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Heart, you were never hot Nor large, nor full like hearts made great with shot


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Ambition may be defined as the willingness to receive any number of hits on the nose.

Ambition may be defined as the willingness to receive any number of hits on the nose.



All theological lore is becoming distasteful to me.

All theological lore is becoming distasteful to me.



The old Lie:Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.

The old Lie:Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.



All a poet can do today is warn.

All a poet can do today is warn.



Above all I am not concerned with Poetry. My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity.

Above all I am not concerned with Poetry. My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity.



No-man's land under snow is like the face of the moon: chaotic, crater ridden, uninhabitable, awful, the abode of madness.

No-man's land under snow is like the face of the moon: chaotic, crater ridden, uninhabitable, awful, the abode of madness.



And by his smile, I knew that sullen hall, By his dead smile I knew we stood in Hell.

And by his smile, I knew that sullen hall, By his dead smile I knew we stood in Hell.



What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns.

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns.



I, too, saw God through mud - The mud that cracked on cheeks when wretches smiled. War brought more glory to their eyes than blood, And gave their laughs more glee than shakes a child.

I, too, saw God through mud - The mud that cracked on cheeks when wretches smiled. War brought more glory to their eyes than blood, And gave their laughs more glee than shakes a child.



All I ask is to be held above the barren wastes of want.

All I ask is to be held above the barren wastes of want.





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A hero is not measured by the lives that he has saved. A hero is measured by the number of the dead that he did not join.

A hero is not measured by the lives that he has saved. A hero is measured by the number of the dead that he did not join.



It's hard because people always say, 'Follow your dreams, ' but it's not a perfect world, and things don't always work out. But you've just got to work hard, and you can't take things for granted.

It's hard because people always say, 'Follow your dreams, ' but it's not a perfect world, and things don't always work out. But you've just got to work hard, and you can't take things for granted.



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If you look at 'The Best Man, ' there's a lot of humor in that, but I never consider that movie a comedy. I felt that it was a drama with comedic elements and comedic parts to it.



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You're the most beautiful woman I've ever seen, and that's not saying much for you



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Despite the state of denial exhibited by most Democrats, Americans all across the nation acknowledge that changes are necessary to preserve Social Security for today's younger workers.



We need to understand that being an accomplice or accessory to those who seek to enslave our posterity, is no better than being the folks that are locking the chains themselves.

We need to understand that being an accomplice or accessory to those who seek to enslave our posterity, is no better than being the folks that are locking the chains themselves.



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Working is part of life, I don't know how to distinguish between the two... Work is an expression of life.




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