"I wrote a novel about the combat experiences I didn't have in Vietnam."

-- Tracy Kidder

#Vietnam Quotes #Combat Quotes #Novel Quotes

“The three wishes of every man: to be healthy, to be rich by honest means, and to be beautiful.”
“Remember this: Nothing is written in the stars. Not these stars, nor any others. No one controls your destiny.”
“Shakespeare is God, of course. I have studied his plays for the vast majority of my sentient life. When I was a kid, my parents found an old copy of the LP recording of Richard Burton in John Gielgud's Broadway production of Hamlet and they gave it to me for my birthday. I listened to it till the grooves wore thin and I was off and running.”
“Math was a two-part exam and I once didn't go for the second part. I knew I'd done so badly on the first it was hopeless. I re-took it about four or five times. I think I eventually got it by getting the top GCSE grade.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Africa is to be pitied, worshipped or dominated”

Source : "Binyavanga Wainaina interview: coming out in Kenya". Interview With Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. February 16, 2014.
“Organic farming has been shown to provide major benefits for wildlife and the wider environment. The best that can be said about genetically engineered crops is that they will now be monitored to see how much damage they cause.”
“We are convinced, then, that autistic people have their place in the organism of the social community. They fulfil their role well, perhaps better than anyone else could, and we are talking of people who as children had the greatest difficulties and caused untold worries to their care-givers.”
“I've always loved spaces and dwellings in general.”

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