James Longstreet Quotes

Bad as was being shot by some of our own troops in the battle of the Wilderness, - that was an honest mistake, one of the accidents of war, - being shot at, since the war, by many officers, was worse.

James Longstreet

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: soldier
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 8, 1821 - January 2, 1904

Topics

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Fear changes everything. We're animals, and when we get afraid we act like animals. I'm not exempt from that.

Tony Gilroy

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The larger meaning here is that mainstream journalists simply cannot talk about things that the two parties agree on; this is the black hole of American politics.

Michael Pollan

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I used to be one of those guys with a lot of angst, you know? I just don't anymore. I'm not angst-ridden anymore. I've faced reality of what I am and what I have to do in life.

Michael Madsen

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It's O.K. to fail. Just keep putting yourself there. Once I started saying that and really believing that, over time, it just gradually gave me confidence.

Jason Day

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The men and women of the American military have the courage to follow orders. They deserve a commander-in-chief with the courage to give them.

Jason Kander

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Even when I was in high school and the Navy, I was the guy who could rip somebody, and they'd laugh at it.

Don Rickles

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It's so much worse to live in regret in your forties than it is to take a chance in your late twenties.

Donna Lynne Champlin

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I made a dollar a day sweeping a laundry out. Then we made a record that was number two in Los Angeles. We got so excited hearing it on the radio that Carl threw up.

Dennis Wilson

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The contrasting focus on connection versus hierarchy also sheds light on innumerable adult conversations - and frustrations. Say a woman tells another about a personal problem and hears in response, 'I know how you feel' or 'the same thing happens to me.' The resulting 'troubles talk' reinforces the connection between them.

Deborah Tannen

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Democrats are going to proudly run on the fact that we turned the economy around. It was our policies under President Obama's leadership through the Recovery Act, through investing in the automobile industry.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

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The lifeblood of YouTube is sharing.

Chris Hardwick

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I love Frank Sinatra. He is one of my biggest all-time idols.

Brendon Urie

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