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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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And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that…
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It was so wonderful that I do not know how to describe this first glimpse of things never heard of, seen or…
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MEMORIES OF MY FAMILY MEETINGS still are a source of strength to me. I remember we'd all get into the car -…
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Misery has only one meaning, that things are not fitting with your desires - and things never fit with your desires, they…
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Things never happen on accident. They happen because you have a vision, you have a commitment, you have a dream.
— Oscar de la Renta
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I guess some things never change.
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Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.
— Andre Maurois
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Think of many things. Never place your happiness in one person's power. Be just to yourself.
— Vikram Seth
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I tell ye true, liberty is the best of all things; never live beneath the noose of a servile halter.
— William Wallace
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The principle that the majority have a right to rule the minority, practically resolves all government into a mere contest between two…
— Lysander Spooner
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Beautiful things never last. That’s why fireflies flash.
— Ron Pope
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If all you are going to do in life are the things that are convenient and comfortable, the great things never get…
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