#drafted

I was drafted during the Korean War. ↗

— Clint Eastwood

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The other thing that happened was my last military assignment - this was in the air force; I had enlisted in order to avoid being drafted as a private, and of course I only practiced medicine or psychiatry in the air force so I was never in any kind of violent combat. ↗

— Robert Jay Lifton

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It was a dream come true to be drafted by a pro team and have the opportunity to play. ↗

— Jamie Moyer

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The average bright young man who is drafted hates the whole business because an army always tries to eliminate the individual differences in men. ↗

— Andy Rooney

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

— Rick James

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I was happy that I was drafted, and then it was the Yankees and that just made it even better. ↗

— Nick Johnson

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I catch myself judging myself as that 13-year-old boy, who, of course, rightfully points out that he is only a child. And my membership - well, I was drafted into the Waffen-SS and didn't exactly volunteer, which was just as idiotic. I wanted to be on the submarines and then ended up with the Waffen-SS. ↗

— Gunter Grass

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I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003. ↗

— David Cone

#baseball #baseball player #drafted #high #high school

But although Australia was also involved in the Vietnam conflict, I can remember my dad telling us that if we were in Australia, we wouldn't be drafted until we were 20. ↗

— Mel Gibson

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I figured that pitchers had a better chance of getting drafted than fielders, so I decided I should be a pitcher. But I never expected to be picked in the first round. I wasn't even sure I'd get picked at all. ↗

— Dwight Gooden

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