"When I was in the Army, the unit I served in, you could never stop. It was a volunteer unit, and there was a fairly high rate of attrition. The people who stayed through are the people who were either great at it or the people who just didn't know how to stop. And I fell into that second category."

-- Michael Arad

#Army Quotes #People Quotes #Volunteer Quotes

“I deserve to be happy. I'm sad it took me so long to get that. But I get it now.”
“At least, the sun had the decency to stay the hell away from us.”
“I'm a very proud Australian, always bragging about our country wherever I am in the world.”
“The future has many names: For the weak, it means the unattainable. For the fearful, it means the unknown. For the courageous, it means opportunity.”
“We didn't believe in fate, but we believed in serendipity. We felt very lucky.”
“Yeah we shine, gold cluster. As for your career? Dead, Ghost Busters.”
“Exposure to the arts and culture is enormously valuable.”
“Word meanings are like stretchy pullovers, whose outline contour is visible, but whose detailed shape varies with use.”

Source : Jean Aitchison (1997). “The Language Web: The Power and Problem of Words - The 1996 BBC Reith Lectures”, p.65, Cambridge University Press

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