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1 " It was an article of faith with NCOs [noncommissioned officers] that they were better than their officers. And they were usually right. Certainly I had been happy with mine. They had done plenty of good work for me. "
― Lee Child , Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher, #13)
2 " I'm a rich man. To have everything you need is the definition of affluence. "
3 " You see four guys bunched on a corner waiting for you, you either run like hell in the opposite direction without hesitation, or you keep on walking without slowing down or speeding up or breaking stride...Truth is, it's smarter to run. The best fight is the one you don't have. But I have never claimed to be smart. Just obstinate, and occasionally bad-tempered. Some guys kick cats. I keep walking. - Jack Reacher "
4 " Delta is full of guys who can stay awake for a week and walk a hundred miles and shoot the balls off a tsetse fly, but it’s relatively empty of guys who can do all that and then tell you the difference between a Shiite and a trip to the latrine. "
5 " Look, don't see, listen, don't hear. The more you engage, the longer you survive. "
6 " Two choices, as always: fight or flight. We were on 56th Street’s southern sidewalk. I could have run straight across the road and tried to get away. But Leonid and his pal were probably faster than me. The law of averages. Most humans are faster than me. The old lady in the summer dress was probably faster than me. Her old gray mutt was probably faster than me. "
7 " a quarter, "
8 " Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in his shoes. Then when you start criticizing him, you’re a mile away and he’s got to run after you in his socks." - Jack Reacher "
9 " si vis pacem para bellum. "
10 " Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in his shoes. Then when you start criticizing him, you’re a mile away and he’s got to run after you in his socks. "
11 " and was lost to sight. I turned around and got set to head "
12 " And I read a book that figured the part about the virgins is a mistranslation. The word is ambiguous. It comes in a passage full of food imagery. Milk and honey. It probably means raisins. Plump, and possibly candied or sugared.” “They kill themselves for raisins?” “I’d love to see their faces. "
13 " This isn’t the Wild West.” “You got that right. This is the timid West. We need to roll the clock back. "
14 " There’s a lot of tension right now between Russia and the Ukraine. "
15 " With his life. But Springfield is just one guy. "
16 " A veces nuestros amigos se convierten en nuestros enemigos, y a veces nuestros enemigos se convierten en nuestros amigos. "
17 " empty place opposite with eyes too "
18 " They were Ukrainians,” I said. “Is there a difference?” “I’m sure the Ukrainians think so. The Russians put their minorities out front, and their minorities didn’t like it. "
19 " track "
20 " which leads to the Bronx. You can get to Yankee Stadium that way, although other routes are better. "