[PW] ? Quotations from Bowdoin Alumni (Quotation Query #650)

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Pierce, Franklin

"I never justify, sustain, or in any way or to any extent uphold this cruel, heartless, aimless unnecessary war." Letter to Jane Pierce 3 March 1860

"You have summoned me in my weakness. You must sustain me by your strength." Inaugural Address 4 March 1853
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Samuelson, Joan Benoit 

“Now I’m down to 70 or 80,” she said. “That’s all I can do.” [explaining why, at 50 years of age, she no longer runs 120 miles a week] -Frank Litsky, New York Times, Marathon Matriarch Is Still in the Race, published April 13, 2008 
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/sports/othersports/13benoit.html
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Cohen, William 

[several quotes to choose from here] 
DoD news transcript
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=674
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"Shapiro, Fred" <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote: 
For an article I am writing about famous quotations by Bowdoin alumni, I would welcome suggestions of quotes by any of the following people:

Franklin Pierce  (if anyone has access to Caroline Harnsberger, Treasury of Presidential Quotations, and is willing to fax me the Franklin Pierce section, please contact me)
Joan Benoit Samuelson  (runner)
Reed Hastings  (founder of Netflix)
Paul Douglas  (economist, senator from Illinois)
William Cohen  (Senator from Maine, Secretary of Defense)
Isaac Ray  (psychiatrist)
Hodding Carter  (journalist)

Fred Shapiro
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