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" War's a profanity because, let's face it, you've got two opposing sides trying to settle their differences by killing as many of each other as they can. "

Norman Schwarzkopf

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" All you have to do is hold your first soldier who is dying in your arms, and have that terribly futile feeling that I can't do anything about it... Then you understand the horror of war. "

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" I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war. "

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" I am living proof that if you catch prostate cancer early, it can be reduced to a temporary inconvenience, and you can go back to a normal life. "

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" What is postwar Iraq going to look like, with the Kurds and the Sunnis and the Shiites? That's a huge question, to my mind. "

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" When I fish, I stop thinking about anything else. But truth be told, if you want to declare victories, I can tell you the fish have won a lot more than I have. It's interesting that something with a brain the size of a fish's can outsmart us humans, who think we are el supremo. "

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" It's nice to feel that you have a purpose. "

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" True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is. "

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