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Lying offshore, ready to act, the presence of ships and Marines sometimes means much more than just having air power or ship's…
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I want to scare the hell out of the rest of the world.
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You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.
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We are not going to dwell on those things that divide us. We are going to rejoice in those things that keep…
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Terrorism really flourishes in areas of poverty, despair and hopelessness, where people see no future
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The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it
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Poverty arises and persists where corruption is endemic and enterprise is stifled, where basic fairness provided by the rule of law is…
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When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I'll like it or not. Disagreement,…
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Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a…
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We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've done this as recently as the last…
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I can think of nothing that Saddam Hussein can do diplomatically (to avoid war). I think that time is now over. He's…
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My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given…
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There was always talk of espirit de corps, of being gung ho, and that must have been a part of it. Better,…
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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. I am talking about a gung-ho attitude that says 'we can change things here, we can…
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The Long and the Short and the Tall made a great impression on me because it was a very ugly tale about…
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It is fascinating to watch politicians come up with 'solutions' to problems that are a direct result of their previous solutions. In…
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Overall, I think I'm in pretty good shape, but I'm not really someone that is gung-ho or a fitness fanatic.
— Cobi Jones
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Comics have a problem, and that is continuity - the obsession with placing the characters in an existing world, where every event…
— John Hodgman
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When you’re working with Army and Marine Corps units, you immediately notice a difference. The Army is pretty tough, but their performance…
— Chris Kyle
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In my experience, Marines are gung ho no matter what. They will all fight to the death. Everyone of them just wants…
— Chris Kyle
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The world is full of people who are determined to be somebody or to give trouble. They want to get ahead, to…
— Bruce Lee
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I ended up going to college for visual arts but moved up to New York after I graduated from college in 2006…
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