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"The mercy caravans are through there the medicine refugees flowing out. It makes the United States look very bad here. And much more like an occupation force than it did before."

"At the point where I'm trying to force something and it's not happening, and I'm getting frustrated with, say, writing a poem, I can go and pick up the brushes and start painting. At the point where the painting seems to not be going anywhere, I go and pick up the guitar."

"I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force."

"The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel than the severest treatment at the hands of one loved."

"'Tis hard to comprehend how one man can come to be master of many, equal to himself in right, unless it be by consent or by force."

"You can't force something like that. But we have encouraged our audience, because we avoid the confrontation of regular rock concerts: us up here, you down there. Instead, we're looking for interaction."
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"Another nice thing was that I would type out letters home for the admiral's stewards. They would then feed me the same food the admiral ate."

"Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her."

"On December 5, 1941, Chicago led a task force built around the carrier Lexington to Midway Island, at the western end of the Hawaiian Islands, about 1,000 miles from Pearl Harbor."

"My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better account of themselves than we did."

"If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle."

"We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers were nearby."
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