"One of the most important factors, not only in military matters but in life as a whole, is ... the ability to direct one's whole energies towards the fulfillment of a particular task."

-- Erwin Rommel

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“I love any comedic zombie movies.”
“I'm not a do-gooder. It embarrassed me to be classified as a humanitarian. I simply take part in activities that I believe in.”

Source : "Gregory Peck - the 'Decent Man of Hollywood'" by Richard Alleyne, www.telegraph.co.uk. June 13, 2003.
“Think Give. Not Get. Nothing has the power to positively change your world more.”
“Itâ€™s all right,â€ she said. â€œYouâ€™re through.â€ â€œJesus,â€ he finally managed, pushing water off his face. â€œJesus Christ and John the Baptist. For that matter, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John.â€ Still not enough. He needed to reach back to the Old Testament for this. â€œObadiah. Nebuchadnezzar. Methuselah and Job.â€ â€œBe calm,â€ she said, taking him by the shoulders. â€œBe calm. And there are women in the Bible, you know.â€ â€œYes. As I recall it, they were trouble, every last one.”
“And I was the Lion you do not remember who pushed the boat in which you lay, a child near death, so that it came to shore where a man sat, wakeful at midnight, to receive you.”
“I was Chairman Mao's dog. I bit whomever he asked me to bite,”
“Yes," he said. "I am sure. I double-checked everything after you went home yesterday. I even made a few improvements, just in case." The first part of that reassured her. The second part... not so much. "What kind of improvements?" "Oh, nothing, really. Mostly just streamlining. You really did very well; I certainly don't want you to think that I am one of those people who has to be in control all the- Oh, well, I suppose that's actually true- I do have to be in control all the time. But only because I am in charge, of course.”
“Let tears gather in your eyes. You havenâ€™t tears enough for what youâ€™ve done to me. Six more mortal years, seven, eightâ€¦I might have had that shape!â€™ Her pointed finger flew at Madeleine, whose hands had risen to her face, whose eyes were clouded over. Her moan was almost Claudiaâ€™s name. But Claudia did not hear her. â€˜Yes, that shape, I might have known what it was to walk at your side.”

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