Sublime
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The Marine philosophy is to recruit for attitude and train for skills. Marines believe that attitude is a weapon system. We searched for intangible character traits: a quest for adventure, a desire to serve with the elite, and the intention to be in top physical condition.
Jim Mattis, Bing West • Call Sign Chaos
Like me, he read compulsively about war.
Phil Knight • Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
At a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island, the late Kurt Vonnegut informs his pal, the author Joseph Heller, that their host, a hedge fund manager, had made more money in a single day than Heller had earned from his wildly popular novel Catch 22 over its whole history. Heller responds, “Yes, but I have something he will never have . . . E... See more
John Bogle • "Enough"
The only Martian military success was the capture of a meat market in Basel, Switzerland, by seventeen Parachute Ski Marines.
Kurt Vonnegut • The Sirens of Titan
