"To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill."

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Source : MacGill, Patrick (2017). “The Amateur Army”, p.18, Read Books Ltd

Patrick MacGill

#Skills Quotes #Soldier Quotes #Luck Quotes

“F1 teams need a driver who will consistently set lap times that are 100 percent on the edge.”
“Casting directors now just see me as the hard-core sniper or prison guard.”
“A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.”
“I think it's important to also realize that this isn't a case of Apple being asked to simply flip a switch or, you know, plug in a wire from one place to another. They're being asked to write new software that doesn't exist. They purposefully did not create this kind of backdoor.”

Source : "Congress Should Decide Encryption Issue, Sen. Angus King Says". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. February 19, 2016.
“Love is what still goes on when you're not horny.”
“The trivial round, the common task,Would furnish all we ought to ask.”

Source : The Christian Year "Morning" (1827)
“Where are you originally from?â€ â€œThe planet Lorien, three hundred million miles away.â€ â€œMust have been a long trip, John Smith.â€ â€œTook almost a year. Next time Iâ€™m bringing a book.”
“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.”

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