I knew wherever I was that you thought of me, and if I got in a tight place … - William Tecumseh Sherman

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William Blake cursed the flesh for a clod, Yet of some of his sayings we Moderns have heard tell: 'The nakedness of woman is the work of God', Or that title--The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.

William Tecumseh Sherman

I knew wherever I was that you thought of me, and if I got in a tight place you would come-if alive.

Alive, Business, Place, Society, Thought, Wherever

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I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.

Aloud, Blood, Fired, Shrieks, Tired, War

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.

America, Choices, Hell, Reporter, Reports, Would Be

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

Courage, Danger, Measure, Men, Perfect, Sensibility

The North can make a steam engine, locomotive or railway car; hardly a yard of cloth or a pair of shoes can you make. You are rushing into war with one of the most powerful, ingeniously mechanical and determined people on earth-right at your doors. You are bound to fail. Only in spirit and determination are you prepared for war. In all else you are totally unprepared, with a bad cause to start with.

Determination, Make, Pair, Powerful, Unprepared, War

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

Death, Military, Sooner, Use, War

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Henri Nouwen

To the degree that we embrace the truth that our identity is not rooted in our success, power, or popularity, but in God's infinite love, to that degree can we let go of our need to judge.

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James Keller

What this country needs is more people to inspire others with confidence, and fewer people to discourage any initiative in the right direction more to get into the thick of things, fewer to sit on the sidelines, merely finding fault more to point out what's right with the world, and fewer to keep harping on what's wrong with it and more who are interested in lighting candles, and fewer who blow them out.

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Francis Ford Coppola

Roger Corman exploited all of the young people who worked for him, but he really gave you responsibility and opportunity. So it was kind of a fair deal.

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Allen Tate

William Blake cursed the flesh for a clod, Yet of some of his sayings we Moderns have heard tell: 'The nakedness of woman is the work of God', Or that title--The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.

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Stephen King

I write to find out what I think.

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