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we can’t ever really know what it’s like to be someone else. We can only know what it’s like to imagine being someone else.
“Great Marine commanders, like all great warriors, are able to kill that which they love most -- their men.”
― One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
― One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
“I need to ask myself, 'What would an Apollo astronaut do?' He'd drink three whiskey sours, drive his Corvette to the launchpad, then fly to the moon in a command module smaller than my Rover. Man those guys were cool.”
― The Martian
― The Martian
“Occam’s razor theory of combat: The simplest way of kicking someone’s ass was usually the correct one.”
― The Ghost Brigades
― The Ghost Brigades
“WATNEY: Look! A pair of boobs! -> (.Y.).”
― The Martian
― The Martian
“If a hiker gets lost in the mountains, people will coordinate a search. If a train crashes, people will line up to give blood. If an earthquake levels a city, people all over the world will send emergency supplies. This is so fundamentally human that it's found in every culture without exception. Yes, there are assholes who just don't care, but they're massively outnumbered by the people who do.”
― The Martian
― The Martian
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