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There are 45 quotes for the author R. Lee Ermey

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I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot.

It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.

The year before last, I was so busy answering normal mail that I had to recruit my wife, daughters and son to help with addressing envelopes.

There's a lot of whiners in every crowd.

Even though I disagree with many of the changes, when I see the privates graduate at the end of the day, when they walk off that drill field at the end of the ceremony, they are still fine privates; outstanding, well motivated privates.

You'd be surprised how many kids and young people come to the website and send me email that they are actually going into the Marine Corp because of something that I said or did.

I honestly do feel that I am a role model for young people.

My favorite contemporary book is Black Hawk Down. My favorite non-contemporary book is Mutiny on the Bounty.

The first thing a drill instructor did in the morning was march those privates up to the mess hall, get them seated and have them say their prayers.

We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!

The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.

There was a huge, tremendous amount of disabled veterans and the Veteran's Administration just wasn't geared up for it. I know for a fact that it's getting better and better.

I got space from Travis Air Force Base, went back to the Philippine Islands and made it a point to meet the only American casting director in the Philippines. I was off and running.

I got to write most of everything I said.

In very early 1966, we needed to get warm bodies to Vietnam, so the recruit training was cut down to eight weeks.

Oh, I'm no big hero. I got hurt heading for the bunkers - me and my guys.

Kubrick ate it up. He loved it. He just let me go crazy.

The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more.

I'm a charter member of the Marine Corp Drill Instructor Association, so I know exactly what the changes have been.

I tell you, drill instructors were the most motivated people that I've ever met.

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