"...a private who loses a rifle suffers far greater consequences than a general who loses a war."

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Source : "A failure in generalship". armedforcesjournal.com. May 1, 2007.

Paul Yingling

#War Quotes #Military Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“I barely slept during high school because I was too busy dancing and acting all the time. The plan was to go to my dream college that had one of the best performing arts programs, and then go to LA to follow my dream of being an actress.”
“In horror movies today its lots of fast cut shot and lots of loud noises on the soundtrack. I tried to do the opposite. Playing with silence for instance.”
“If you have time-release pills, you could have time-release expanding cheesecakes.”
“Give up defining yourself - to yourself or to others. You won't die. You will come to life. And don't be concerned with how others define you. When they define you, they are limiting themselves, so it's their problem. Whenever you interact with people, don't be there primarily as a function or a role, but as the field of conscious Presence. You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are.”
“The spectacle we find in true religions has as its purpose enchantment, not entertainment. The distinction is critical. By endowing things with magic, enchantment is a means through which we may gain access to sacredness. Entertainment is the means through which we distance ourselves from it.”
“Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.”
“In early 1993, when I was 12, I was separated from my family as the Sierra Leone civil war, which began two years earlier, came into my life.”
“I got run over by a bug-eyed dummy, I guess.”

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