Uniforms Quotes - Page 15

• In the over two centuries since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, millions of Americans have bravely served our nation in uniform so that all generations can continue to enjoy those same liberties.

  Doc Hastings

  Two, Independence, Liberty

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• The years I spent in a Steelers uniform & the years I spent in the military stressed the importance of teamwork and the sacrifices you had to make to accomplish the mission.  And each emphasized individual responsibility and accountability.

  Rocky Bleier

  Teamwork, Military, Responsibility

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• If it was in my control, Id still be wearing a Red Sox uniform, because its the place I know, I love. All of those fans, Ill always remember. But Im also going to another great place. Im going to a phenomenal city with great tradition as well, phenomenal fans, great organization.

  Nomar Garciaparra

  Cities, Organization, Fans

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• You may need help or information from some nongovernmental organization, and the local person heading that NGO may be some West Coast, liberal-educated, no-leg-shaving, Birkenstock-wearing female uniform-hater. And you gotta deal with her.

  Dick Couch

  Organization, Legs, May

  Dick Couch (2007). “Chosen Soldier: The Making of a Special Forces Warrior”, p.300, Three Rivers Press

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• The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and social configuration; but the honing is uniform.

  George Steiner

  Impact, Media, Vision

  George Steiner (1991). “Real Presences”, p.27, University of Chicago Press

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• When the anchorman is wearing a colonel's uniform, it tells you something.

  Linda Ellerbee

  Anchorman, Colonels

  Linda Ellerbee (1987). “"And so it goes": adventures in television”, Berkley Pub Group

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• My desires are simply I love to teach, I love to be in uniform, I love to throw batting practice, I love to be with the kids.

  Gary Carter

  Kids, Practice, Desire

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• Them sportswriters don't even know how to put uniforms on, most of 'em.

  Eric Dickerson

  Ems, Know How, Knows

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• When my dad first started out in the police force, wearing the uniform was a sense of pride, and it was respected in the community for what the police force was all about. Unfortunately today, the uniform is a target.

  Jerry Doyle

  Dad, Pride, Community

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. November 25, 2002.

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• My uniform is sweatpants, so crusted over with dried paint that they're as hard as a table. I wear T-shirts that are also covered in paint, and Crocs.

  Caio Fonseca

  Tables, T Shirt, Shirts

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• Michael Jordan always wore his Carolina shorts under his Bulls' uniform.

  Lorrie Fair

  Bulls, Jordan, Carolina

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• I know all the bad things that happened in that war. I was in uniform four years myself.

  Ronald Reagan

  Funny, War, Years

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• These days, it's often women in uniform - moms, wives, even grandmothers - who deploy and leave their families behind.

  Tulsi Gabbard

  Mom, Grandmother, Wife

  "House women DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 04, 2012.

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• I always like to incorporate one or two chic accessories that contrast with the more gritty look of my daily uniform: a leather jacket and jeans.

  Johan Lindeberg

  Leather Jackets, Jeans, Two

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• I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff.

  Zosia Mamet

  Girl, Sports, Volleyball

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I believe in a uniform for work, but why, because we're men, do we have to be ghettoised into grey suits?

  Stuart Rose

  Believe, Men, Suits

  "Marks & Spencer's Stuart Rose: 'I'm like a £3.49 chicken jalfrezi! It's got punch, it's got zest, and it's just fabulous to be with'". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. May 30, 2009.

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• I want to be a traveling circus in that big-league uniform, like everybody else.

  Dontrelle Willis

  League, Want, Circus

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• While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war.

  John Yoo

  War, Law, Fighter

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• A writer should express criticism and indignation at the dark side of society and the ugliness of human nature, but we should not use one uniform expression.

  Mo Yan

  Dark, Expression, Criticism

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• At 39, I was back in a Red Wings uniform and loving it.

  Ted Lindsay

  Wings, Red

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• Individualism is going around these days in uniform, handing out the party line on individualism.

  Wendell Berry

  Party, Lines, Individualism

  Wendell Berry (2003). “The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry”, p.84, Counterpoint

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• Baseball people are generally allergic to new ideas; it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms, and it is the hardest thing in the world to get Major League Baseball to change anything—even spikes on a new pair of shoes—but they will eventually...they are bound to.

  Branch Rickey

  Baseball, Shoes, Ideas

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• We are not to consider the world as the body of God: he is an uniform being, void of organs, members, or parts; and they are his creatures, subordinate to him, and subservient to his will.

  Isaac Newton

  Science, World, Body

  Sir Isaac Newton (1782). “Isaaci Newtoni Opera quae exstant omnia”, p.262

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• It was Plato, according to Sosigenes, who set this as a problem for those concerned with these things, through what suppositions of uniform and ordered movements the appearances concerning the movements of the wandering heavenly bodies could be preserved.

  Plato

  Plato, Science, Movement

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• And yet we have brave men and women who are willing to step forward because they know what's at stake. They're willing to sacrifice their lives for this great country. What I'm asking all of you tonight is not to put on a uniform. Put on a bumper sticker.

  Rick Santorum

  Country, Sacrifice, Men

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