My iPod that was programmed by Peter Buck. It has 7,000 songs hand-picked for me by him. - Michael Stipe

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The example afforded before the Great War by Germany - which, if only it had exercised forbearance for another five or ten years, would by now be unrivaled in Europe - suggests that the task facing us now is to build up our strength calmly and with circumspection. - Isoroku Yamamoto

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A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten. Isoroku Yamamoto

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As long as tides of war are in our favor, the United States will never stop fighting. As a consequence, the war will continue for several years, during which materiel will be exhausted, vessels and arms will be damaged, and they can be replaced only with great difficulties. - Isoroku Yamamoto

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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it is not enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. We would have to march into Washington and sign the treaty in the White House. - Isoroku Yamamoto

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We have a job to do. After the fight, I'll love him. — Manny Pacquiao

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I was once the captain of Akagi, and it is with heartfelt regret that I must now order that she be sunk. - Isoroku Yamamoto

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The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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I envied him, the courage to be himself. In public. ― Ruta Sepetys

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