#served

Honest men are so very rare, they are often mistaken for criminals, for rebels, for madmen. What were your crimes, anyway, but to be different?' 'Robbery the first time, and I served seven years. When they caught me again there were eighty-four counts, with fourteen murders.' Cosca cocked an eyebrow. 'But we're you truly guilty?' 'Yes' He frowned for a moment then waved it away. 'Nobody's perfect. Lets leave the past behind us. ↗

— Joe Abercrombie

#men

I was tortured, and probably half of it was deserved, but I was bullied - so much so that there were days when I was like, 'I can't go to school today.' I was too scared. ↗

— Chelsea Handler

#days #deserved #go #half #i

I joined the Army in 1965 and served with the 11th Hussars, which I loved. The regiment was so relaxed - a salute was more like a friendly wave. ↗

— Antony Beevor

#friendly #i #joined #like #loved

It was only about sixty years ago that the expansion of the universe was first observed. ↗

— Michael Behe

#ago #expansion #first #observed #only

More than 48 million men and women have served America well and faithfully in military uniform. ↗

— Steve Buyer

#faithfully #men #men and women #military #million

When I finished the role of Christ, I felt as though I'd been let out on parole. A man who has served 18 months isn't eager to go back to prison. ↗

— Max von Sydow

#been #christ #eager #felt #finished

In such an environment, I was able to study things that could be of immediate usefulness to the world. That learning experience undoubtedly served me well when I eventually entered the work force. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

#could #entered #environment #eventually #experience

Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#angry #deserved #envy #ingredients #justice

The interests of the United States are better served by demanding reform and seeing that reform takes place than by removing our influence from the UN. ↗

— Jesse Helms

#demanding #influence #interests #our #place

The universe as we know it is a joint product of the observer and the observed. ↗

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

#know #observed #observer #product #universe