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I like to say I'm not a hero.

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I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.

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Good generalship is the realisation that you've got to figure out how to accomplish your mission with the minimum loss of human life.

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I may have made my reputation as a general in the Army, and I'm very proud of that. But I've always felt that I was more than one-dimensional. I'd like to think I'm a caring human being.

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I can't even begin to visualize myself as a five-star general... When I think of the people who are five-star generals, I can't even see myself standing in their shadow.

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I am not one of these guys who is just going to waste American lives by throwing people needlessly in frontal attacks up against the enemy if I can avoid doing that.

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For the entire first part of my career, I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.

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I am living proof that if you catch prostate cancer early, it can be reduced to a temporary inconvenience, and you can go back to a normal life.

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Fish are a renewable resource, and one of the problems we've had is people feel obliged to catch the limit, then throw 'em in the garbage can.

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When I fish, I stop thinking about anything else. But truth be told, if you want to declare victories, I can tell you the fish have won a lot more than I have. It's interesting that something with a brain the size of a fish's can outsmart us humans, who think we are el supremo.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Soldier

Born: August 22nd, 1934

Died: December 27th, 2012

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