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Art can often approximate life, but it has a hard time doing it justice.

— Jack H. Jacobs If Not Now, When? (2008)

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That's the way combat is. That's ordinary people doing extraordinary things. There are lots of instances in which people have done really quite extraordinary things, and I don't know if they got anything or not.

Beyond Glory (2003)

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It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing.

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It is the law of life that if you are kind to someone you feel happy. If you are cruel you are unhappy. And if you hurt someone, you will be hurt back.

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