#taken

But there were women in the world, and from them each of our heroes had taken to himself a wife. The good ladies were no strangers to the prowess of their husbands. and, strange as it may seem, they presumed a little upon it. ↗

— Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

#good #had #heroes #himself #husbands

I have always held those political opinions which point to the universal brotherhood of man, no matter in what rank of life he may have taken his origin. ↗

— Alexander Mackenzie

#brotherhood #held #his #i #life

There is no such thing as death. In nature nothing dies. From each sad remnant of decay, some forms of life arise so shall his life be taken away before he knoweth that he hath it. ↗

— Charles Mackay

#away #before #death #decay #dies

I do believe at the end of the night when you're with your family, the character gets hung up on the door like a coat, and is there to be taken on the next morning. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#character #coat #door #end #family

There was the situation in Nicaragua where the Sandinistas had taken over a couple of years earlier. There was a civil war going on in El Salvador and there was a similar situation in Guatemala. So Honduras was in a rather precarious geographic position indeed. ↗

— John Negroponte

#civil war #couple #earlier #el salvador #geographic

I carried out my orders until arrested. I had no sense that I was spying, and I ask that this be taken into account in deciding my verdict. ↗

— Witold Pilecki

#arrested #ask #carried #deciding #had

I'm very self-conscious having my picture taken, so I clown around. My driver's license photo looks like a blonde Elvis. ↗

— Emily Procter

#blonde #clown #driver #elvis #having

Hey, over here! Have your picture taken with a reclusive author! Today only, we'll throw in a free autograph! But wait, there's more! ↗

— Thomas Pynchon

#autograph #free #here #hey #more

It's very difficult when there are pictures taken on the red carpet. I find those things so terrifying that another persona just kicks in. I don't recognise myself. ↗

— Joely Richardson

#carpet #difficult #find #i #just

I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#euclid #i #later #russell #taken