soundgarden at Voodoo Fest, all in a week.”
“I find fear is a great motivator to work hard.”

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