Marcus Luttrell Quotes
I'd give Him some room. I'd be like, 'Thanks for keeping me around a little bit longer. I owe You a lot.'
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As for swimming, I'm now in the pool 5 days a week from 8 to 10 a.m. And I'm in the gym for an hour and a half, 4 days a week. Two days upper body, two days lower.
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The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
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'The Voice' was the first real job I've ever had that wasn't just messing around with music.
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You will certainly not doubt the necessity of studying astronomy and physics, if you are desirous of comprehending the relation between the world and Providence as it is in reality, and not according to imagination.
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I never lie to my fans.
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The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.
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Like a precious family heirloom, freedom is not just ours to enjoy, but to treasure, protect, and pass on to future generations.
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It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.
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All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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In a world of complete economic equality, you get and keep the affections you deserve. You can't buy love with gifts or favors, you can't hold love by raising an inadequate child, and you can't be secure in love by serving as a good scrub woman or a good provider.
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I'd give Him some room. I'd be like, 'Thanks for keeping me around a little bit longer. I owe You a lot.'
