"Defense is the first act of war."

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“Everything happens for me, not to me.”

“Reality is always kinder than the story we tell about it.”

“When they attack you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done.”

“You can only see what you believe—nothing else is possible.”

“If I had a prayer, it would be this: “God spare me from the desire for love, approval, and appreciation. Amen.”

“What is is. You don’t get a vote. Haven’t you noticed?”

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— Henry Brougham

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"Cold and sharp in the edges, full of fire and warm under the surface"

— Aristotle Onassis

Music1906–1975

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"A soldier has one item that cannot be neglected. His feet. They are his wheels, his mechanised warfare."

— Leon Uris

Literature1924–2003

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"There remain of Europe, first, Macedonia and the part of Thrace that are contiguous to it and extend as far as Byzantium; secondly, Greece; and thirdly, the Islands that are close by. Macedonia, of co…"

— Strabo

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