In combat life is short nasty and brutish. The issues of national policy which brought him into war are irrelevant to the combat soldier he is concerned with his literal life chances.
In war more than anywhere else in the world things happen differently from what we had expected and look differently when near from what they did at a distance.
In spite of all of the training you get and the precautions you take to keep yourself alive it's largely a matter of luck that decides whether or not you get killed.
Moderation in war is imbecility.
When one's expectations are reduced to zero one really appreciates everything one does have.
Life didn't promise to be wonderful.
We never enjoy perfect happiness our most fortunate successes are mingled with sadness some anxieties always perplex the reality of our satisfaction.
Do not commit the error common among the young of assuming that if you cannot save the whole of mankind you have failed.
Why are we surprised when fig trees bear figs?
Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.
I have nothing to offer but blood toil tears and sweat.
There's no map there's no master plan there's just people.
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
Films for TV have to be much closer to the book, mainly because the objective with a TV movie that translates literature is to get the audience, after seeing this version, to pick up the book and read...
It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations.
I think both the space shuttle program and the International Space Station program have not really lived up to their expectations.
Low expectations is the key to happiness in life.
At this level, the individual perceives the maintenance of the expectations of his family, group, or nation as valuable in its own right, regardless of immediate and obvious consequences.
Stage fright is my worst problem. A voice is very intimate. It's something of your own. So there's always this fear, because you feel naked. There's a fear of not reaching up to expectations.
High expectations are the key to everything.
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