“Maybe this is just horrible bad, but I think I've had enough successes to where the journey is more important to me now. There's no guarantee, no matter what. We get one run in life.”
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A distinguished military graduate of Missouri State University, Paul D. Walker served two tours in Vietnam and went on to a thirty-year career in the armored cavalry division, earning sixteen awards for valor and achievement. He earned master’s degrees in both international relations and public administration from Shippensburg University and taught political science and history at a local university in Salt Lake City. He is a member of the Civil War Round Table, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Purple Heart Society, Vietnam Veterans of America, and American Legion. He has published two additional books on military strategy and history with Pelican: The Cavalry Battle That Saved the Union: Custer vs. Stuart at Gettysburg and Truman’s Dilemma: Invasion or The Bomb. Walker resides in Salt Lake City, Utah.-Arcadia Publishing
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“Maybe this is just horrible bad, but I think I've had enough successes to where the journey is more important to me now. There's no guarantee, no matter what. We get one run in life.”
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“That's one thing about Hollywood. People don't always want what's real. People always want a little more. So for me, it's a compromise. Here you go, that hyper-reality.”
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“Sometimes the hurdles aren't really hurdles at all. They're welcome challenges, tests.”
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“I'm not affected by violence the way some people are. I don't know why, but I enjoy that intensity.”
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“I fell in love with the ocean when I was just a little kid, four or five years old, I was a junior ranger, I was going out and doing intertidal stuff, walking around and sticking my finger i...”
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“There's a lot of guys that just get comfortable with their positions and rest on their laurels. I had to earn my way.”
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“I learned a long time ago that if you subscribe and believe the good, you have to believe the bad. My measure is my heart and what I know.”
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“I hope I'm in a position to make stuff that I really want to make as opposed to stuff that I just have to make for money reasons, or to sustain a certain marquee value.”
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“I used to believe in one true soul mate, but not anymore. I believe you can have a few.”
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“My motto is, you have to get in a sport a day.”
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“My philosophy is: If you can't have fun, there's no sense in doing it.”
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“I have an airplane hangar with 17 cars in it. That's no joke. I have a 'half pipe' in there, too - you know, like a big ramp, where I skateboard. It's awesome. It's the ultimate fantasy.”
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“One game that drives me crazy, is when a guy gives the girl they really like more attention, and then they feel like maybe they pressed too hard, so they back way off and start giving other...”
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“I've always wanted to race cars, ever since I was a young boy, as I think a lot of guys have.”
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“I'm one of those people that think certain things happen at certain times for all the right reasons.”
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“Basically, you're selling a world as an actor, right? I mean it's like any sales person: if you believe in your product, you know your product, you sell it a lot better.”
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“We're only on the earth for a short period of time. Movies aren't enough. I want to take my success and parlay it into something bigger and better.”
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“I surf; I skateboard. I'm from Southern California. I never thought I was going to be an actor. And to be honest with you, I never really thought of myself as one.”
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“I'm a problem solver. I love people. The more complicated they are, the more I get into them, and I just want to understand what makes them tick.”
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“I'm a surfer. I grew up in Southern California and used to surf twice a day, every day.”
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