"I went to Vietnam; it was my first assignment as a reporter for the UPI, and I never could get away from the war."

-- Neil Sheehan

#War Quotes #Vietnam Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“We're kind of an international phenomenon.”
“I get my inspiration from everyone when I need it and how I need it.”
“My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.”
“I call God to record against the day we shall appear before our Lord Jesus, that I never altered one syllable of God's Word against my conscience, nor would do this day, if all that is in earth, whether it be honor, pleasure, or riches, might be given me.”

Source : "Foxe's Book of Martyrs". Book by John Foxe, March 20, 1563.
“When I stand at the top of the Champs-ElysÃ©es, with its chestnut trees in flower, its undulations of shining cars, its white spaciousness, I feel as if I were biting into a utopian fruit, something velvety and lustrous and rich and vivid.”
“The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.”
“I think I was making a Stephen Fearing record, and I mentioned to someone that the Tragically Hip were talking to me about working with them. The Canadians in the room couldn't believe it, as if the Beatles were getting back together again and asking me to produce them. I have to say, as an American, it's different; they're not exactly a national treasure here.”
“The fear is for what is still to be lost.”

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