"Every civilian's death diminishes us, collectively."

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Source : "David Petraeus: the Danger Room Interview". Interview with Spencer Ackerman, www.wired.com. August 18, 2010.

David Petraeus

“I understood that I was inventing myself, and that I was doing this more in the way of a painter than in the way of a scientist. I could not count on precision or calculation; I could only count on intuition.”

Source : Jamaica Kincaid (2002). “Lucy: A Novel”, p.134, Macmillan
“The one who is truly blessed is the one who wants to make everyone's dreams come true.”
“I've been going through photos of my mother, looking back on her life and trying to put it into context. Very few people age gracefully enough to be photographed through their aging.”
“But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensible luxury, but a simple necessity.”
“Success in God's eyes is faithfulness to His calling.”
“Fortunately for me, I ran across some girls I could get along with so I could enjoy high school life okay, but it must be awful for kids who don't get along with anybody. We're different from our parents, a completely different species from our teachers. And kids who are one grade apart you are in a different world altogether. In other words, we're basically surrounded by enemies and have to make it on our own.”
“It's certainly what I like best about getting older. You're not up for grabs for criticism anymore. You make a decision, it's made, it's fine, you don't have to go back and rework it. You don't have to apologize.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I think of my life as divided between a lot of different periods. I grew up in the country, but as I got older I became more of an urban person. That's really when I started to become more of a creative person who was interested in fine arts, painting, drawing, and music. I studied jazz for a long time. Looking back, all those things were great training.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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