Oh, sure, the stupid bastard was crazy. He was insane. He thought he was living in the Dark Ages. Soldiers were peasants to him. I didn’t like that attitude, but I certainly respected his theories and the techniques he used to get his men out of their foxholes.
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True worship is not just an emotional experience. It reaches to the very depths of our souls and touches every aspect of our being
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Big Dreams Ccreate the Magic that Stir Men’s Souls to Greatness…
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We have not come to compete with one another. We have come to complete one another.
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A soldier’s life revolves around his mail. Like many others, I’ve been able to follow my kid’s progress from the day he was born until now he is able to walk and talk a little, and although I have never seen him I know him very well.
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I’ve never wanted just part of the package, part of the prize. I want it all!
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I was a born troublemaker and might as well earn a living at it.
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If you’re a leader, you don’t push wet spaghetti, you pull it.
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My outlook on warfare is best illustrated by a cartoon I did some thirty-odd years ago of a soldier in an Italian foxhole reading about the Normandy invasion and observing to his buddy that: “The hell this ain’t the most important hole in the world . I’m in it.
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I would like to thank the people who encouraged me to draw army cartoons at a time when the gag man’s conception of the army was one of mean ole sergeants and jeeps which jump over mountains.
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What you are about to hear is God’s word to the men of this nation. We are going to war as of tonight. We have divine power – that is our weapon. We will not compromise. Wherever truth is at risk, in the schools or legislature, we are going to contend for it. We will win.
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All coaching is, is taking a player where he can’t take himself.
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I know many Catholics love God with all their heart. I have genuine respect for anyone who truly has given their life to Christ. We read about Mother Teresa and what a wonderful example she was.
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I drew pictures for and about the soldiers because I knew what their life was like and understood their gripes. I wanted to make something out of the humorous situations which come up even when you don’t think life could be any more miserable.
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When you’re born again, your DNA changes. You have the ability to understand God’s terms.
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When we realize finally that we aren’t God’s given children, we’ll understand satire. Humor is really laughing off a hurt, grinning at misery.
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