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The only good Indian is a dead Indian


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If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.

If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.



War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.

War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.



Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.



We can make war so terrible and make them so sick of war that generations pass away before they again appeal to it.

We can make war so terrible and make them so sick of war that generations pass away before they again appeal to it.



You people of the South don't know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end.

You people of the South don't know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end.



I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.

I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.



After all, I think Forrest was the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side.

After all, I think Forrest was the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side.



If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.

If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.



I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are.

I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are.



The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.

The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.





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It’s about finding your own twisted perfection, letting yourself fall too far andtaking a chance. If you’ve done all that. You have no reason to give up. Not now.



With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt.

With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt.



I like to think of myself as a regular guy, except I play football for a living. I try not to be an arrogant turd out there.

I like to think of myself as a regular guy, except I play football for a living. I try not to be an arrogant turd out there.



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They cannot imagine what I'll sound like. But always when I'm done singing, people are very surprised.



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A store in Houston is selling Donald Trump piñatas filled with candy. So finally something good is going to come out of Donald Trump.



Go and lie down in the dark... for hours... and don't move. I'm locking the door now

Go and lie down in the dark... for hours... and don't move. I'm locking the door now



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The new critique you're gonna start hearing about James Franco, is 'He's spreading himself too thin.'



Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the height of art and the depth of science without something divine.

Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the height of art and the depth of science without something divine.



We have both lost ourselves and created something else, something that exists only as an interlacing of the two of us.

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I have seen the film The Alamo and right now I feel like I've got Davy Crockett behind me. Sometimes I feel like I could put my head in a bucket of water

I have seen the film The Alamo and right now I feel like I've got Davy Crockett behind me. Sometimes I feel like I could put my head in a bucket of water




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