War is hell. Hollywood fantasizes about it and makes it look good; war sucks.
CHRIS KYLEThe rules are drawn up by lawyers who are trying to protect the admirals and generals from the politicians; they’re not written by people who are worried about the guys on the ground getting shot.
More Chris Kyle Quotes
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But I wondered, how would I feel about killing someone? Now I know. It’s no big deal.
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Maybe war isn’t really fun, but I certainly was enjoying it.
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Other people are talking about writing books about my life, or about some of the things I’ve done. I find it strange, but I also feel it’s my life and my story, and I guess I better be the one to get it on paper the way it actually happened.
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I don’t have to psych myself up, or do something special mentally – I look through the scope, get my target in the cross hairs, and kill my enemy, before he kills one of my people.
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One was to be a cowboy and another was to be in the military. I grew up extremely patriotic and riding horses.
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There’s no reason someone who has fought for their country should be homeless or jobless.
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You have to slow your heart rate, stay calm. You have to shoot in between your heartbeats.
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After I was discharged from the military, it was difficult trying to become a civilian.
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I’m just trying to be the me that I am and not all of this other crap. I just want to be the family man, and if somehow I can make the money to get my ranch and get the hell away from everybody else, that would be awesome.
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Despite what your momma told you, Violence does solve problems.
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People tell me I saved hundreds and hundreds of people. But I have to tell you: it’s not the people you saved that you remember. It’s the ones you couldn’t save. Those are the ones you talk about. Those are the faces and situations that stay with you forever.
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But in that backroom or whatever it is when God confronts me with my sins, I do not believe any of the kills I had during the war will be among them. Everyone I shot was evil. I had good cause on every shot. They all deserved to die.
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No, the best way to stop a vehicle is to shoot the driver. And that you can do with a number of weapons.
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Great way to fight a war – be prepared to defend yourself for winning.
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Decades of Saddam’s rule made what could have been a fairly rich country, due to its oil reserves, into a very poor one.
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