He was "more passionate than most intelligent men, and more intelligent and reasoned than most passionate men.

David Halberstam
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  1. It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters, - Amit Ray

  2. If someone does not want me it is not the end of the world. But if I do not want me, the world is nothing but endings. - Nayyirah Waheed

  3. The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think. - Horace Walpole

  4. Closed in a room, my imagination becomes the universe, and the rest of the world is missing out. - Criss Jami

  5. The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself. - Carl Sagan

More Quotes By David Halberstam
  1. [On writing:] "There's a great quote by Julius Irving that went, 'Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.'", March 25, 2007.)

  2. There was, I found, always more to learn.

  3. Fear was the terrible secret of the battlefiled and could afflict the brave as well as the timid. Worse it was contagious, and could destroy a unit before a battle even began. Because of that, commanders were first and foremost in the fear suppression business.

  4. Officers came and went and were never a part of daily life.

  5. The men were always wary of an officer who took form more seriously than function.

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