I’m trying to raise the awareness of the troops that, when they deploy and go to war, it’s not just them at war – it’s also their family. Their family is having to go through all the hardships and the stresses.
CHRIS KYLEI 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.
More Chris Kyle Quotes
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The media cause more problems than they do good.
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Just because war is hell doesn’t mean you can’t have a little fun.
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There’s no reason someone who has fought for their country should be homeless or jobless.
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In my experience, Marines are gung ho no matter what. They will all fight to the death. Everyone of them just wants to get out there and kill. They are bad-ass, hard-charging mothers.
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It is our duty to serve those who serve us.
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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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None of my problems come from the people I’ve killed.
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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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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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I really don’t care what people think of me.
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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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I would love for people to be able to think of me as a guy who stood up for what he believed in and helped make a difference for the vets.
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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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MY REGRETS ARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE I COULDN’T SAVE—Marines, soldiers, my buddies. I still feel their loss. I still ache for my failure to protect them.
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