“ Alliance. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third. ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
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“ Now, you mummy's darlings, get a rift on them boots. Definitely shine em, my little curly-headed lambs, for in our mob, war or no war, you die with clean boots on. ”
- Gerald Kersh- Copy
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“ Poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, something as necessary as bread in the pockets of the hungry. ”
- Mary Oliver- Copy
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“ We condemn this. Israel left the Gaza Strip and has no right to return under any pretext such as the firing of missiles, which I also condemn strongly. ”
- Mahmoud Abbas- Copy
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“ I went over to say hi to Rob and he introduced me to Wayne and Fred. I had made a radical purchase of some brown Beatle boots. Wayne was like 'Where did you get those boots! Who is this guy? ”
- Michael Davis- Copy
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“ The game is on a precipice but hopefully we can dismiss one of my former clubs from the competition. ”
- Bobby Robson- Copy
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“ You never know where some might be for dismissal. I've heard an occasional Republican say they might consider that. On the other hand, I do not believe the motion to dismiss will pass next Monday. ”
- Orrin Hatch- Copy
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“ Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block. ”
- Joni Mitchell- Copy
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“ In the end we are all sacked and it's always awful. It is as inevitable as death following life. If you are elevated there comes a day when you are demoted. Even Prime Ministers. ”
- Alan Clark- Copy
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“ A fact is like a sack — it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have to put in it all the reasons and feelings that caused it in the first place. ”
- Luigi Pirandello- Copy
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“ No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official. There is only one thing that can get him sacked; and that is drink. Not even that, as long as he doesn't actually fall down. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
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“ If a chairman sacks the manager he initially appointed, he should go as well. ”
- Brian Clough- Copy
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“ The safest course for public officials is simply to throw all of the money in a sack. ”
- Dave Freudenthal- Copy
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“ We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. ”
- Booker T. Washington- Copy
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