"The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone."

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Source : "The Last Mission" by George Packer, www.newyorker.com. September 28, 2009.

Richard Holbrooke

#War Quotes #Generations Quotes #Vietnam Quotes

“Whitney Houston was a laser beam ... She always gave me better than what I asked for in the studio”
“My background is in physics, so I was the mission specialist, who is sort of like the flight engineer on an airplane.”
“Virtue, without the graces, is like a rich diamond unpolished--it hardly looks better than a common pebble; but when the hand of the master rubs off the roughness, and forms the sides into a thousand brilliant surfaces, it is then that we acknowledge its worth, admire its beauty, and long to wear it in our bosoms.”
“Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're related for better or for worse...and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum.”
“I think that it is very good for people to talk about their paranormal experiences and share stories about things that they cannot explain.”
“Marriages that last are with people who do not live in Los Angeles.”
“Truth is, I'll never know all there is to know about you just as you will never know all there is to know about me. Humans are by nature too complicated to be understood fully. So, we can choose either to approach our fellow human beings with suspicion or to approach them with an open mind, a dash of optimism and a great deal of candour.”
“The Dutch have a can-do mentality, anything is possible. As long as you pay for it. It is very capitalist. Quite American in a way.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com

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