#army

The International Brigades provided a shock force while the Republic trained and organized an army from an assemblage of individuals. The Spanish people knew they were not fighting alone. ↗

— Bill Alexander

#army #assemblage #brigades #fighting #force

Sixteen- and 17-year-olds pay taxes and can join the army, so surely they should in turn be given their right to vote. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#given #join #pay #right #should

Since I'm allergic to various things, the army wouldn't accept me during the war, and I got into the Office of War Information, which sent music to Europe. ↗

— Elliott Carter

#allergic #army #during #europe #got

The bottom line is the Kiss Army is growing by leaps and bounds. ↗

— Ace Frehley

#bottom #bottom line #bounds #growing #kiss

I never joined the army for patriotic reasons. ↗

— Isaac Rosenberg

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My father was an army champion boxer... in the British army. And so he loved boxing and talked it up as a sport. But then when my brother and I were beating the crap out of each other, he was always trying to tone it down. But I am a fan of boxing. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#am #army #beating #boxer #boxing

I was going to get drafted, but I didn't really want to go into the Army. ↗

— Rick James

#drafted #get #go #going #i

None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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I got out of the Army - in my world - I came to New York, for instance, when the civil rights movement was just beginning, and that created a certain energy, a certain rumble, a certain impetus for black actors. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#beginning #black #came #certain #civil

When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two years at the American Theater Wing, studied acting, which involved dance and fencing and speech classes and history of theater, all that. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#after #american #army #classes #dance