"Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give……" — Douglas MacArthur
"Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope as old as your despair. In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber. So long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer and courage, so long are you young. When your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and then only, are you grown old. And then, indeed as the ballad says, you just fade away"
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132 Quotes by Douglas MacArthur
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I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
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Here are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as…
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A famous man is Robin Hood, The English ballad-singer's joy.
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I love a ballad in print o' life, for then we are sure they are true.
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A ballad once in a while doesn't go amiss
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But I think beautiful is simple and elegant, like a ballad with simple harmony.
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