Americans knock themselves out, especially since 9/11, praising the military.
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“Americans knock themselves out, especially since 9/11, praising the military.”
— H. W. Brands · Knock
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✦ About the Author
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Americans knock themselves out, especially since 9/11, praising the military.
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It's hard to get in the head of somebody. The closest we can get is through the words they've left behind, either their contemporary correspondence or after-the-fact memoirs.
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Once you become president, you don't even have to stop for red lights. And if it looks like traffic's too bad, you just take a helicopter.
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The shelf life of a seventh-year State of the Union address is about five minutes. Presidents can propose stuff. They're probably not likely to get it done.
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It's not an exaggeration to say that Texas gets a lot more out of being part of the United States than the United States gets out of having Texas as one of the states.
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Everybody says they're going to knock me out, and no one's done it yet.
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I'm not just a guy who can knock people out.
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I think Wonderboy is a fantastic fighter, I think his style is wonderful, it's his name, but that being said, Pettis was able to knock him out and I think I'm going to be able to knock him out.
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I don't feel like I'm the type of performer who's going to knock your socks off. I'm trying to get over my nerves.
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I'd love to go into WWE and have a real knock and see what's what.