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“I don’t allow officers to mince words with me, Colonel. You must speak freely and frankly.”
“General, they are ignoramuses.”
“I believe the phrase you were groping for, Colonel, is goddamn worthless ignoramuses, but you’re definitely on the right track.

— Andy Duncan Beluthahatchie and Other Stories (2000)

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I went, shouted louder and louder, tried to clear my mind so that, when necessary, I could act without thinking, act like a soldier.

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People will say bout anything. That don’t mean I have to believe it. What I see with my own eyes, that I believe.

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