"Now, when I was in the Army, writing was my hobby."

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"Now, when I was in the Army, writing was my hobby."

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"Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

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"In this respect I expressed my doubts about using the Corps directly on the South coast, to form a bridgehead for the Army - as the area immediately behind the coast was now covered with obstacles. These doubts were accepted by Hitler."

Kurt Student, German Soldier

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"All through the night, like the tumult of a river when it races between the cliffs of a canyon, in my sleep I could hear the steady roar of the passing army."

Richard Harding Davis, American Journalist

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"As many will remember, a respected Army Corps economist filed a whistleblower complaint about the Corps' use of faulty data to justify lock and dam expansion."

Ron Kind, American Politician

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"The law increasing and organizing the military establishment of the United States has been nearly carried into effect, and the Army has been extensively and usefully employed during the past season."

Martin Van Buren, American President

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"Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels."

John Selden, English Statesman

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"Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being advertised on eBay the other day - the description was, 'Never shot. Dropped once."

Roy Blunt, American Politician

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"They're not shooting me for deserting the United Stated Army - thousands of guys have done that. They're shooting me for bread I stole when I was 12 years old."

Eddie Slovik, American Soldier

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"We're in danger of breaking our army and preventing our national leaders from having the flexibility to confront not just Iraq and Afghanistan, but crises around the globe."

Jack Reed, American Politician

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"As a consequence of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the officer corps of the old army became part of this class, as did that part of the younger generation who, in the old Germany, would have become officers or civil servants."

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"Now, when I was in the Army, writing was my hobby."

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"But there's a little guy who sits astride my brain with a whip, and if I'm away from the machine for more than a couple of hours during the day, this little guy's lashing away."

Stress, Day, Machine

"We've got one life and the older we get the more we come to realize how short it is."

Life,

"Writers are in the entertainment business, and it gives me lots of pleasure to entertain my readers."

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"Now, after 18 years, not a sign of Lovecraft in my work."

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"The Army was my bread and butter."

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"But I've found that to talk too much about movies is the kiss of death. If it happens then it happens, is all."

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"German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it, the occasional shudder down the spine, knowing it's not real - but looking over their shoulders anyway, just in case."

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"I'll know when the ideas aren't fresh anymore. And I'll know when writing doesn't give me a thrill anymore."

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"There are lots of other things that I haven't done, places I haven't seen. So eventually I'll have to find time for those things while there still is time."

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