One was to be a cowboy and another was to be in the military. I grew up extremely patriotic and riding horses.
CHRIS KYLENone of my problems come from the people I’ve killed.
More Chris Kyle Quotes
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I’m just trying to get back to normal life.
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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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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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It’s funny – sometimes the strongest individuals feel the worst when events are out of their control, and they can’t really be there for the people they love. I’ve felt it myself.
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But real life doesn’t travel in a perfect straight line; it doesn’t necessarily have that ‘all lived happily ever after’ bit. You have to work on where you’re going.
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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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The joke was that President Bush only declared war when Starbucks was hit. You can mess with the U.N. all you want, but when you start interfering with the right to get caffeinated, someone has to pay.
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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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I did want to be the top sniper.
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You’re not just going out there, maybe sacrificing your own life. There’s also sacrifices still going on at home. You can serve in the military and have a good marriage, but you just need to be aware of it so you can take those steps to take care of it.
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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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It’s not a problem taking out someone who wants your people dead. That’s not a problem at all.
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War is hell. Hollywood fantasizes about it and makes it look good; war sucks.
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I don’t know if I’m the best of the best. But I did know that if I quit, I wouldn’t be.
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I have a master chief that always said, punch and run.
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