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One of my favorite parts of the book:
"One day you will come to a fork in the road. And you're going to have to make a decision about what direction you want to go." [Boyd] raised his hand and pointed. "If you go that way you can be somebody. You will have to make compromises and you will have to turn your back on your friends. But you will be a member of the club and you will get promoted and you will get good assignments." Then Boyd raised the other hand and pointed another direction. "Or you can go that way and you can do something - something for your country and for your Air Force and for yourself. If you decide to do something, you may not get promoted and you may not get the good assignments and you certainly will not be a favorite of your superiors. But you won't have to compromise yourself. You will be true to your friends and to yourself. And your work might make a difference." He paused and stared. "To be somebody or to do something. In life there is often a roll call. That's when you will have to make a decision. To be or to do? Which way will you go?"
And also this line, when Boyd chewed out a married junior office when he was a base commander in 'nam:
"Your dick can cause you problems but it is not going to cause problems for America. I'm giving you a direct order to screw that Thai bitch every night until you are transferred out of here."
(BC the married jnr office had an affair with the daughter of a local thai contractor and then wanted to break it off bc he felt guilty, and the contractor was all up in arms against the base then...great shit...great book)