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uncles book believe
I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer. Robert Cormier
uncles thinking garters
I really think that it's better to retire, in Uncle Earl's terms, when you still have some snap left in your garters. Russell B. Long
uncles years sea
Uncle Sam took up the challenge in the year of '33 For the farmer and the factory and all of you and me. He said, "Roll along Columbia. You can ramble to the sea, But river while you're ramblin' you can do some work for me." Woody Guthrie
uncles fun play
As I've gotten older, the parts have diminished. I liked it when I was younger, I could always play the lead in the movie and I could do all the romantic scenes with the women, and it was fun and I liked to play that. Now, I'm older and I'm reduced to playing the backstage doorman or the uncle or something. I don't really love that so occasionally, when a part comes up, I'll play it. Woody Allen
uncles fun parent
They've got great parents; I'm just trying to be the fun uncle. Sarah Silverman
uncles mean home
Grover Norquist is a mean-spirited, humorless, dishonest little creep... an embarrassing anomaly, the leering, drunken uncle everyone else wishes would stay home... [He] is repulsive, granted, but there aren't nearly enough of him to start a purge trial. Tucker Carlson
uncles mean mad
He stares at me, and then leans back in his chair. "He's ill, Jacob." I say nothing. "He's a paragon schnitzophonic." "He's what?!" "Paragon schnitzophonic," repeats Uncle Al. "You mean paranoid schizophrenic?" "Sure. Whatever. But the bottom line is he's mad as a hatter... Sara Gruen
uncles writing wind
I don't like to be described as a Southern writer. The danger is, if you're described as a Southern writer, you might be thought of as someone who writes about a picturesque local scene like Uncle Tom's Cabin, Gone With the Wind, something like that. Walker Percy
uncles war stupid
I come from a stupid family. During the civil war my great uncle fought for the west. Rodney Dangerfield
war
I was a lieutenant in World War II. John Eisenhower
war blessing games
No human mind may measure the blessings conferred by the game of base ball on the soldiers of the Civil War. It had its earliest evolution when soldiers, North and South, were striving to forget their foes by cultivating, through this grand game, fraternal friendships with comrades in arms.
war
I have friends who have had PTSD, and you can get it from other things than war. Dito Montiel
war connections speak
Sir, if you ever presume again to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this university. Robert E. Lee
war men ideas
Even now, the irony that so non-intellectual a man should choose to engage the Soviet Union on the battlefield of ideas has eluded most commentators and historians. Richard Perle
war people enemy
Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people.
war character winter
. . .and every native has a story of winter – stories that usually begin, You call this a storm? And grow in the telling like battle tales shared by graying war veterans. It’s a peculiar character flaw to those of us from cold climates that we feel superior to those who have the sense to live elsewhere. Richard Paul Evans
war discovery views
From a long view of the history of mankind, seen from, say, ten thousand years from now, there can be little doubt that the most significant event of the 19th century will be judged as Maxwell's discovery of the laws of electrodynamics. The American Civil War will pale into provincial insignificance in comparison with this important scientific event of the same decade. Richard P. Feynman
war generations vietnam
The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone. Richard Holbrooke
insanity needed quinn
So much of my life had been under tight control. So much of Quinn's life had been wild insanity. What we needed now was both: a directed burst of controlled insanity. Neal Shusterman
insanity together able
If you remain conventional and don't change, you'll get along. You'll get along in the limited forms of insanity that exist out there. You'll never be able to keep a marriage together, you'll never be able to keep anything together, because the whole goddamn thing isn't together. Jacque Fresco
insanity insane body-work
Want a good body? Work at it. Want to be a success? Work at it. Want to be truly exceptional? Be a touch insane... You need a little bit of insanity to do great things. Henry Rollins
insanity form true-faith
Perhaps true faith is a form of insanity. Kristine Kathryn Rusch
insanity littles faces
When I look out into your faces, you know what I see? I see a little bit of Elvis in each and every one of you out there. Mojo Nixon
insanity alphabet degrees
... the English alphabet is pure insanity..., It can hardly spell any word in the language with any degree of certainty. Mark Twain
insanity insane criminal-mind
Let us consider that we are all insane. It will explain us to each other. It will unriddle many riddles
insanity collectives
Religion is collective insanity. Mikhail Bakunin
insanity collectives
Religion is a collective insanity.