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War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.


Carl von Clausewitz

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CARL WILSON In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
CARL WILSON I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Me...
CARL WILSON I remember growing up always loving the guitar. I used to love to watch the people play on the Count...
CARL WILSON I thought Jimi Hendrix... was just phenomenal.
CARL WILSON I've made some films for the military that are teaching things like cultural awareness and leade...
CARL WEATHERS When I start to get that few pounds, which I try to monitor, then I just pull back. So it's real...
CARL WEATHERS My first love was acting. I went to Sidney Poitier films as a kid. I sat in the theater and dreamed ...
CARL WEATHERS