#laid

All the grand work was laid for people who came after me. The Supreme Court decided not to give it to me, so they gave it to two white guys. I think that's what they were waiting for. ↗

— Curt Flood

#came #court #decided #gave #give

However, even during the preparations for action, we laid our plans in such a manner that should there be progress through diplomatic negotiation, we would be well prepared to cancel operations at the latest moment that communication technology would have permitted. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#cancel #communication #diplomatic #during #even

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments. ↗

— George Washington

#burdens #governments #history #laid #marvel

It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it. ↗

— George Washington

#citizen #defense #down #enjoys #even

It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that is established when arms have been laid down. ↗

— Simone Weil

#been #cause #down #established #just

I don't know what's better gettin' laid or gettin' paid. ↗

— Kanye West

#gettin #i #know #laid #paid

We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language. ↗

— Benjamin Whorf

#dissect #down #laid #language #lines

By the breaking in of enraged merciless armies, flourishing countries have been laid waste, great numbers of people have perished in a short time, and many more have been pressed with poverty and grief. ↗

— John Woolman

#been #breaking #countries #enraged #flourishing

We laid the track on a smooth stretch of ground about one hundred feet north of the new building. ↗

— Orville Wright

#building #feet #ground #hundred #laid

Things went in a direction that I didn't want to go. I started doing bit parts and things that are pretty much laid out for people in my position. The parts were pretty generic. ↗

— Tina Yothers

#direction #doing #generic #go #i