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On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle

by Hampton Sides

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“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

tags: books, humor

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“A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing than communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country?”
― George Washington

tags: education, government, liberty, politics, youth

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“That's how easy it was to confess. You just say it. You just drop it onto the table and tell the truth and what comes, comes, she thought.”
― Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

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“Women have problem areas in a way that men don't. We have big hips and muffin tops. Men just have the thing where they create wars and wreak havoc all over the globe.”
― Jessi Klein, You'll Grow Out of It

tags: feminism, humor

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“I was a woman sobbing in a hotel corridor, which is kind of incredible, because when I was little I thought I was going to be a senator.”
― Jessi Klein, You'll Grow Out of It

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