A Quote by Stanley A. McChrystal

The military likes to figure out how to do something, put it in a manual or an operating procedure, and perfect doing it, and have everyone do it the same way. I don't like that.

Stanley A. McChrystal

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Stanley A. McChrystal
American - Footballer
Born: August 14, 1954

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

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I've always had a determination to perfect whatever I'm doing. If I can't do something, I work on it until I figure it out.

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Paul Kalanithi

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