"In the military I could exercise the power of being automatically respected because of the medals on my chest, not because I had done anything right at the moment to earn that respect. This is pretty nice. It's also a psychological trap that can stop one's growth and allow one to get away with just plain bad behavior."

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Source : Karl Marlantes (2011). “What It Is Like to Go to War”, p.131, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Karl Marlantes

#Military Quotes #Nice Quotes #Exercise Quotes

“The most important factor in determining whether you will succeed isnâ€™t your gender, itâ€™s you. Be open to opportunity and take risks. In fact, take the worst, the messiest, the most challenging assignment you can find, and then take control.”
“I remember riding my bike down the boardwalk with nowhere to go and looking at the girls. It was really innocent.”
“Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.”
“I believe in Success, And in Comfort no less I believe all the rest is but patter.”
“Hell, when I was growing up, I could make a meal out of a package of Top Ramen and a bottle of Windex.”

Source : Coolio (2009). “Cookin' with Coolio: 5 Star Meals at a 1 Star Price”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
“There is hardly anything that an ingenious mind cannot bring itself to doubt, granted sufficient industry and application.”
“This is a serious analysis of a ridiculous subject, which is of course the opposite of what is usual in economics.”
“The testament of science is so continually in a flux that the heresy of yesterday is the gospel of today and the fundamentalism of tomorrow.”

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