Jocko Willink Quotes
I'm always reading the next book. Taking notes. Highlighting, researching, studying. It doesn't stop.
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You can understand why good publicists go on to run distribution companies: because the creativity involved is complex and nuanced.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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Death is always a reality, and life is incredibly short.
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After the second and final time that I got hugely fat in my life and when I lost that weight six or seven years ago, I pretty much decided that I was going to stay in decent shape for the rest of my life.
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to be put back or reversed.
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Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure up the image of someone wearing the uniform of the military of the United States.
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A person doesn't die when he should but when he can.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.
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I am not afraid to go to jail.
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I never had little brothers, so I was totally not used to hearing a lot of cussing at a young age! I learned what 'pull my finger' meant the hard way.
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The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country.
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In the past, I travelled with 'The Hero and the Crown' by Robin McKinley: I suffer from a fear of flying, and I felt a bit safer knowing I carried the book and characters with me.
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Art is more engaging that propaganda.
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Reason has discovered the struggle for existence and the law that I must throttle all those who hinder the satisfaction of my desires. That is the deduction reason makes. But the law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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Some people manage their writing by saying, 'I need to get 2,000 words written today,' others by saying, 'I will write for X hours.' Not me. I start with a plan for the book, break it down into scenes, and I know what scenes need to get written each day. If the scene takes more words than I thought, so be it.
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I worked at magazines for over 10 years before I even thought of writing a book.
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I'm always reading the next book. Taking notes. Highlighting, researching, studying. It doesn't stop.
