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21 " The simple and terrifying reality, forbidden from discussion in America, was that despite spending $600 billion a year on the military, despite having the best fighting force the world had ever known, they were getting their asses kicked by illiterate peasants who made bombs out of manure and wood. "
― Michael Hastings , The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan
22 " Why can’t you remember your Shakespeare and forget the third-raters. You’ll find what you’re trying to say in him- as you’ll find everything else worth saying. 'We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with sleep.''- 'Fine! That’s beautiful. But I wasn’t trying to say that. We are such stuff as manure is made on, so let’s drink up and forget it. That’s more my idea. "
― Eugene O'Neill , Long Day's Journey into Night
23 " Nanny's words made Janie's kiss across the gatepost seem like a manure pile after a rain "
― Zora Neale Hurston , Their Eyes Were Watching God
24 " We do it because we care. We care that Vincent Van Gogh mutilated his ear. We care that behind a pile of manure in the yard he destroyed his life. We care that Scott Joplin's music lives! We care because we know this: the life we save is our own. "
― Alice Walker , In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose
25 " You desire the end but close your eyes to the means. You want the garden to be beautiful, provided that the smell of manure is kept well away from your fastidious nose. "
― P.D. James , The Children of Men
26 " Many cows are fed a high-protein diet, which creates a more liquid manure that is easier to spray on fields. "
