"Why can I not fight for my country too?"

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Deborah Sampson

#Country Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Revolution Quotes

“These are the quicksilver moments of my childhood I cannot remember entirely. Irresistible and emblematic, I can recall them only in fragments and shivers of the heart.”
“Roddick has good presence on the court and has so much adrenalin”
“If we open up to our vitality and to the sense of urgency that flows within us ... we will have the pleasure of experiencing ourselves living and working in cooperation with the deepest forces of life.”
“Every person who confesses that Christ Jesus is Lord, repents of their sin and gives their heart to God is a child of God and belongs to Him. And in Christ, we are made right with God, we are His righteousness, and we have the power of Christ in us to live right.”
“I've been a political junkie for a long time. I find the way Washington works is just fascinating to me.”

Source : "Actor-director-producer Tony Goldwyn". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. February 6, 2013.
“To be human is to care for your fellow human beings and protecting the environment.”
“Look, taste is clearly the crudest of our senses: this is scientifically, objectively factual. It is less nuanced. Eyesight is extraordinary - hearing, touch. I find people who devote their whole lives to taste a little strange.”
“I think that each of us inhabits a private world that others cannot see. The only difference between the writer and the reader is that the writer is able to dramatise that private world.”

Source : "The whole world in a community" by Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. January 5, 2002.

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