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You can't help but... with 20/20 hindsight, go back and say, 'Look, had we done something different, we probably wouldn't be facing what we are facing today.'
Norman Schwarzkopf
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Norman Schwarzkopf
Age: 78 †
Born: 1934
Born: August 22
Died: 2012
Died: December 27
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Trenton
New Jersey
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
H. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
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Fear will keep you alive in a war. Fear will keep you alive in business. There's nothing wrong with fear.
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