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Like most graduate students, I took my studies far more seriously than I had as an undergraduate. I sometimes think of my undergraduate studies as a survival reality show, but I wanted to do well in graduate school and felt I had the proper attitude and life experience to do so.

— Martin Dempsey No Time For Spectators: The Lessons That Mattered Most From West Point to the West Wing (2020)

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There are people in our lives who may know more about what's good for us than we do.

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