"In every squadron there were, perhaps, four or five pilots who exuded confidence. They knew that they were going out to shoot. The rest knew sub-consciously, that they would make up the numbers, mill about, and get shot at."

-- Lynn Garrison

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“Most fools think they are only ignorant.”
“our lives change in two ways :through the people we meet and the books we read”
“Even the most painstaking history is a bridge across an eternal mystery.”
“There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech is to a great people what the winds are to oceans ... and where free speech is stopped miasma is bred, and death comes fast.”
“Rodeo Drive is a giant butterscotch sundae.”
“It's necessary for Israelis and Palestinians to make the compromises that are required to get the direct talks back on track.”
“This haunting idea of becoming a celebrity doesn't settle well with me at all.”
“One of the things that I heard for years and years, never drive Russia and China together. And Obama has done that.”

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