George W. Bush has gathered around him upper-crust C-students who know no history or geography.
For me war has become a flat, black depression without highlights, a revulsion of the mind and an exhaustion of the spirit.
Marines have a cynical approach to war. They believe in three things; liberty, payday and that when two Marines are together in a fight, one is being wasted. Being a minority group militarily, they are proud and sensitive in their dealings with other military organizations. A Marine's concept of a perfect battle is to have other Marines on the right and left flanks, Marine aircraft overhead and Marine artillery and naval gunfire backing them up.
I love the infantry because they are the underdogs. They are the mud-rain-frost-and-wind boys. They have no comforts, and they even learn to live without the necessities. And in the end they are the guys that wars can't be won without.
Thoughts are wonderful things, that they can bring two people, so far apart, into harmony and understanding for even a little while.
The closest fires were near enough for us to hear the crackling flames and the yells of firemen. Little fires grew into big ones even as we watched. Big ones died down under the firemen's valor only to break out again later.
War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth.
Mr. Cooper, have you looked in the mirror lately and seen the state of your nose?
It's probably the last thing you think about when you're making a film is other people's problems. You're thinking about your problem, which is making the movie. But you do have a responsibility. You can't mess around with people's emotions.
I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.
One thing I detest, I have to say, is when a shoe is too soft, and it's molding to the foot. This is quite disgusting. And I really, really hate incredibly long shoes, where the last is very pointy, almost like Aladdin.