If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to do so from the neck up instead … - Jimmy Doolittle

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Faith in faith' he answered himself. 'It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief

Jimmy Doolittle

If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to do so from the neck up instead of from the neck down.

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Nothing is as strong as the heart of a volunteer.

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The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can't win a war if you haven't.

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I am not a very timid type. It's very important to some people, but not to me. I have a simple philosophy: worry about those things you can fix. It you can't fix it, don't worry about it; accept it and do the best you can.

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Hitherto acceptable norms of human conduct do not apply. If the United States is to survive, long-standing American concepts of 'fair play' must be reconsidered. We must develop effective espionage and counterespionage services and must learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies by more clever, more sophisticated, and more effective methods than those used against us. It may become necessary that the American people be made acquainted with, understand and support this fundamentally repugnant philosophy.

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Just try to make the world a better place for your having been here.

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Suppose we pick a name for him, eh?" Caius Pompeius stepped over and eyed the child. "He looks a little like my proconsul, Marcus. We could call him Marcus. " Josiah Worthington said, "He looks more like my head gardener, Stebbins. Not that I'm suggesting Stebbins as a name. The man drank like a fish. " "He looks like my nephew Harry," said Mother Slaughter. . . "He looks like nobody but himself," said Mrs. Owens, firmly. "He looks like nobody. " "Then Nobody it is," said Silas. "Nobody Owens.

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I like to think of The Falls as my own personal encyclopedia Greenaway-ensis.

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Let me say something about that word: miracle. For too long it's been used to characterize things or events that, though pleasant, are entirely normal. Peeping chicks at Easter time, spring generally, a clear sunrise after an overcast week--a miracle, people say, as if they've been educated from greeting cards.

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She wished she hadn't succumbed to irritation. Because she wanted to know about his inner feelings. She always thought people were like pieces of art glass-- strong enough to handle and use, delicate enough to shatter under a strong blow, and filled with swirls of color that fascinated the eye. But while most people--and most glass--allowed light through, she could discern nothing of Devlin's heart and soul through the smoke and mirrors he held before him.

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