Injured Quotes - Page 3

• Nurses quietly go about their work in a noble profession, uncelebrated soldiers toiling through the days and nights in service to the sick, the injured and the dying.

  Steve Lopez

  Night, Nurse, Sick

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• Today, the Muslim world is injured and corrupt. People who are the enemies of all Muslims are trying to cause disunity in the Islamic world by intensifying ethnic difference and separating people under names such as 'Shia and Sunni', 'Arabs and non-Arabs'.

  Ali Khamenei

  Islamic, Names, Differences

  "Ethnic Cleansing Operation in Myanmar Nothing Short of Sadistic: UK Analyst". en.humanrights-iran.ir. September 17, 2017.

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• I've played hockey most my life and I've never been badly injured...Three weeks into curling I've got bone chips in both my elbows. I still can't lean on a table. I've even got curling injuries, believe it or not, just from falling on my arse.

  James Allodi

  Sports, Believe, Fall

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• They saw their injured country's woe.

  Philip Freneau

  Country, Memorial Day, Woe

  Philip Freneau (1963). “The Poems of Philip Freneau: Poet of the American Revolution (Complete)”, p.521, Library of Alexandria

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• They saw their injured country's woe;
  The flaming town, the wasted field;
  Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
  They took the spear, - but left the shield.

  Philip Freneau

  Uplifting, Country, Memorial Day

  Philip Freneau (1963). “The Poems of Philip Freneau: Poet of the American Revolution (Complete)”, p.521, Library of Alexandria

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• As many know, and especially those who may have young sons or daughters at colleges or universities, the last thing you want to hear is a call that perhaps one of your children was injured or, even worse, lost their life in a tragic fire at a dorm or campus housing.

  Vito Fossella

  Daughter, Mother, Children

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• If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want - Why? Because (a) you'll burn all the calories you consume, (b) you deserve it, and (c) you'll be injured soon and back on a restricted diet anyway.

  Don Kardong

  Inspirational, Running, Track And Field

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• God's message extends beyond borders. Anyone in the world can learn to forgive those who have injured them, however great or small that injury may be.

  Immaculee Ilibagiza

  Spiritual, Forgiving, Borders

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• According to the National Crime Survey administered by the Bureau of the Census and the National Institute of Justice, it was found that only 12 percent of those who use a gun to resist assault are injured, as are 17 percent of those who use a gun to resist robbery. These percentages are 27 and 25 percent, respectively, if they passively comply with the felon's demands. Three times as many were injured if they used other means of resistance.

  Gary Kleck

  Mean, Gun, Justice

  "Policy Lessons From Recent Gun Control Research". Article by Gary Kleck, 1986.

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• We shall suffer no attachment to literature, no taste for abstract discussion, no love of purely intellectual theories, to seduce us from our devotion to the cause of the oppressed, the down trodden, the insulted and injured masses of our fellow men.

  George Ripley

  Men, Intellectual, Suffering

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• He threatens many that hath injured one.

  Ben Jonson

  Crime

  Ben Jonson, William Gifford (1816). “The Works of Ben Jonson ...: With Notes Critical and Explanatory, and Biographical Memoir”, p.59

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• Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.

  Henry Fielding

  Trust, Men, Ethics

  "The Life of Jonathan Wild the Great".

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• Make sure your son and daughter understands they don't get to decide when or where they go to war. It is rich, predominantly white men in the House and Senate that have the power to send children of other parents - but not their own children - off to die [and] be injured in a senseless war.

  Tomas Young

  Daughter, Children, Pain

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• A warrior can be injured but not offended. For a warrior there is nothing offensive about the acts of her fellow human beings, as long as she herself is acting in the proper mood.

  Robert Spencer

  Attitude, Warrior, Long

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• It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.

  Tacitus

  Hate, Hatred, Humans

  "The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus".

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• You could buy a car for fifty thousand dollars. A really nice car.” Ascanio’s eyes lit up. “A Hummer. You could buy a converted Hummer.” “You don’t need a Hummer.” I said. “Chicks dig the Hummer.” “You don`t need any chicks either.” He gave me an injured look. “I have needs.” “I have needs too and right now I need you to concentrate on tracking down Jamar`s collection. Get to it.” - Andrea & Ascanio

  Ilona Andrews

  Nice, Eye, Car

  Ilona Andrews (2012). “Gunmetal Magic: A Novel in the World of Kate Daniels”, p.95, Penguin

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• Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. "It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress. "I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff. "We've got Father and Mother, and each other," said Beth contentedly from her corner.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Girl, Mother, Father

  Louisa May Alcott (2015). “Annotated Little Women with English Grammar Exercises: by Louisa May Alcott (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)”, p.4, Powell Publications, LLC

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• Every time I get injured I measure it's severity by asking myself 'Would this stop me from going to Disneyland?'

  Chris Colfer

  Asking, Disneyland, Severity

  Twitter post from Jan 29, 2010

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• The terrorist attacks were a tragedy for the people who died or were injured, and for their families and friends. For the rest of us, they were a wake-up call as to what type of lunatics we are dealing with. And sleepwalking our way back into ill-sorted, dewy-eyed people personal politics is the last thing we need to set us up for the fight ahead. Come on you liberals, don't give me the morbid pleasure of saying, 'I told you so' again.

  Julie Burchill

  Fighting, People, Giving

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• I wish I could have won a lot more tournaments, but I got injured every time I played well.

  Marat Safin

  Wish, Wells, Tournaments

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• I got injured when I was a kid, and it prevented me from becoming a footballer.

  Matt Smith

  Kids, Becoming, Footballer

  "Q&A: Matt Smith" by Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. March 30, 2013.

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• My main goal is to stay healthy because when you're injured you realise how lucky you are to have your health.

  Maria Sharapova

  Health, Goal, Lucky

  "Come on girls, let's make a.. RACQUET". www.mirror.co.uk. June 17, 2010.

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• My father had a series of blue-collar jobs and never made more than $20,000 a year. When I was seven, he got injured on a job. That was a very important point - because of the injury, he couldn't walk, and the company he was working for did not pay him. There was no compensation. So there was no money and no food.

  Howard Schultz

  Jobs, Father, Blue

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• Remember, beneath every cynic there lies a romantic, and probably an injured one.

  Glenn Beck

  Love, Lying, Funny Relationship

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• Baseball calls it a curve ball for a reason: you just don't know where some pitches will land. Your ace could get injured. Your golden glover could err. Your team could sit through a rain delay. Your manager could get ejected. Your bench must be broad and deep enough to overcome.

  Christine Pelosi

  Baseball, Team, Rain

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