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“holy trinity” of Creole cuisine—bell peppers, celery, and onions—while”
― Timebound
― Timebound
“You can’t volunteer to go to war and then bitch about getting shot at.”
― One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
― One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
“What the hell war isn’t unpopular?”
― John Wayne: The Life and Legend
― John Wayne: The Life and Legend
“I ran over to the students and I was just so angry, I drummed my fists into their goddamn table and I said, “You stupid bastards! You stupid fucking assholes! Blame Johnson if you like. Blame Kennedy. Blame Eisenhower or Truman or fucking goddamn Roosevelt. But don’t you blame that kid. Don’t you dare blame any of those kids. They served! Jesus, the kid lost his arm. I mean what the hell is happening to this country? The first concrete sign of The Green Berets was a December 29, 1965, letter from Wayne to the distinguished director George Stevens. “My company and I want to make a motion picture about the war in”
― John Wayne: The Life and Legend
― John Wayne: The Life and Legend
“some of my good Baptist brethren in Georgia had done a little preaching from the pulpit against the KKK, I would have a little more genuine American respect for their Christianity.”
― Nineteen Weeks: America, Britain, and the Fateful Summer of 1940
― Nineteen Weeks: America, Britain, and the Fateful Summer of 1940
Tim Chappell’s 2025 Year in Books
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