"The last man in the world who should have been criticized was the American soldier. They should have criticized me."

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William Westmoreland

#Military Quotes #Men Quotes #Soldier Quotes

“Life is getting up one more time than you've been knocked down.”
“People say, 'Grimm, you've been shot like 50. So why don't you just rhyme like 50? Then, you could get the money like 50, Otherwise, before you see success...you'll be 50.'”
“We have no evidence as yet about mind or the power to think; it seems to be a widely different kind of soul, differing as what is eternal from what is perishable; it alone is capable of existence in isolation from all other psychic powers.”
“The worst kind of novel is one that blames other people for the racial problem in order to make the reader feel good about himself. As if it's only rich white people or Republicans or conservatives who have this disease.”

Source : Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. September 19, 2001.
“Words are the birds that break cover and show your enemy where you're hiding.”

Source : Mike Carey (2008). “The Devil You Know: A Felix Castor Novel”, p.47, Hachette UK
“I remember facing him on opening day in 1987. It was Oakland at the Minnesota Twins, the first time I got him out on a breaking ball down-and-in and next at bat he hit the same pitch for a home run. I was telling my kids that story yesterday.”
“Patch smiled. â€œYou come by your red hair naturally?â€ I stared at him. â€œI donâ€™t have red hair.â€ â€œI hate to break it to you, but itâ€™s red. I could light it on fire and it wouldnâ€™t turn any redder.”
“Never eat in a place called 'Mom's'.”

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