#strike

A labor strike will tear away a lot of the good things going for this league. ↗

— Ron Jaworski

#going #good #good things #labor #league

We are so bound together that no man can labor for himself alone. Each blow he strikes in his own behalf helps to mold the universe. ↗

— Jerome K. Jerome

#behalf #blow #bound #each #helps

His Majesty needs a can-I girl anyway. And I’m not it.” “A can-I girl?” Andrea frowned. I leaned back. “ ‘ Can I fetch you your food, Your Majesty? Can I tell you how strong and mighty you are, Your Majesty? Can I pick out your fleas, Your Majesty? Can I kiss your ass, Your Majesty? Can I . . .” It dawned on me that Raphael was sitting very still. Frozen, like a statue, his gaze fixed on the point above my head. “He’s standing behind me, isn’t he? ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#food

Americans believe that people should work hard and get ahead on their own, but when disaster strikes and they need help with retirement or disability, Americans as a whole should come to their aid. ↗

— Jacob Hacker

#aid #believe #come #disability #disaster

Bet you can't even name one romantic movie you like," she teased. She felt smug when a few minutes went by and Oliver was still unable to name one romantic movie he could profess to enjoy. The Empire Strikes Back," Oliver finally declared, tapping his horn at a Prius that wandered over the line. The Empire Strikes Back? The Star Wars movie? That's not romantic!" Schuyler huffed, fiddling with the air conditioner controls. Au contraire, my dear, it's very romantic. The last scene, you know, when they're about to put Han in that freezing cryogenic chamber or whatever? Remember?" Schuyler mmm-hmmmed. And Leia leans over the ledge and says, 'I love you.'" That's cheesy, not romatic," Schuyler argued, although she did like that part. Let me explain. What's romantic is what Han says back. Remember what he says to her? After she says 'I love you'?" Schuyler grinned. Maybe Oliver had a point. "Han says, 'I know.'" Exactly," Oliver tapped the wheel. "He doesn't have to say anything so trite as 'I love you." Because that's already understood. And that's romantic. ↗

— Melissa de la Cruz

#i-love-you #love #remember #romantic #star-wars

Kate short-circuits my brain. In my head we always have these clear coherent exchanges, but once we meet, what comes out it is, “Kate, do what I say or I’ll kill you.” Her default reply is, “Fuck you!” and we go downhill from there. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#magic-strikes #brain

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face. ↗

— Albert Camus

#any #corner #face #feeling #man

Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off. ↗

— Bill Veeck

#almost #baseball #best #even #get

The real question was, here we had this information, Bin Laden intends to strike in the United States. We knew they had struck before in 1993 at the World Trade Center in the first bombing of the trade center. ↗

— Richard Ben-Veniste

#bin #bombing #center #first #had

It was a strike against me that I didn't wear baggy jeans and jerseys and that I never hustled, never sold drugs. ↗

— Kanye West

#baggy #hustled #i #jeans #me