#ect

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his. ↗

— George S. Patton

#country #die #his #make #object

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead! ↗

— George S. Patton

#battle #before #collected #counsel #decision

I saw a lot of people have success handed to them that then exploited it. They didn't protect it or cherish it. ↗

— Aaron Paul

#exploited #handed #i #lot #people

I had never been able to get a car that said how much I cared about the environment until I drove electric. ↗

— Alexandra Paul

#able #about #been #cared #drove

As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments only to enlarge the prospect of the coming eternity. ↗

— Jean Paul

#around #away #coming #concealed #distant

We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection. ↗

— Jean Paul

#cannot #character #clearness #discover #easily

Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger. ↗

— Jean Paul

#cowardly #danger #dangers #first #men

I loved making 'The Hunger Games' - it was the happiest experience of my professional life. Lionsgate was supportive of me in a manner that few directors ever experience in a franchise: they empowered me to make the film I wanted to make and backed the movie in a way that requires no explanation beyond the remarkable results. ↗

— Gary Ross

#beyond #directors #empowered #ever #experience

Everybody is looking for an election where they can do something and participate. ↗

— Rand Paul

#everybody #looking #participate #something #where

The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

#alienation #away #basic #collectivism #countries