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The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things...…
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North was only a direction indicated by a compass--if a man had one, that is, for otherwise there was no north or…
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Generally the first week in September brings the hottest weather of the year, and this was no exception. Overhead the fans turned…
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Grant was something rare in that or any war. He could learn from experience.
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I think that everything you do helps you to write if you're a writer. Adversity and success both contribute largely to making…
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People make a grievous error thinking that a list of facts is the truth. Facts are just the bare bones out of…
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I've never known, at least a modern historical instance, where the truth wasn't superior to distortion in every way.
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People want to know why the South is so interested in the Civil War. I had maybe, it's a rough guess, about…
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And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to you than punching a thing to find…
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But the same thing was true in the army. You slept in a barracks with all kinds of people of every nationality,…
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I began the way nearly everybody I ever heard of - I began writing poetry. And I find that to be quite…
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Getting close to books, and spending time by myself, I was obliged to think about things I would never have thought about…
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When you fall, never get up without gaining anything. Always find something on the way up. If there are only rocks, grasp…
— Sameer
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Watch for a wild boy of no particular clan, ready for anything, always armed. Prefers fighting to toil, drink to fighting, chasing…
— Nelson Algren
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Because someone is a lama or is part of a monastic order or claims to be part of a succession, doesn't really…
— Frederick Lenz
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Always expect the unexpected. The oil and gas industry is terrible at predicting anything. Always have a back-up plan.
— David Dixon
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Never let ANYBODY tell you that you're nothing, that you're not good enough or that you'll never be anything. Always think for…
— Sonya Parker
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I'm crazy about Grant: his character, his nature, his science in fighting and everything else. But I don't like the idea that…
— Shelby Foote
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Always be on time. Never try to make any personal engagements. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Never be disturbed by…
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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