#served

My husband was an Air Force pilot man years ago and recently an Air Force wife thanked me for my service! I laughed and said, 'No, I wasn't in the Air Force, my husband was!' And she smiled and said, 'If he served, you served. And thank you.' ↗

— Robyn Carr

#air #air force #force #husband #i

Whenever we have thanked these men and women for what they have done for us, without exception they have expressed gratitude for having the chance to help - because they grew as they served. ↗

— Clayton Christensen

#chance #done #exception #expressed #gratitude

Each player, it will be observed, has eight superior Pieces or officers, and eight minor ones which are called Pawns; and, for the purpose of distinction, the Pieces and Pawns of one party are of a different color from those of the other. ↗

— Howard Staunton

#color #different #different color #distinction #each

Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he wants to do. ↗

— Robin G. Collingwood

#freedom #his #lives #man #own

The brave and capable women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have performed admirably. ↗

— Susan Davis

#brave #capable #iraq #performed #served

As the lower parts of the Japanese houses and shops are open both before and behind, I had peeps of these pretty little gardens as I passed along the streets; and wherever I observed one better than the rest I did not fail to pay it a visit. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#before #behind #better #both #did

Insofar as international law is observed, it provides us with stability and order and with a means of predicting the behavior of those with whom we have reciprocal legal obligations. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#insofar #international #international law #law #legal

Ballet-girls have a bad reputation, which is in most cases well deserved. ↗

— Henry Mayhew

#cases #deserved #most #reputation #well

I wanted to further my education, so I went on to get a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and came back and served about ten years in the Canadian Navy as what we call a combat systems engineer. ↗

— Marc Garneau

#back #call #came #canadian #combat

One year, I was nominated for entertainer of the year, and I didn't think I deserved it. ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#entertainer #i #nominated #think #year