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"Each "way of thinking" has its own shape and color, which wax and wane like the moon."
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"A perfectly healthy sentence, it is true, is extremely rare. For the most part we miss the hue and fragrance of the thought; as if we could be satisfied with the dews of the morning or evening without their colors, or the heavens without their azure."
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"Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology."
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"Yeah, but what if you went back and killed your own grandfather?"He stared at me, baffled. "Why the fuck would you do that?"
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"Knowledge is life."
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"I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system."
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"Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish."
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"When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman."
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"I'm often asked what I think about as I run. Usually the people who ask this have never run long distances themselves. I always ponder the question. What exactly do I think about when I'm running? I don't have a clue."
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"Words without thoughts never to heaven go."
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"By the end of the summer of 1973 I thought it was virtually impossible for South Vietnam to survive. How in the heck could they?"
Thought

"We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning."
War

"Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country."
Nation

"As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it."
Opinion

"I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn't know what I was being lynched for."
Being

"The last man in the world who should have been criticized was the American soldier. They should have criticized me."
Leadership

"We moved in to help the Vietnamese defend their country and confront the Viet Cong."
Nation

"Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind."
War

"I don't take criticism lying down."
Criticism

"When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail."
Food
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