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Poor people have poor options. Chavez found the Army almost by accident, and had found it a true open of security and opportunity and fellowship and respect.Tom Clancy
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There is no seamen in the world who prefers a slow ship to a fast one. The painters painted better, the cooks took a little more time with the meals, and the technicians tightened the bolts just a little more. Their ship was no longer a cripple, and pride broke out in the crew like a rainbow after a summer shower.Tom Clancy
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The point of life was to press on, to do the best you can, to make the world a better place.Tom Clancy
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I understand why we do that now. It’s a help, not a threat. It’s something to remind you how important words are. Ideas are important. Principles are important. Words are important. Your word is the most important of all. Your word is who you are.Tom Clancy
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The only real difference between a wise man and a fool, Moore knew, was that the wise man tended to make more serious mistakes–and only because no one trusted a fool with really crucial decisions; only the wise had the opportunity to lose battles, or nations.Tom Clancy
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Jack looked out the window as they passed the Mormon temple, just outside the beltway near Connecticut Avenue. A decidedly odd-looking building, it had grandeur with its marble columns and gilt spires. The beliefs represented by that impressive structure seemed curious to Ryan, a lifelong Catholic, but the people who held them were honest and hardworking, and fiercely loyal to their country, because they believed in what America stood for.Tom Clancy