"You are very fortunate to be assigned to duty at Fortress Monroe on Chesapeake Bay; it is just the season for soft shelled crabs, and hog fish have just come in, and they are the most delicious panfish you ever ate."

-- Winfield Scott

#Army Quotes #Crabs Quotes #Fortresses Quotes

“Each moment is magical, precious and complete and will never exist again. We forget that now is the moment we are in, that the next one isn't guaranteed. And if we are blessed with another moment, any joy, creativity or wisdom it brings will ensue from the way we live in the present one.”

Source : Susan L. Taylor (2010). “Lessons in Living”, p.74, Anchor
“There's a lot of Americans, black and white, who think that we've arrived where we need to be and nothing else needs to be done and affirmative action needs to be dismantled.”
“Writing more and more to the sound of music, writing more and more like music. Sitting in my studio tonight, playing record after record, writing, music a stimulant of the highest order, far more potent than wine.”
“Are you the new person drawn toward me? To begin with, take warning, I am surely far different from what you suppose.”
“Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to conditions or stands up to them.”
“I wear a pedometer, aiming for five miles a day - don't be too impressed; that includes walking around my house and food shopping.”
“Most people are so distracted by their thoughts, so identified with the voices in their heads, they no longer feel the aliveness within them. To be unable to feel the life that animates the physical body, the very life that you are, is the greatest deprivation that can happen to you.”
“I started a big part of my career in Vegas.”

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