#ended

The first year of the Bush administration we used up all of the surplus and ended up just with the Social Security and Medicare surplus, and each year worse than the year before. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#before #bush #bush administration #each #ended

But I'm a humorist. I'm not a reporter, I never pretended to be a reporter. ↗

— David Sedaris

#i #never #pretended #reporter

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#advantage #baseball #being #cricket #ended

There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy. ↗

— William Shenstone

#commended #day #envy #fine #fine day

I know that throughout their history, the people of the United States defended their freedom, their liberty, their justice, and their rights - if need be - with their lives. I think their courage is so admirable. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#courage #defended #freedom #history #i

Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put a child to sleep in a sweet way. ↗

— Holly Near

#child #intended #lullaby #much #music

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards. ↗

— John Henry Newman

#ends #great #hazards #intended

I was shooting a bikini promotion in Mahe in the Seychelles in 1980 when there was a military coup and I, along with a roomful of other people, ended up being kidnapped and held hostage at gunpoint in a windowless room with no ventilation for 36 hours. ↗

— Brigitte Nielsen

#being #bikini #coup #ended #held

Our coach was absolutely out of his head. He must have read Bear Bryant's book. We had 78 players out. The first day 35 quit. Twenty quit the second day. We ended with 17 players. It was depressing. ↗

— Merlin Olsen

#bear #book #bryant #coach #day

We don't consider the battle has ended in Afghanistan... The battle has begun and its fires are picking up. These fires will reach the White House, because it is the center of injustice and tyranny. ↗

— Mohammed Omar

#battle #because #begun #center #consider