"War: A wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization."

-- Omar N. Bradley

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“Good parents give their children Roots and Wings. Roots to know where home is, wings to fly away and exercise what's been taught them.”
“[Michael Flynn is] someone who has advocated for a much tighter ties with Russia and had raised some eyebrows in terms of some of the consorting that he did around Washington.”

Source : Source: www.msnbc.com
“I'm married. Who cares about me?”

Source : "Li Na of China keeps feet on ground after historic French Open victory" by Simon Cambers, www.theguardian.com. June 5, 2011.
“I grew up without a lot of money and my parents grew up with far less money. And that's kept me in line. Really in line.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Over the years, I was never really driven to become a solo artist, but I was curious to find out who I was as an individual creative person. It's taken some time, but now I feel I've truly paid my dues. I guess I'm at a point now where I'm more comfortable in my own skin.”
“You can observe a lot by just watching.”

Source : Quoted in Dick Schaap and Mort Gerberg's Joy in Mudville: The Big Book of Baseball Humor Reflections (p. 185)
“I don't follow fashion and I don't follow trends, I just follow my instincts”
“When I was younger I felt lonely. In terms of my thought processes. I had the constant feeling that I thought differently to everyone around me. So, I suppose I felt lonely for a home. I didn't know where I wanted to be, but I knew I wasn't there yet.”

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