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All of us, I suppose, like to believe that in a moral emergency we will behave like the heroes of our youth, bravely and forthrightly, without thought of personal loss or discredit. Certainly that was my conviction back in the summer of 1968. Tim O'Brien: a secret hero. The Lone Ranger. If the stakes ever became high enough—if the evil were evil enough, if the good were good enough—I would simply tap a secret reservoir of courage that had been accumulating inside me over the years. Courage, I seemed to think, comes to us in finite quantities, like an inheritance, and by being frugal and stashing it away and letting it earn interest, we steadily increase our moral capital in preparation for that day when the account must be drawn down. It was a comforting theory. It dispensed with all those bothersome little acts of daily courage; it offered hope and grace to the repetitive coward; it justified the past while amortizing the future.


Tim O'Brien


#cowardice #courage

I've learned in my years as a journalist that when a politician says 'That's ridiculous' you're probably on the right track.


Amy Goodman


#journalist #learned #politician #probably #ridiculous

Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.


Oliver Goldsmith


#bait #covers #hook #hope #such

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.


Oliver Goldsmith


#fall #getting #just #just one #more

The secret to true happiness is a combination of low expectations and insensitivity.


Olivia Goldsmith


#expectations #happiness #insensitivity #low #low expectations

If you cannot work on the marriage or the women is a moron, staying married and cheating makes the most sense because divorce is disruptive to the family life and your bank account.


Al Goldstein


#bank #bank account #because #cannot #cheating

Even though marriage is doomed, if you turned it into a job you like and really work at it - it can be salvaged.


Al Goldstein


#even #into #job #like #marriage

I will offer a choice, not an echo.


Barry Goldwater


#echo #i #offer #will

It is impossible to have a public trial if you can't guarantee the safety of witnesses, judges or defense counsel.


Richard Goldstone


#defense #guarantee #impossible #judges #public

To me, the perfect date consists of dinner, dancing, and sex with a girl who has no stomach or legs, but does have an overactive sex drive.


Jarod Kintz


#dinner #funny #humor #perfect-date #sex






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