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"At 21, I discovered repression and injustice. The army would shoot students with real bullets."
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"The army is under orders to defend every place."
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"As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and the challenge of carrying it out."
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"Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author."
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"The responsibility of commanding the invasion fell to me, and the task was assigned to my Army Group."
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"If you're so smart, let's see you get out of the Army."
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"Bring the army of the faithful through."
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"It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions."
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"As a consequence of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the officer corps of the old army became part of this class, as did that part of the younger generation who, in the old Germany, would have become officers or civil servants."
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"The law increasing and organizing the military establishment of the United States has been nearly carried into effect, and the Army has been extensively and usefully employed during the past season."
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"I joined the Army and was sent to the MIT radiation laboratory after a few months of introduction to electromagnetic wave theory in a special course, given for Army personnel at the University of Chicago."
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"Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price."
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"In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away."
Time

"Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other; it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world."
Poetry

"I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which is not the same as that of a French poet."
Language

"Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words."
Poetry

"I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers."
Work

"Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever."
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"I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter."
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"My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible."
Desire

"Beauty is first and foremost an emotion."
Beauty
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