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The war tried to kill us in the spring. As grass greened the plains of Nineveh and the weather warmed, we patrolled the low-slung hills… — Kevin Powers
And all of a sudden, all of my sins came before me. Everything I had ever done wrong that I had forgotten about years ago… — Billy Graham
So-called Western Civilization, as practised in half of Europe, some of Asia and a few parts of North America, is better than anything else available.… — P.J. O'Rourke
I have decided to keep a record of my inmost real-self thoughts. Perhaps it will help me to find out what I really am like:… — Rosamond Lehmann
Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: “Do not march on Moscow”. Various people have tried it, Napoleon and Hitler, and… — Bernard Law Montgomery
I tried sex once with a woman and that woman was Gala. It was overrated. I tried sex once with a man and that man… — Salvador Dali
I've tried them all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball. — Susan Sarandon
All last year we tried to teach him (Fernando Valenzuela) English, and the only word he learned was million. — Tommy Lasorda
The beanball is one of the meanest things on Earth and no decent fellow would use it. The beanball is a potential murderer. If I… — Walter Johnson
Everyone had an uncle who tried to steal their nose. — Peter Kay
When I am high I couldn't worry about money of I tried. So I don't. The money will come from from somewhere; I am entitled;… — Kay Redfield Jamison
The nation's first experiment with the income tax was tried at this time; another violation of the Constitution. — G. Edward Griffin
My 'Movember' moustache was never going to be as big as Nigel Mansell's, but I tried my best. The amazing thing is that when you… — Jenson Button
With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine.… — Bertrand Russell
I tried to think of my knowledge, but it was a squirrel's heap of winter nuts. There was no strength in my knowledge any more… — Stephen Vincent Benet
House passes #dadt (don't ask don't tell) repeal. A step fwd on equality 4 gay Americans in military. History will judge those who tried 2… — Frank Pallone
I find myself more and more relying for a solution of our problems on the invisible hand which I tried to eject from economic thinking… — John Maynard Keynes
It doesn’t matter if you use a box camera or a Leica, the important thing is what motivates you when you are photographing. What I… — Eve Arnold
The one person to distrust is the one who never makes a mistake. Either he is a phony, or he stays with the safe, the… — Peter Drucker
I was raised with the notion that you can do pretty much do anything you want. I always kind of just went ahead and tried… — Pierre Omidyar
I always kind of just went ahead and tried things… — Pierre Omidyar
The nurses at the hospital tried to soothe me, and they even tried unsuccessfully at one point to return me to Americans. — Jessica Lynch
As I lay stretched upon the beach of Nice, I began to feel hatred for birds which flew back and forth across my blue sky,… — Yves Klein
Throughout my business life I have always tried to keep on top of costs and protect the downside risk as much possible. The Virgin Group… — Richard Branson
My mother…was perfectly horrified when I began shooting and tried to keep me in school, but I would run away and go quail shooting in… — Annie Oakley

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