Quote by John Hersey
All morning they watched for the plane which they thought would be

All morning they watched for the plane which they thought would be looking for them. They cursed war in general and PTs in particular. At about ten oclock the hulk heaved a moist sigh and turned turtle. – John Hersey

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Its a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as materials you can mine, assay, and fabricate for profit and defense. – John Hersey

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Learning starts with failure the first failure is the beginning of education. – John Hersey

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Every year, August lashes out in volcanic fury, rising with the din of morning traffic, its great metallic wings smashing against the ground, heating the air with ever-increasing intensity. – Henry Rollins

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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. – French Proverb

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Morning without you is a dwindled dawn. – Emily Dickinson

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This morning in the Washington Post there was a statistic about how 85% of Americans are Christians. – Sally Quinn

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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. – Irish Proverb

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Nature in darkness groans and men are bound to sullen contemplation in the night: restless they turn on beds of sorrow; in their inmost brain feeling the crushing wheels, they rise, they write the bitter words of stern philosophy and knead the bread of knowledge with tears and groans. – William Blake

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The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument. – Newt Gingrich

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Childbearing is glorified in part because women die from it. – Andrea Dworkin

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