#beaten

As a reward for their efforts, however, those early Christians were beaten, stoned to death, thrown to the lions, tortured and crucified. Every conceivable method was used to stop them from talking. ↗

— Josh McDowell

#christians #conceivable #crucified #death #early

I wish I had the ability to crack wise, generally. You know, without getting punched. There's no way I could do it while getting beaten up. Definitely. ↗

— Guy Pearce

#beaten #could #crack #definitely #generally

It's important to have people who will say to you that you're really off the beaten track. ↗

— Liz Phair

#important #off #people #really #say

I'd like to go on a hardcore safari in Africa, something off the beaten track with anti-poaching people and camping out in the savannah. ↗

— Dominic Monaghan

#beaten #camping #go #hardcore #i

If you go into a bar in most places in America and even say the word poetry, you'll probably get beaten up. But poetry is a really strong, beautiful form to me, and a lot of innovation in language comes from poetry. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

#bar #beaten #beautiful #comes #even

The pressure began to mount as I kept winning every time and people were anxious to see if I could be beaten. ↗

— Jahangir Khan

#beaten #began #could #every #every time

The only folk I can judge are people like Woody Allen who I think is a genius, largely because I think he has beaten the system. He has his own company, and his films are all his own ideas. It's his direction, and so it comes out the way he imagined it. ↗

— Nigel Kneale

#beaten #because #comes #company #direction

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says "I was beaten," he does not say "My men were beaten". ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#beaten #chief #does #i #man

I had a good chance when I went to Beijing and the guy who beat me, I'd beaten him three weeks before and he went on to win silver. ↗

— Billy Joe Saunders

#beaten #before #beijing #chance #good

The recent history of Ukraine is replete with dead journalists, beaten journalists, news agencies being shut down, and politicians being injured or killed. Most are killed in mysterious auto accidents. ↗

— Bob Schaffer

#agencies #auto #beaten #being #dead