Commandos Quotes

• From the sea came a boat with some Israeli commando soldiers who took me by the commando boat to the yacht and put me on the yacht. In the yacht I asked people, who are you. And they said we are Israelis, French and British.

  Mordechai Vanunu

  Sea, People, Soldier

  "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.counterpunch.org. August 18, 2004.

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• I was hired to do as many Boy Commando, Newsboy Legion, and Sandman stories as I could.

  Gil Kane

  Boys, Stories, Sandman

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• It's lovely to get to say hello to people you've always admired from afar, but the fun really starts out front with people going commando whilst wearing daring mud suits.

  KT Tunstall

  Fun, People, Lovely

  Glastonbury Festival site interview, June 22, 2007.

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• You'll have to go commando." "Is there any other way?

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Way

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Linger”, p.85, Scholastic Inc.

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• My proudest moment was when I was in high school, some jackass tried to give me a wedgy. I came prepared, I went commando. It tickled.

  Jared Leto

  School, Giving, Moments

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• My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education – from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.

  Baz Luhrmann

  Father, Dancing, Magic

  "Portrait of the artist: Baz Luhrmann, director". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. October 25, 2010.

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• Sometimes you do know, in 'Commando' when I said 'I lied', I knew that it was going to be a funny line. I've never had a bad line.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Lines, Sometimes, Lied

  Source: screenrant.com

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• I trained with an ex-Navy Seal. We shot a lot of guns. Real bullets... I underwent commando training.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Real, Gun, Training

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• That's why I'm going to kill you and see how Haruhi Suzumiya reacts.

  Nagaru Tanigawa

  Action Movie

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• Let me tell you humans something. You are not fighters. You don’t have what it takes to actually change your current living situations. You can’t even organize a decent group to combat oppression. How can beings of such low stature hope to do anything? You are not heroes. Stop pretending you are helping by playing commando and get out of the way of someone who can.

  Charles Lee

  Hero, Groups, Way

  Charles Lee (2014). “The Way To Dawn: Dominion of Eden”, p.85, BookBaby

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• Israeli murderers are called "commandos," Arab commandos are called "terrorists."

  George Carlin

  Humorous, Terrorist, Murderer

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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• The US military has achieved a decisive blow against al-Qaeda with its commando action against Osama Bin Laden and his killing.

  Angela Merkel

  Military, Blow, Als

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• Iraqi commandos landed at George W. Bush's compound, assassinated him, and dumped his body in the Atlantic.

  Noam Chomsky

  Body, Compounds, Dumped

  "Noam Chomsky: My Reaction to Osama bin Laden’s Death". www.guernicamag.com. May 6, 2011.

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• The SAS Reserve tends to be made up of former paratroopers and commandos who still want a challenge, but it is open to civilians.

  Bear Grylls

  Challenges, Want, Made

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• Here Stormbringer spies the Stepsons, the Theban fighters, and the 3rd Commando, attending to their own. In the face of such unflinching determination and unswerving devotion, the hurricane pauses and calms. Its ravings turn to mutters.

  Janet Morris

  Loyalty, Determination, Revenge

  Janet Morris, Chris Morris (2010). “The Sacred Band”, p.491, Paradise Publishing

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• I guess we both lose the bet. What bet Thomas asked entering the room. Boxers or briefs Jeanne Louise answered. I was betting boxers and Elspeth thought briefs. Instead he went commando!! So be warned ladies, don't assume they are wearing any undies!!

  Lynsay Sands

  Entering, Boxers, Rooms

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• He strips his shirt over his head and I catch my breath, watching those long hard muscles ripple. I know how his shoulders look, bunched, when he's on top of me, how his face gets tight with lust, as he eases inside me. "Who am I?" "Jericho" "Who are you?" He kicks off his boots, steps out of his pants. He's commando tonight. My breath whooshes out of me in a run-on word: "Whogivesafuck?

  Karen Marie Moning

  Running, Long, Lust

  Karen Marie Moning (2012). “Shadowfever: Fever:”, p.430, Hachette UK

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• The general's staff is a handpicked collection of killers, spies, geniuses, patriots, political operators and outright maniacs. There's a former head of British Special Forces, two Navy Seals, an Afghan Special Forces commando, a lawyer, two fighter pilots and at least two dozen combat veterans and counterinsurgency experts. They jokingly refer to themselves as Team America, taking the name from the South Park-esque sendup of military cluelessness, and they pride themselves on their can-do attitude and their disdain for authority.

  Michael Hastings

  Attitude, Team, Military

  "The Runaway General: The Profile That Brought Down McChrystal" by Michael Hastings, www.rollingstone.com. June 22, 2010.

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• Now for a good twelve-hour sleep, I told myself. Twelve solid hours. Let birds sing, let people go to work. Somewhere out there, a volcano might blow, Israeli commandos might decimate a Palestinian village. I couldn't stop it. I was going to sleep.

  Haruki Murakami

  Sleep, Blow, Volcanoes

  Haruki Murakami (1993). “Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel”, Vintage

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• She would try picturing him in his underwear, but that was even more disturbing since all it did was make her hot and even more nervous… He had to be the only man alive who could pull off intimidating in his tighty-whities. God, what if all that massive hotness was commando?

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Men, What If, Trying

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2008). “Acheron: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.475, Macmillan

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