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I don't remember being taught to read, and by the time I was seven years old, I had read a very great many books, good, bad, and indifferent. ”
The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make. ”
In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest. ”
I see that idea that we need a new form as something critical. I mean, we do need to invent and not be benchmarking all the time. That's important to me. ”
Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or any other abstraction. They fight for one another. And if you came through this ordeal, you would age with dignity. ”
A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices. ”
The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older. ”
Let it be remembered, too, that at a time of war, nearly every one is under great strain. ”
Regardless of what one's attitude towards prohibition may be, temperance is something against which, at a time of war, no reasonable protest can be made. ”
You know, actors lie all the time. 'Can I ride on the horse? Are you kidding? Of course! I was born on a horse!'... It's the same with motorcycles. ”