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Before we take to the sea, we walk on land. . . Before we create, we must understand. . .

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Ernest Hemingway
Age: 61 †
Born: 1899
Born: July 21
Died: 1961
Died: July 2
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War is no longer made by simply analyzed economic forces if it ever was. War is made or planned now by individual men, demagogues and dictators who play on the patriotism of their people to mislead them into a belief in the great fallacy of war when all their vaunted reforms have failed to satisfy the people they misrule.
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You know lots of criticism is written by characters who are very academic and think it is a sign you are worthless if you make jokes or kid or even clown. I wouldn't kid Our Lord if he was on the cross. But I would attempt a joke with him if I ran into him chasing the money changers out of the temple.
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Everything that's innocent to us is crazy to them.
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I never knew of a morning in Africa when I woke that I was not happy.
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Go all the way with it. Do not back off. For once, go all the goddamn way with what matters.
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Let him think is I am more man than I am and I will be so.
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you can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.
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And the ones who would not make war? Can they stop it?
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