Jack Campbell quotes
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“You can’t win unless you try to win, but you can lose by trying not to lose.”
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“I need to stop getting into situations where all my options are potentially bad.”
-- Jack CampbellSource : Jack Campbell (2006). “The Lost Fleet: Dauntless”, p.40, Penguin
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“There are things we don't do. From this moment forth, let us all ensure our every action reflects well on us and our ancestors. Let us live to the highest standards, lest we win this war only to find ourselves staring in the mirror at the face of our late enemy.”
-- Jack CampbellSource : Jack Campbell (2006). “The Lost Fleet: Dauntless”, p.140, Penguin
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“Sagas wouldn't be interesting if terrible things didn't happen to the people in them.”
-- Jack CampbellSource : Jack Campbell (2008). “The Lost Fleet: Valiant”, p.184, Penguin
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“You can’t win unless you try to win, but you can lose by trying not to lose.”
-- Jack CampbellSource : Jack Campbell (2009). “The Lost Fleet: Relentless”, p.30, Penguin
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“Humans had spent thousands of years climbing out of caves and building technology so they could reach the moon and live in caves again.”
-- Jack CampbellSource : John G. Hemry, Jack Campbell (2000). “Stark's War”, p.73, Penguin
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“Security is not a license for people in authority to hide the tactics they would never openly admit to using.”
-- Jack CampbellSource : Jack Campbell (2012). “Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Invincible”, p.140, Penguin
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“Deplorable practices adopted during the last century were repeatedly declared necessary if regrettable in order to win the war. Oddly enough, we've yet to win. You'd think somebody would have asked before this why the regrettable but necessary measures haven't actually produced the promised results.”
-- Jack CampbellSource : Jack Campbell (2007). “The Lost Fleet: Courageous”, p.73, Penguin
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“He felt the comfort of being part of an eternal cycle symbolized by the gold strips on either side of the black mourning band he wore. Light, dark, light. The dark was just an interval.”
-- Jack CampbellSource : Jack Campbell (2009). “The Lost Fleet: Relentless”, p.144, Penguin
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“Winning has a joy and discrete purity to it that cannot be replaced by anything else.”
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“Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.”
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“Getting adjusted regularly is part of my goal to win in life and on the field.”
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“A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.”
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“Beginning with the first bite, and for every bite after, that try to chew ten times.”
Source : Aaron Hoopes (2010). “Zen Anti-Diet: Mindful Eating for Health, Vitality and Weight Loss”, p.14, Aaron Hoopes
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