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		The general verdict among the German generals I interrogated in 1945 was that Field-Marshal von Manstein had proved the ablest commander in their Army, and the man they had most desired to become its Commander-in-Chief. It is very clear that he had a superb sense of operational possibilities and equal mastery in the conduct of operations, together with a greater grasp of the potentialities of mechanized forces than any other commander who had not been trained in the tank arm. In sum, he had military genius.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Erich von Manstein 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Business is a battlefield. You need to be able to go to battle with your team members. Like the military. Know them, trust them, and know who you're working with. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pamela Meyer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I had undertaken the practical direction of military operations, and anything went amiss, I feared that my conscience would torture me, as guilty of the fall of my country, as I had not been familiar with military tactics. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lajos Kossuth 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, and now the military - that probably couldn't find a place for their dubious talents in a free market, unless they were to sell pencils from a tin cup on street corners. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				L. Neil Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I go into military communities and do fundraisers and that kind of thing with the band, because I know that the music can help do a lot of things. It can bring communities together, it can raise awareness... and it entertains. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Sinise 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've been to many countries and watched a number of conflicts or their residue, and I've served in the military. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ralph Peters 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I get in trouble when I say things like, 'I'm attracted to violence.' I was a pretty angry kid, and I got into military history largely as a way to vent my own anger. As I got older it narrowed down to a more specific focus on individual violence. I'm just trying to understand where it came from. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Caleb Carr 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		One of my top 10 favorite movies of all time was South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. Team America is a work of genius to me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Josh Gad 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The thing with me is, about that - about rock and all that - years and years of crate-digging, listening to old music, you kind of start to connect the dots. And I was seeing the thread that was connecting everything together, which is pretty much the blues. And everything soul or funk kind of starts with that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				D'Angelo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've written a lot of really good books. Now we'll see if I can write any more good books. I mean there's a chance I won't, but I'm going to try. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Mosley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Soren Kierkegaard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think it's cool that people care so much where I'm going to end up or what I'm going to do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adam Cole 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The general verdict among the German generals I interrogated in 1945 was that Field-Marshal von Manstein had proved the ablest commander in their Army, and the man they had most desired to become its Commander-in-Chief. It is very clear that he had a superb sense of operational possibilities and equal mastery in the conduct of operations, together with a greater grasp of the potentialities of mechanized forces than any other commander who had not been trained in the tank arm. In sum, he had military genius. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Erich von Manstein