#pi

For fear of dropping the troops in the sea, the pilots tended to drop them too far inland - some of them actually in the British lines. The weapon containers often fell wide of the troops, which was another handicap that contributed to our excessive casualties. ↗

— Kurt Student

#another #british #casualties #containers #contributed

The secondary attack was made against The Hague. Its aim was to get a hold upon the Dutch capital, and in particular to capture the Government offices and the Service headquarters. ↗

— Kurt Student

#aim #attack #capital #capture #dutch

That's my ambition: that you look at the pictures and realize what complex, fascinating, interesting people every single one of my subjects is. ↗

— Jock Sturges

#complex #every #fascinating #interesting #interesting people

When you're jumping, it's just an aggressiveness, but I think the exhilaration and the fun comes after you make the bar and you're falling. That's the best part - a few seconds to celebrate and relax. ↗

— Jenn Suhr

#aggressiveness #bar #best #best part #celebrate

When I look at designer books I am sometimes puzzled why they don't share their inspiration, when it's obvious somebody had such great inspiration. ↗

— Anna Sui

#books #designer #great #had #i

When I started my own business, my main reason for designing clothes was that I wanted to dress rock stars and the people who went to rock concerts. It didn't go beyond that aspiration at that point. ↗

— Anna Sui

#beyond #business #clothes #concerts #designing

My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil's mind, and behold, all things are changed! ↗

— Anne Sullivan

#behold #changed #happened #heart #joy

I feel a social responsibility. We need to open people's eyes. There is a lack of education in Ethiopia. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#ethiopia #eyes #feel #i #i feel

I do not believe that I have had an interview with anybody in twenty-five years in which the person to whom I was talking was not annoyed during the early part of the interview by my asking stupid questions. ↗

— Harry Stack Sullivan

#anybody #asking #believe #during #early

But I like to know that someone is stronger than I am. I want to be able to know that if I get tired, somebody is there to hold up the fort. I like knowing that I can't pick a refrigerator alone. God did not make me strong enough to do that. ↗

— Donna Summer

#alone #am #did #enough #fort