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The older I grow and the more I abandon myself to God's will, the less I value intelligence that wants to know and will that wants to do; and as the only element of salvation I recognize faith, which can wait patiently, without asking too many questions. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#faith

I'm sure that President Johnson would never have pursued the war in Vietnam if he'd ever had a Fulbright to Japan, or say Bangkok, or had any feeling for what these people are like and why they acted the way they did. He was completely ignorant. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#any #bangkok #completely #did #ever

In the World War nothing was more dreadful to witness than a chain of men starting with a battalion commander and ending with an army commander sitting in telephone boxes, improvised or actual, talking, talking, talking, in place of leading, leading, leading. ↗

— J. F. C. Fuller

#army #battalion #boxes #chain #commander

Movement should be a counter, whether in action scenes or dialogue or whatever. It counters where your eye is going. This style thing, for me it's all fitted to the action, to the script, to the characters. ↗

— Samuel Fuller

#characters #counter #counters #dialogue #eye

We have too many intellectuals who are afraid to use the pistol of common sense. ↗

— Samuel Fuller

#common #common sense #intellectuals #many #pistol

He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature. ↗

— Madeline Miller

#war #change

There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

#friendship #scarcity

Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

#key #lock #night #prayer

Eaten bread is forgotten. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

#eaten #forgotten

The fool wanders, a wise man travels. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

#man #travels #wanders #wise #wise man