#claim

Logan was talking about the Civil War, which claimed the lives of more than 500,000 Americans. He wanted to provide Civil War veterans with a day to pay respects to their fellow soldiers who did not live to see the end of the war, without losing a day's pay. ↗

— Doc Hastings

#civil #civil war #claimed #day #did

It was called the Reclaim Guide. It was just a general protest guide that went over security culture and stuff like that. A small portion of that guide dealt with explosives information. ↗

— Sherman Austin

#culture #dealt #explosives #general #guide

We're very lucky to be able to go back and reclaim something that was a very special part of all our lives. ↗

— Roger Andrew Taylor

#back #go #lives #lucky #our

I began to turn my body, but he held me and laid me back onto the bed, insistently, kissing my breasts but not lingering, kissing a line down my stomach and lower. “You want me to prove to you that I want you more than I’ve ever wanted anything in my life, Roses. Is that true, aye? Because I just can’t take this anymore.” I gasped as he licked into my sensitive flesh, wetting me with his soft strokes, speaking soft words against my skin. “If you insist on doubting me, Roses, if you absolutely insist on breaking down every defense that I have with your tears and your plush, wet, ripe beauty, then that’s what I’ll have to do, lass. Is that what you want from me? Proof?” I could only sigh a soft response, already falling, burning, wanting too much. ↗

— Juliette Miller

#juliette-miller #roses #wilkie #beauty

It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#confess #defect #easier #quality #than

I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures or that the Jewish song is better than the song of my neighbor. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#claim #culture #cultures #i #jewish

Those who claim to have had happy lives seem to be silly fools. ↗

— Taylor Caldwell

#fools #had #happy #lives #seem

I certainly don't know if you could claim that every theft is wrong, but I'll prove to you that every theft is forbidden, by simply locking you up. ↗

— Karel Capek

#claim #could #every #forbidden #i

An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community - as SNCC does - must work to provide that community with a position of strength from which to make its voice heard. This is the significance of black power beyond the slogan. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#black #claims #community #does #heard

Lawyers claim that their clients have been grossly mistreated, which is what criminal defense lawyers are paid to do. ↗

— Kenneth Starr

#claim #clients #criminal #defense #grossly