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"I was a Navy officer writing about Navy problems and I simply stole this lovely Army nurse and popped her into a Navy uniform, where she has done very well for herself."
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"Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations."
"I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep."
"Very little changed fundamentally, except that the proud German soldier had turned into a defeated bundle of misery and the great German army had disintegrated."
"When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in the Navy the Captain goes down with the ship."
"During the 2000 election, the current administration told our military, help is on the way. That is clearly not the case. The administration has failed to request the funds needed for the defense of this Nation. We must give the Army what it needs."
"We're in danger of breaking our army and preventing our national leaders from having the flexibility to confront not just Iraq and Afghanistan, but crises around the globe."
"The highly skilled workers at Lima have enabled the plant to grow far beyond its original mission, now providing a wide variety of cutting-edge military vehicles and equipment to the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps."
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"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home."
"I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains."
"If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life."
"They were a group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by 100,000 unattached American men."
"The really great writers are people like Emily Bronte who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and unlimited imagination."
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