"The battle of Iwo Island has been won. The United States Marines by their individual and collective courage have conquered a base which is as necessary to us in our continuing forward movement toward final victory as it was vital to the enemy in staving off ultimate defeat."

-- Chester W. Nimitz

#War Quotes #Marine Quotes #Islands Quotes

“From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation upon whom it is bestowed.”
“What is important to me is there has been consensus and clarity, (and) much better coordination. We'll be much quicker to control avian influenza as a result.”
“I'm an introspective dude.”
“Being tiny has been difficult for me in a business that regarded physicality as the most important part of your life.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Any thoughts of guilt, any feelings of regret, had faded. The desert had baked them out.”
“We want a system in which the worker shall get what he produces and the capitalist shall produce what he gets.”
“At about the age of ten, my friends and I discovered the joys of sitting in graveyards drinking merrydown cider and kissing and stealing our elder siblings' records.”

Source : Interview with Hector de la Manzana, believermag.com. March 2003.
“Better to do a little well, then a great deal badly.”

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