"We shall never forget that it was our submarines that held the lines against the enemy while our fleets replaced losses and repaired wounds."

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Source : "Historic Ship Exhibits in the United States". Book by United States Naval History Division and United States Navy, 1969.

Chester W. Nimitz

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“And our dreams, with what frivolity we have pared them like toenails, clipped them like ends of split hair.”
“A pretty face can capture my attention but only a beautiful mind can hold it.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 24, 2013
“In the course of writing a book I'll produce loads of pieces of paper to help the novel itself. Diagrams, charts, family trees. And at the end of each book I'll pack it all away. It takes me a while to do it - it's like a relationship that way; there's a period of letting - go, of grief, in a way - but then I box it up, label it, and put it in the attic.”
“Wanting to be in a Western film won't get me very far. Unless the opportunity arose, it doesn't matter how much I want to be in one. But if an opportunity did arise, no actor would pass it up.”
“Best Friends. And I thought of what she had done all the millions of times I cried to her, collapsing at even the slightest wounding of my heart or pride. So I reached over and pulled her to me, wrapping my arms around her, and held my best friend close, returning so many favors all at once....”
“If a man's patience is stronger than his whims and desires, then he is like an angel, but if his whims and desires are stronger than his patience, then he is like a devil. If his desire for food, drink and sex is stronger than his patience, then he is no better than an animal.”
“The athlete makes himself, the coach doesn't make the athlete.”
“It's as predictable as the sun rising in the morning. Every time Barack Obama's poll numbers rise you can be certain he's done something else to weaken the country. He's empowered a base that loathes American excellence.”

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