“ When compared to the fact that he might very well be dead by this time tomorrow, whether he was courageous or not today was pointless, empty. When compared to the fact that he might be dead tomorrow, everything was pointless. It just didn't make any difference. It was pointless to the tree, it was pointless to every man in his outfit, pointless to everybody in the whole world. Who cared? It was not pointless only to him; and when he was dead, when he ceased to exist, it would be pointless to him too. More important: Not only would it be pointless, it would have been pointless all along. This was an obscure and rather difficult point to grasp. Understanding of it kept slipping in and out on the edges of his mind. It flickered, changing its time sense and tenses. At those moments when he understood it, it left him with a very hollow feeling. ”
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“ He could not believe that any of them might actually hit somebody. If one did, what a nowhere way to go: killed by accident; slain not as an individual but by sheer statistical probability, by the calculated chance of searching fire, even as he himself might be at any moment. Mathematics! Mathematics! Algebra! Geometry! When 1st and 3d Squads came diving and tumbling back over the tiny crest, Bell was content to throw himself prone, press his cheek to the earth, shut his eyes, and lie there. God, oh, God! Why am I here? Why am I here? After a moment's thought, he decided he better change it to: why are we here. That way, no agency of retribution could exact payment from him for being selfish. ”
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“ Fife... simply walked off by himself, into the jungle to look at all the things which would continue to exist after he had ceased to. There were a lot of them. Fife looked at them all. They remained singularly unchanged by his scrutiny. ”
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“ As they prepared themselves to go ashore no one doubted in theory that at least a certain percentage of them would remain on the island dead, once they set foot on it. But no one expected to be one of these. Still it was an awesome thought and as the first contingents came struggling up on deck in full gear to form up, all eyes instinctively sought out immediately this island where they were to be put, and left, and which might possibly turn out to be a friend's grave. ”
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“ The quality which makes man want to write and be read is essentially a desire for selfexposure and masochism. Like one of those guys who has a compulsion to take his thing out and show it on the street. ”
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“ You think religions are constant things? inflexible and solid and form fullgrown? Religions evolve. They grow out of a need, just like any other natural phenomenon, and they follow the same natural laws. They are born, grown, have sons, and illegitimate sons, and die. ”
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“ It's hard to come into this stadium and win. You have to sustain a level of excellence for 40 minutes, and we didn't do it for 40. We probably did it for about 15. ”
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“ The basketball is a huge part of it. Everybody's dream is to go to the (NCAA) Tournament. They all want to be in the Super 64. ”
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“ The thing you also have to understand is that our strength is the depth of our team. When you have Matt Kyle and Ross Morin come off the bench in those spots, that just adds to our potential to be successful down low. ”
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“ It's hard to come into this stadium and win. You have to sustain a level of excellence for 40 minutes, and we didn't do it for 40. We probably did it for about 15. ”
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“ My main gripe with suicide bombers, besides the fact that they usually aren't on my side of an issue, is that they don't really do it with any showmanship. They just walk in, usually hunched over and wearing ugly clothes, and BOOMO! They blow themselves, and others, up… ”
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“ Life, in time, takes every maidenhead, even if it has to dry it up; it does not matter how the owner wants to keep it. ”
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“ Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine. ”
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“ We're not asking anybody here to stop what you're doing. We're asking you to do what you're doing in moderation. There's a scripture that says let your moderation be known unto all men. ”
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“ I've learned that racism will not be taken as a given. I don't think we should ever accept it. ”
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“ In spite of all of the training you get and the precautions you take to keep yourself alive, it's largely a matter of luck that decides whether or not you get killed. ”
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“ It seems like every week we hear of new excitement or response from celebrities. Last week, James Earl Jones agreeing to attend, this week a signed beanie baby from Paul McCartney! ”
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“ In spite of all of the training you get and the precautions you take to keep yourself alive, it's largely a matter of luck that decides whether or not you get killed. ”
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“ I've learned that racism will not be taken as a given. I don't think we should ever accept it. ”
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“ Jimmy caught the big one around 1:30 using a plastic worm. We were fishing off the Little River and it was the last one we caught. ”
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“ In spite of all of the training you get and the precautions you take to keep yourself alive, it's largely a matter of luck that decides whether or not you get killed. ”
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“ Jimmy caught the big one around 1:30 using a plastic worm. We were fishing off the Little River and it was the last one we caught. ”
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“ Jimmy caught the big one around 1:30 using a plastic worm. We were fishing off the Little River and it was the last one we caught. ”
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“ What a silly thing to do, he thought. What a goddam silly thing to do. You wont even be there to watch their faces. ”
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