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Nearly every complaint can be rewritten as “I wish reality wasn’t happening.” Think about how absurd that is. You live in this world, in this time, and in this body. Wishing alone won’t change that.
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“War has also taught me that each one of us contains every ingredient of the human recipe. By varying measure we are all cowards and brave men, thieves and honest men, selfish and selfless men, malingerers and champions, weasels and lions. The only question is how much of each attribute we allow—or force—to dominate our being.”
― Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit
― Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit
“Without commitment, you'll never start. But more importantly, without consistency, you'll never finish.”
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“My reason for writing it was the conviction that the economy is too important to leave to the economists.”
― Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails
― Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails
“Save us from the help of the well-meaning.”
― Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit
― Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit
“A ship on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea.
(DUTCH PROVERB)”
― The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
(DUTCH PROVERB)”
― The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
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