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One of the things I realized early in my career is that you do what you believe, in knowing that if you don't, you will never like yourself. When you compromise out of fear or ambition, it eats inside you. ↗

— Samuel Dash

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I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

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My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

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My debut upon the world's stage occurred on February 26, 1845, in the State of Iowa. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

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My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

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My great forte in killing buffaloes was to get them circling by riding my horse at the head of the herd and shooting their leaders. Thus the brutes behind were crowded to the left, so that they were soon going round and round. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

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My mother's sympathies were strongly with the Union. She knew that war was bound to come, but so confident was she in the strength of the Federal Government that she devoutly believed that the struggle could not last longer than six months at the utmost. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

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So for twelve miles I rode with Sherman, and we became fast friends. He asked me all manner of questions on the way, and I found that he knew my father well, and remembered his tragic death in Salt Creek Valley. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

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Stations were built at intervals averaging fifteen miles apart. A rider's route covered three stations, with an exchange of horses at each, so that he was expected at the beginning to cover close to forty-five miles - a good ride when one must average fifteen miles an hour. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

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There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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