The only way you get on in this profession is to have the reputation o…

George S. Patton
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The only way you get on in this profession is to have the reputation of doing what you are told as thoroughly as possible. ✨ Letter to Frederick Ayers on May 05, 1943. The Patton Papers 1940-1945. Book edited by Martin Blumenson, p. 242, 1996.
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The only way you get on in this profession is to have the reputation of doing what you are told as thoroughly as possible. ✨ Letter to Frederick Ayers on May 05, 1943. The Patton Papers 1940-1945. Book edited by Martin Blumenson, p. 242, 1996.

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