#those

I never got away from the war. Not because I was obsessed with it in those years, but because it was the event of my generation and I started out covering it so I stayed with it. ↗

— Neil Sheehan

#because #covering #event #generation #got

I think you have to remember that Americans saw their purpose as so innately good that they could excuse the pain they would inflict on others to carry out those purposes. Because the purposes were so good, they would justify this pain we were inflicting on other people. ↗

— Neil Sheehan

#carry #could #excuse #good #i

We wanted to see this country win the war just as much as those advisors did. We felt we would help to do that by reporting the truth. And so there was the moral outrage over this general and the ambassador in Saigon who kept denying the truth we would see. ↗

— Neil Sheehan

#country #denying #did #felt #general

Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills... and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing. ↗

— Gail Sheehy

#another #closing #door #even #feeling

The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests. ↗

— Gail Sheehy

#course #develops #faced #habit #his

There was a reason my first substantial role after rehab was to play a maniac whose personal story ended badly. I knew what it was like to go those dark places. I played a guy who died as a result of his abuse. ↗

— Charlie Sheen

#after #badly #dark #dark places #died

When I was growing up, my mother would take me to plays and museums, and we'd talk about life. Those times helped shape who I became. ↗

— Jill Scott

#became #growing #growing up #helped #i

In quiet moments when you think about it, you recognize what is critically important in life and what isn't. Be wise and don't let good things crowd out those that are essential. ↗

— Richard G. Scott

#critically #crowd #essential #good #good things

But if we have been willing to give our lives to this enterprise, which is for the honour of our country, I appeal to our countrymen to see that those who depend on us are properly cared for. ↗

— Robert Falcon Scott

#been #cared #country #countrymen #depend

I don't think I had a Catherine Bach poster, but I know a lot of my friends desecrated those, big time. ↗

— Sean William Scott

#big #big time #catherine #friends #had