"The next time we met was at Appomattox, and the first thing that General Grant said to me when we stepped inside, placing his hand in mine was, Pete, let us have another game of brag, to recall the days that were so pleasant. Great God! I thought to myself, how my heart swells out to such magnanimous touch of humanity. Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?"

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Source : The New York Times, July 24, 1885.

James Longstreet

#Brother Quotes #War Quotes #Heart Quotes

“The essence of education is the education of the body.”
“Nowadays, all the people who are major are just DJs. The lighting and all that makes the show - without all of that stuff, it's just a person behind a laptop. With me, though, it's an actual show.”

Source : Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. February 6, 2012.
“The universe has much bigger plans for you than you ever dreamed of for yourself.”
“Education is a vaccine for violence.”

Source : "'Education is the Vaccine for Violence' - Edward James Olmos". foreignpolicyblogs.com. April 04, 2008.
“Givers for God disarm the power of money.”
“Dance, like music, is the expression of the human spirit. Dance is 'visual music'.”
“It makes more sense to find out where the middle- and long-term common ground lies.”
“We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies.”

Source : Roderick Thorp (2014). “Rainbow Drive”, p.68, Open Road Media

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