'Miss Saigon' was my first professional show. It was one of the first regional productions of 'Miss Saigon.' — Colin Donnell Copy Share Image
In the modern operas that 'Miss Saigon' and 'Les Miz' are, nobody breaks out into song from conventional book dialogue. Everything is… — Lea Salonga Copy Share Image
“Saigon was loved precisely because it was so unlovable - its squalor, its biblical, Job-like misfortune, its imminent, hoevering doom.” — Tatjana Soli Copy Share Image
I was 17 when I auditioned for 'Miss Saigon.' I really grew up doing that show. I pretty much knew, almost a… — Lea Salonga Copy Share Image
If one little old general in shirt sleeves can take Saigon, think about 200 million Chinese comin' down those trails. No sir,… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
When helicopters were snatching people from the grounds of the American embassy compound during the panic of the final Vietcong push into… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
Saigon was an addicted city, and we were the drug: the corruption of children, the mutilation of young men, the prostitution of… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
One book that I heard was circulating the Green Zone was "Bureaucracy Does Its Thing" by Robert Komer , who worked for… — George Packer Copy Share Image
During the day on Monday, Washington time, the airport at Saigon came under persistent rocket as well as artillery fire and was… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
“Local authorities keep an eye on proceedings. The Saigon Protestant Church in Ho Chi Minh City, for instance, one of the biggest… — Insight Guides Copy Share Image
I took some voice lessons here and there as a teenager but nothing too serious. I started taking it more seriously when… — Lea Salonga Copy Share Image
“When I crawled down the rabbit hole into the pivotal event of my life--indeed the pivotal event of my generation--to write "Escape… — Dick Pirozzolo Copy Share Image
The International Control Commission isn't doing anything, it's never done anything. What good does it do to be on it or not?… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Every day when I walk the streets of this city, I am just that. I am an Indochinese laborer, generalized and indiscriminate,… — Monique Truong Copy Share Image
“Helen's Saigon had always been about selling - chickens, information, or lovely young women, it didn't matter. It had once been called… — Tatjana Soli Copy Share Image
I beg young people to travel. If you don't have a passport, get one. Take a summer, get a backpack and go… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I first became interested in Ho Chi Minh in 1964-1965 while I was stationed at the U.S. Embassy in South Vietnam as… — William J. Duiker Copy Share Image
Nobody gives way to anybody. Everyone just angles, points, dives directly toward his destination, pretending it is an all-or-nothing gamble. People glare… — Andrew X. Pham Copy Share Image
Saigon, U.S.A. aptly documents the birth of a new American community, uprooted in the aftermath of war and forever torn apart by… — Nguyen Qui Duc Copy Share Image
A first novel of astonishing force, craft and beauty, The Headmaster's Wager conjures up a dizzyingly evocative wartime Saigon in the story… — Janice Y. K. Lee Copy Share Image
Imagine that -- a country that's supposed to be a democracy, supposed to be for freedom and all of that kind of… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I did not feel - in President [J.F.] Kennedy's words - that we could win the war for [the government in Saigon].… — William J. Duiker Copy Share Image
![“One book that I heard was circulating the Green Zone was "Bureaucracy Does Its Thing" by Robert Komer , who worked for President [Lindon] Johnson in Saigon. This book is about the inevitably of screwing up when a country takes on a war with so little understanding of the country they are fighting.” quote by George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/49e/george-packer-2917_book_one-book-that-i-heard-was-circulating-th_474756.jpg)
![“I first became interested in Ho Chi Minh in 1964-1965 while I was stationed at the U.S. Embassy in South Vietnam as a foreign service officer with the Department of State. The government in Saigon was at the point of collapse and the [Lyndon] Johnson administration was preparing to send U.S…” quote by William J. Duiker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/491/william-j-duiker-21821_administration_i-first-became-interested-in-ho-chi-minh_2609137.jpg)
![“I did not feel - in President [J.F.] Kennedy's words - that we could win the war for [the government in Saigon]. When I sought the reason for the dedication shown by the enemy, it seemed to me that the leadership and charisma shown by Ho Chi Minh was a major part of the answer.” quote by William J. Duiker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/30d/william-j-duiker-21821_answers_i-did-not-feel-in-president-j-f-kennedy_2607794.jpg)