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“The English can laugh and at the same time strike you down, without the least compunction. It is the secret of their success as a nation.”
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“Why don't those damn oil companies fly their own flags on their personal property-maybe a flag with a gas pump on it.”
Source : Smedley D. Butler (2003). “War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier”, Feral House
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“I think women are sick and tired of being portrayed as victims, a lot of the time anyway, the bulk of their time on film.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com. 
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“Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.”
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“We need to stop giving people excuses not to believe in God.”
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“Gaily! gaily! close our ranks! Arm! Advance! Hope of France! Gaily! gaily! closed our ranks! Onward! Onward! Gauls and Franks!”
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“President Bush has a track record of making the right decisions when it comes to national security.”
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“I know Americans talk a great deal about the price of things - more, I consider, than is entertaining, sometimes!”
Source : Sara Jeannette Duncan (2016). “An American Girl in London”, p.77, Sara Jeannette Duncan
