Hal Moore Quotes
Put the welfare of your troops above your own. They eat before you eat; they sleep before you sleep.
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I'm kind of an antsy person.
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I would describe my dancing talents as incredibly deep.
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The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.
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I was lucky to go to work every day for 50 years, to a job that I loved.
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The East Turkestan Islamic Movement, named for an old Uighur name for Xinjiang, is a shadowy group that operates largely out of Afghanistan and Pakistan and is devoted to expelling the Chinese Communist Party from northwestern China.
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It doesn't mean we're going to end camp -- it's the end of bed-check.
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I am not to be defined. I am all things. I am the queen of everything. Every woman is.
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I'm somebody who works within Cambodia, with Cambodians. I work alongside the artists and society to work from within, so that is the focus, and from that I hope everybody who believes in democracy, in certain freedoms, will get louder, will grow their voices.
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Stop whining about getting old. It's a privilege. A lot of people who are dead wish they were still alive.
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Hostility to youth is the worst vice of the middle-aged.
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The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.
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The Europeans are themselves blind who describe fortune without sight. No first-rate beauty ever had finer eyes, or saw more clearly. They who have no other trade but seeking their fortune need never hope to find her; coquette-like, she flies from her close pursuers, and at last fixes on the plodding mechanic who stays at home and minds his business.
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I heard a bird congratulating itself all day for being a jay. Nobody cared. But it was glad all over again, and said so, again.
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A person unbound by vows can never be absolutely relied upon.
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I hold that this must be said, for treaties only make sense when concluded by honor-loving peoples and honor-conscious governments. Germany wishes to establish honest relations with the peoples of neighboring countries. We have done this in the East, and I believe that not only Berlin but Warsaw as well will rejoice in the decontamination of the atmosphere brought about through our joint efforts.
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The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin.
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I may not be where I need to be but I thank God I am not where I used to be.
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Service is the measure of greatness; it always has been true; it is true today, and it always will be true, that he is greatest who does the most of good. Nearly all of our controversies and combats grow out of the fact that we are trying to get something from each other--there will be peace when our aim is to do something for each other. The human measure of a human life is its income; the divine measure of a life is its outgo, its overflow--its contribution to the welfare of all.
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If we assume that the purpose of the economy is to serve and improve the welfare of the entire body of citizens, the U.S. model has clearly been a major failure. It has served a minority, and the majority have not only failed to share in the income gains yielded by the model, they have suffered from reduced benefits, greater job instability and stress, and a diminution of expectations and sense of hope for the future.
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Be an example to your men, in your duty and in private life. Never spare yourself, and let the troops see that you don't in your endurance of fatigue and privation. Always be tactful and well-mannered and teach your subordinates to do the same. Avoid excessive sharpness or harshness of voice, which usually indicates the man who has shortcomings of his own to hide.
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The highest duty is to respect authority.
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Put the welfare of your troops above your own. They eat before you eat; they sleep before you sleep.
