Brian Stann Quotes
Combat is my profession and fighting was a great way to maintain a combat mindset while preparing to lead Marines in war.
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In writing about Harold and Maureen with their terrible unspoken secret, and all those people that Harold meets as he walks to save a friend's life, I was trying to celebrate the ordinary people.
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I don't like possessions.
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Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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Having a couple really great basics makes it easy to dress well every day.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.
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There is a vast quantity of religion current in the world which is not true, genuine Christianity. It passes muster, it satisfies sleepy consciences; but it is not good money. It is not the authentic reality that called itself Christianity in the beginning.
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I like the language in Proust but not the context.
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What's right with America and what's right with Islam have a lot in common. At their highest levels, both worldviews reflect an enlightened recognition that all of humankind shares a common Creator - that we are, indeed, brothers and sisters.
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I first learned how to do hair from drag queens. I learned eyelashes are the key to life, because they make everyone look fabulous.
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To the small group of editors and designers who would launch Wired in January 1993, technology represented the future's best hope; but to the media, the tech boom was yesterday's story.
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My dogs are crazy. They're always getting into some kind of trouble... but then again, they're my most loyal friends.
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There's some people who do things so bad it tears the fabric of the world, and then there's some people so sweet and good that they can feel it when the world gets torn. They see things, they know things, only they're so good and pure that they don't understand what it is that they're seeing.
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Now here I was, half Jane Wyman, half Shirley Temple, and people began to stop me in the street and say, 'Don't worry, Barbara, it's all right, you won't lose your job.' It was really very touching.
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God is personal, but personal in an incomprehensible way, in so far as the conception of his personality surpasses all our views of personality.
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And what is friendship but a name,A charm that lulls to sleep,A shade that follows wealth or fame,And leaves the wretch to weep?
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'I like to know things. I'm hungry for knowledge.'
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What could I do but go with them Civil War soldiers, or work for them and my country? The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.
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In our cultural history, all emotions have been more culturally acceptable to women.
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There's chaos out there, and chaos means opportunity.
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Thou wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did pine - A green isle in the sea, love,A fountain and a shrine,All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers,And all the flowers were mine.
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My work is very bodily. It's not a shell, but a body.
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Combat is my profession and fighting was a great way to maintain a combat mindset while preparing to lead Marines in war.
