"One of the things my service in Iraq did give me was this freedom from fear of failure or any kind of expectations that I had to take a standard path."

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Source : "Guardian first book award 2012 goes to Kevin Powers" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. November 29, 2012.

Kevin Powers

#Iraq Quotes #Giving Quotes #Expectations Quotes

“When you say ROI, do you mean return on investment or risk of inaction.”
“I was acting when I was playing baseball.”
“The whole iconography of ancient science is simply the fruit of wishful thinking.”

Source : George Sarton (1993). “Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C.”, p.13, Courier Corporation
“Forgiveness is constructed in the DNA of the persecuted. One Egyptian pastor this spring delivered a sermon titled, "A Message to Those Who Kill Us." In it he quoted Jesus, declaring the fact that the church would refuse to hate the terrorists, but would instead forgive them, pray for them, and love them. This is one of the reasons why so many terrorists are coming to Jesus.”
“I have been accused of being a traitor, and I have been accused of not supporting the military. Nothing could be further from the truth.”
“The natural reaction of the artist will be strongly towards bringing man back into focus as the center of importance.”
“First I believe that this Nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon.”
“I don't think there's a lot of discipline right now.”

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