#use

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

Just because you put higher-octane gasoline in your car doesn't mean you can break the speed limit. The speed limit's still 65. ↗

— Neil Sheehan

#break #car #gasoline #just #just because

People talked to me in a way I think they would not have talked to somebody who hadn't shared the experience; they gave me their papers, they gave me their diaries. I found people constantly opening up to me. And I think they did because I had shared that experience with them. ↗

— Neil Sheehan

#constantly #diaries #did #experience #found

World War II had been such a tremendous success story for this country that the political and military leadership began to assume that they would prevail simply because of who they were. We were like the British at the turn of the 19th century. ↗

— Neil Sheehan

#assume #because #been #began #british

There is no more defiant denial of one man's ability to possess one woman exclusively than the prostitute who refuses to redeemed. ↗

— Gail Sheehy

#denial #exclusively #man #more #possess

I just don't want to live like I used to. And at some point, I'm going to put a gag order on myself in terms of talking about the past. I've got to slam the door and deal with the present and the future. ↗

— Charlie Sheen

#deal #door #future #gag #going

Slash sat me down at his house and said, You've got to clean up your act. You know you've gone too far when Slash is saying, Look, you've got to get into rehab. ↗

— Charlie Sheen

#clean #clean up #down #far #get

I don't have a tuxedo that fits anymore because my chest and my biceps are too big. ↗

— Charlie Sheen

#because #biceps #big #chest #fits

I think what drove me insane for a long time is feeling like I hadn't earned most of what I achieved because it came so fast. ↗

— Charlie Sheen

#because #came #drove #earned #fast

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