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“Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit - a magic blend of skill, faith, and valor - that can lift men from certain defeat to incredible victory.”
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Walter Lord
Source : Walter Lord (2012). “Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway”, p.6, Open Road Media
#Courage Quotes
#Men Quotes
#Odds Quotes
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“Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.”
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Walter Lord
Source : Walter Lord (2012). “A Night to Remember”, p.74, Open Road Media
#Birthday Quotes
#Cake Quotes
#Sagging Quotes
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“It's a funny thing, but today the Titanic is probably much more - that is people are much more aware of it than they were in 1954, when I was doing my research.”
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Walter Lord
#Funny Things Quotes
#People Quotes
#Today Quotes
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“Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not intellectual courage, but just plain physical courage.”
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Walter Lord
#Running Quotes
#Intellectual Quotes
#Premium Quotes
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“I never earned a dollar that was not somehow through writing.”
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Walter Lord
#Writing Quotes
#Dollars Quotes
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“I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations.”
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Walter Lord
#People Quotes
#Ordinary Quotes
#Looks Quotes
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“Events alone rarely provide much guide to the future.”
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Walter Lord
#Events Quotes
#Guides Quotes
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“The ones that measure up are not always the ones you expect.”
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Walter Lord
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“It would be nice to say the rich people, the fancy people, all behaved like bastards and the poor slobs all came through like heroes. But as a matter of fact, sometimes the poor slobs behave like slobs and the great, noble, privileged characters come off very well, indeed.”
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Walter Lord
#Nice Quotes
#Hero Quotes
#Character Quotes
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“There were exceptions, a couple of families that just plain didn't want to even think about it, although forty years had passed but mostly the people were very interested in talking about it.”
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Walter Lord
#Couple Quotes
#Thinking Quotes
#Talking Quotes
