Paul Fussell Quotes
The worst thing about war was the sitting around and wondering what you were doing morally.
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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I don't think I'd want a revival. I'm not doing a tribute to myself.
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I don't like it when people don't look me dead in the eye. I move my head around trying to catch their eye.
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I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.
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Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
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Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.
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In sub-Saharan Africa, fewer than 1 in 5 girls make it to secondary school.
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I'm focused on staying as healthy as I can so I can work more.
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There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
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I speak for all Malaysians in expressing my admiration for the Queen and the grace, poise and selflessness with which she has carried out her duties during her long reign. She represents the very best of British traits: dignity, resilience and hard work.
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I have come to salvage Elphin's honor and his freedom. Taliesin am I, primary chief bard to Elphin.Primary chief poet Am I to Elphin. And my native country Is the place of the Summer Stars. John the Divine Called me Merlin, But all future kings Shall call me Taliesin.
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A general definition of civilization: a civilized society is exhibiting the five qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art, peace.
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Just Cause: Learn not to contradict your father in anything; nor by calling him Iapetus, to reproach him with the ills of age, by which you were reared in your infancy. (tr. Hickie 1853, vol. 1, Perseus)
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Politicians are terrified of losing touch with folks back home but content to be clueless about government's failure to fix real problems.
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In every school, more boys wanted to be remembered as a star athlete than as a brilliant student.
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There was a point where I just did not care about my body.
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Dia de Los Muertos is a holiday that pays tribute to the dead and also celebrates life. So I thought, what better of an idea to bring it in with PETA and let people know how we can respect the living and the dead. Going vegetarian could be an incredible option for people if they would just educate themselves.
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Starting a company is like going to war. You can't do anything else but be fully engaged. You have to be insanely, passionately, nothing-can-stop-me committed.
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Coldplay songs deliver an amorphous, irrefutable interpretation of how being in love is supposed to feel, and people find themselves wanting that feeling for real. They want men to adore them like Lloyd Dobler would, and they want women to think like Aimee Mann, and they expect all their arguments to sound like Sam Malone and Diane Chambers. They think everything will work out perfectly in the end (just like it did for Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones and Nick Hornby's Rob Fleming), and they don't stop believing because Journey's Steve Perry insists we should never do that.
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I had my Aunt Rosie, who was famous and then not, so I got a lesson in fame early on. And I understood how little it has to do with you. And also how you could use it.
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The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.
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If you surrender, you shall be treated as prisoners of war, but if I have to storm your works, you may expect no quarter.
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The worst thing about war was the sitting around and wondering what you were doing morally.
