"To fight for one's country, to offer one's very life to promote the well being of the United States, is truly a noble undertaking. But so is the vigilance of the citizen who carefully examines our leaders to see if political problems are being solved by wars simply because this seems to be the easiest solution."

-- Walter Dean Myers

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“Im a total weirdo and have often felt like an outcast and a freak, and I love that. It makes things so much more exciting.”
“Text of Sermon when Edward III ascended the throne, 1 Feb. 1327. Walsingham Vox Populi, vox Dei. The voice of the people, the voice of God.”
“Compositionally I always wanted to be like Fred Astaire.”
“Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater.”
“The sovereign quality of wilderness is the same wherever encountered.... Each manifestation has an unshackled quality-each stirs untapped longings-each gives a fillip to living-each has an unsurpassed lilt which bursts from the deepest wellsprings of life. These are the realities found in the wilderness of the Great Smoky Mountains.”
“Our desire must be like a slow and stately ship, sailing across endless oceans, never in search of safe anchorage. Then suddenly, unexpectedly, it will find mooring for a moment.”
“It is more important to detect corruption than fiction.”

Source : Charlotte Lennox (2009). “The Female Quixote: Easyread Large Edition”, p.348, ReadHowYouWant.com
“The Cold War was waged in a particularly brutal and cynical way in Africa, and Africa seemed powerless to do anything to stop it.”

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