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David Hackworth

"It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door."

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"It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door."

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"Every now and then I sit and watch the sun rise to remind myself how it's done-peacefully, steadily, warmly, and in beautiful color."

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"To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice."

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"It was still early, and the sun's lower limb was just free of the hill, his rays, ungenial and peering, addressed the eye rather than the touch as yet."

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"Sipping teawith gleebeneath a gooseberry tree.I wish Alice were here.Oh, my dear,do not fear,she will be."

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"There are great roads, beautiful bridges, lovely parks, gorgeous gardens and wonderful buildings in a big city. But there is something missing, something very important: The spirit of nature!"

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"Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax."

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"Rain is a lullaby heard through a thick, isolating blanket of clouds. It is the tinkling harp of water droplets; a moist breath whistling through willow reeds; a pattering beat background to the mourner's melody. Rain is a soft song of compassion for the brokenhearted."

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"In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences."

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"Oh, mightiest wind,wilt thou cease thy breathing inand hold thy exhales?"

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"That's what supporting the troops is really all about - making sure American grunts get the right stuff!"
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"We citizens don't need to know every detail of every military operation in this new kind of war. Nor should the media tell us and hence our enemy."
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"Writing with you is the only thing that keeps me alive."
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"In order to drill into young men the need to stay alert and stay alive, I used to punish offenders with my fists, boots and rifle butt, and with stockade time."
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"Fortunately, it's still not too late to develop a comprehensive global strategy to eliminate our real enemy."
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"The old saying that war is a racket has taken on an even more shameful meaning."
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"Of course, it's imperative that we stabilize Iraq and quickly reduce our armed role there."
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"Grunts on the line, where the enemy wants them dead, still goof off - even knowing that by letting their guard down they might die."
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