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• Blackwater USA has already taken in more than $1 billion from the public coffers. All in all, that's not a bad take for Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater and a Naval Academy dropout who served less time under the colors of the nation, in uniform, than my most recent pair of boots.

  Robert Bateman

  Taken, Color, Usa

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• At this point in history when all things which concern man and the structure and elements of history itself are suddenly revealed to us in a new light, it behooves us in our scientific thinking to become masters of the situation, for it is not inconceivable that sooner than we suspect, as has often been the case before in history, this vision may disappear, the opportunity may be lost, and the world will once again present a static, uniform, and inflexible countenance.

  Karl Mannheim

  Opportunity, Men, Thinking

  "Ideology and Utopia". Book by Karl Mannheim, 1936.

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• Well, I enjoy sharing in the dangers that we ask our men and women in uniform to share in almost every day.

  Hugh Shelton

  Men, Share, Danger

  "America's New War: Responding to Terrorism". "CNN Larry King Live", www.cnn.com. October 1, 2001.

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• Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.

  Joseph Addison

  Courage, Men, Bravery

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• In no way was I intending to say, nor have I ever thought, that the men and women who defend our nation in uniform are anything but courageous and valiant, and I offer my apologies to anyone who took it wrong.

  Bill Maher

  Apology, Men, Way

  "Maher Apologizes for 'Cowards' Remark". abcnews.go.com. September 20, 2001.

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• No Congress ever has seen fit to amend the Constitution to address any issue related to marriage. No Constitutional Amendment was needed to ban polygamy or bigamy, nor was a Constitutional Amendment needed to set a uniform age of majority to ban child marriages.

  Judy Biggert

  Children, Issues, Age

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• Change your mind about playing doctor?" "No, but I hear candy-striper uniforms are pretty cute.

  Rachel Vincent

  Cute, Doctors, Mind

  Rachel Vincent (2013). “Soul Screamers Volume Three: If I Die\Never to Sleep\Before I Wake”, p.532, Harlequin

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• Masculinity varies from time to time and place to place. But it doesn't exist just in the mind of a single guy: it is shared withthe other guys. It is a code of conduct that requires men to maintain masculine postures and attitudes (however they are defined) at all times and in all places. Masculinity includes the symbols, uniforms, chants, and plays that make this the boys' team rather than the girls' team.

  Frank Pittman

  Girl, Attitude, Team

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• Sage, aren't you guys supposed to have uniforms? This looks like what you usually wear.

  Richelle Mead

  Guy, Looks, Sage

  Richelle Mead (2011). “Bloodlines”, p.71, Penguin

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• We all join the President in applauding the sacrifices made by our brave men and women in uniform. But we must continue to provide them the tools they need to accomplish the difficult tasks they face.

  Dick Durbin

  Sacrifice, Men, Brave

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• You sweat out the free agent thing in November, then you make the trades in December. Then you struggle to sign the guys left in January, and in February I get down to sewing all the new numbers on the uniforms.

  Whitey Herzog

  Sports, Struggle, Sweat

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• What we do have to do, is listen to what Donald Trump's been saying about our military. He's called it a disaster. He says our military can't win anymore. That's a direct insult to every single man and woman who's wearing the uniform today.

  John R. Allen

  Military, Winning, Men

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• With respect to teachers' salaries .... Poor teachers are grossly overpaid and good teachers grossly underpaid. Salary schedules tend to be uniform and determined far more by seniority.

  Milton Friedman

  Teacher, Salary, Schedules

  Milton Friedman (2009). “Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition”, p.95, University of Chicago Press

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• Photography's a case of keeping all the pores of the skin open, as well as the eyes. A lot of photographers today think that by putting on the uniform, the fishing vest, and all the Nikons, that that makes them a photographer. But it doesn't. It's not just seeing. It's feeling.

  Don McCullin

  Photography, Eye, Thinking

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• Our men and women in uniform put their lives on the line for our nation every day; they should not have to jeopardize their financial well-being as well.

  Mark Pryor

  Men, Lines, Financial

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• It’s trite to say that the world has gotten smaller in the age of globalization, but my travels have told me that it’s wrong to think that this means... there is some kind of uniform world culture.

  Norman Spinrad

  Mean, Thinking, Age

  "A Conversation with Norman Spinrad". Penguin Random House Interview, www.penguinrandomhouse.com.

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• Now, when Luke Skywalker unmasks his father, he is taking off the machine role that the father has played. The father was the uniform. That is power, the state role.

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Father, Roles

  Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.24, Anchor

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• Let the generations know that women in uniform also guaranteed their freedom.

  Mary Edwards Walker

  Freedom, Women, Generations

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• Eh. Hipster's not really a thing anymore. Plus, hipster or out of touch old dude? Same uniform really.

  Patrick Stump

  Hipster, Plus

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• I have loved football as an almost mythic game since I was in the fourth grade. To me, the game wasn't even grounded in reality. The uniform turned you into a warrior. Being on a team, the mythology of physical combat, the struggle against the elements, the narrative of the game.

  Steve Sabol

  Football, Team, Struggle

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

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• I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager, and never, ever your uniform.

  Ryne Sandberg

  Sports, Organization, Disrespect

  "Speech should be required reading" by Susan Crowell, www.farmanddairy.com. August 4, 2005.

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• More than 48 million men and women have served America well and faithfully in military uniform.

  Steve Buyer

  Military, Men, America

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• Uniform ideas originating among entire peoples unknown to each other must have a common ground of truth.

  Giambattista Vico

  Truth, Ideas, Common

  Giambattista Vico (2015). “The New Science of Giambattista Vico”, p.27, Cornell University Press

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• I want to win when the whole world is watching, ... I want to win a World Series in an Angels uniform.

  Vladimir Guerrero

  Angel, Winning, World

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• A good civilisation spreads over us freely like a tree, varying and yielding because it is alive. A bad civilisation stands up and sticks out above us like an umbrella-artificial, mathematical in shape; not merely universal, but uniform.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Civilization, Tree, Alive

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