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• I never killed anybody and I never developed an intense level of hatred for the enemy. Because my war ended before I ever put on a uniform; I was on active duty all my time at school; I killed my enemy there.

  John Knowles

  War, School, Hatred

  John Knowles (2014). “A Separate Peace”, p.172, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm actually a hardcore otaku who likes maids more than having three meals a day. And I only read books related to maids. Also, I only visit maid cafes. Of course, I also collect maid figurines. I play games which feature female maids and it turns me on so much. Then I'll wear the maid uniforms and jump in joy. I'll take my leave now.

  Hiro Fujiwara

  Book, Games, Play

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• Drill and uniforms impose an architecture on the crowd. An army's beautiful. But that's not all; it panders to lower instincts than the aesthetic. The spectacle of human beings reduced to automatism satisfies the lust for power. Looking at mechanized slaves, one fancies oneself a master.

  Aldous Huxley

  Beautiful, Army, Power

  Aldous Huxley (1954). “The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Point counter point”

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• I have always loved fashion since I was a kid and customized my school uniforms.

  Victoria Beckham

  Fashion, School, Kids

  "MarieClaire.com Exclusive: Victoria Beckham Tells All". Interview with Kevin Sessums, www.marieclaire.com. October 6, 2010.

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• Were the succession of stars endless, then the background of the sky would present us an uniform luminosity, like that displayed by the Galaxy-since there could be absolutely no point, in all that background, at which would not exist a star. The only mode, therefore, in which, under such a state of affairs, we could comprehend the voids which our telescopes find in innumerable directions, would be by supposing the distance of the invisible background so immense that no ray from it has yet been able to reach us at all.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Stars, Distance, Science

  Edgar Allan Poe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Illustrated)”, p.1325, Delphi Classics

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• We hated the Giants. We just hated the uniform.

  Carl Furillo

  Giants, Hated

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• ...America has enjoyed the doubtful blessing of a single-track mind. We are able to accommodate, at a time, only one national hero; and we demand that that hero shall be uniform and invincible. As a literate people we are preoccupied, neither with the race nor the individual, but with the type. Yesterday, we romanticized the "tough guy;" today, we are romanticizing the underprivileged, tough or tender; tomorrow, we shall begin to romanticize the pure primitive.

  Ellen Glasgow

  Hero, Thoughtful, Thinking

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• I haven't missed a game in two-and-a-half years. I go to the park as sick as a dog and, when I see my uniform hanging there, I get well right now. Then I see some of you guys (media) and I get sick again.

  Pete Rose

  Dog, Get Well, Media

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• We trust in plumed procession
  For such the angels go
  Rank after rank, with even feet/And uniforms of snow.

  Emily Dickinson

  Angel, Feet, Snow

  Emily Dickinson, Helen Vendler (2010). “Dickinson”, p.47, Harvard University Press

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• As for the eastern part of the former Soviet Union, the picture is rather uniform. Authoritarian structures prevail to differing extents. But we can still determine certain regularities, and the role of Russia is not to be underestimated. It is clear that we would have the same situation in Tajikistan and, let's say, Uzbekistan without the direct influence of Russia.

  Garry Kasparov

  Russia, Uzbekistan, Roles

  Source: www.rferl.org

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• Shame, isn’t it? That we only like our heroes out in the street when they are looking their best and their uniforms are ‘spit and polished,’ and not when they’re showing us the wounds they suffered on our behalf.

  Jacqueline Winspear

  Life, Hero, Shame

  Jacqueline Winspear (2003). “Maisie Dobbs”, p.171, Soho Press

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• We don't want any candy stripes on our uniforms. These are work clothes.

  Darrell Royal

  Clothes, Stripes, Want

  Darrell Royal, Robert Heard (1976). “Dance with who Brung Us: Quips and Quotes from Darrell Royal”

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• When I was 13, I kind of got into the punk scene. I realized it was easier to wear a pair of combat boots and jeans and a beat-up T-shirt. I think of it as a uniform: Ya know, if you're a Maytag man, you put on your bow tie. I still have T-shirts from when I was that age.

  Justin Theroux

  Men, Thinking, Jeans

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I'm constantly thinking about design, shapes, patterns and colors, so I just want to be more of a blank canvas. But there is a comfort in knowing what you're going to wear, and that probably comes from Catholic school, where I wore a uniform for 10 years.

  Prabal Gurung

  School, Thinking, Knowing

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• What signifies Philosophy that does not apply to some Use? May we not learn from hence, that black Clothes are not so fit to wear in a hot Sunny Climate or Season, as white ones; because in such Cloaths the Body is more heated by the Sun when we walk abroad, and are at the same time heated by the Exercise, which double Heat is apt to bring on putrid dangerous Fevers? The Soldiers and Seamen, who must march and labour in the Sun, should in the East or West Indies have an Uniform of white?

  Benjamin Franklin

  Philosophy, Exercise, West Indies

  Benjamin Franklin (1806). “The Complete Works, in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Now First Collected and Arranged: with Memoirs of His Early Life, Written by Himself ; in Three Volumes”, p.109

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• Nike is the uniform for kids all over the world, and African design has been killed by Nike. Africans no longer want to wear their own designs.

  M.I.A.

  Nike, Kids, Design

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• Do you have agendas for your children that are more important than the children themselves? Lost in the shuffle of uniforms, practices, games, recitals, and performances can be the creative and joyful soul of your child. Watch and listen carefully. Do they have time to daydream? From their dreams will emerge the practices and activities that will make self-discipline as natural as breathing.

  William Martin

  Dream, Children, Self

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• When men set out to kill and bully, they dress up. Suit of armor. Combat boots. Uniform.

  Timothy Leary

  Men, Suits Of Armor, Bully

  Timothy Leary (2012). “High Priest”, p.127, Ronin Publishing

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• In baseball, democracy shines its clearest. The only race that matters is the race to the bag. The creed is the rule book. And color, merely something to distinguish one team's uniform from another's.

  Ernie Harwell

  Baseball, Team, Book

  Ernie Harwell (1986). “Tuned to Baseball”, Taylor Trade Publishing

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• The other would be the real one, composed entirely of young enthusiasts in camouflage uniforms, who would not be put on display, but from whom impossible efforts would be demanded and to whom all sorts of tricks would be taught. That's the army in which I should like to fight.

  Jean Larteguy

  Military, Real, Fighting

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• The world today is experiencing a profound and rapid socio-cultural transformation. But the changes do not occur at a uniform pace, and the discrepancies in the change process have differentiated the various countries and regions of our planet.

  Gustavo Gutiérrez

  Country, Profound, Pace

  Gustavo Gutiérrez (1988). “A theology of liberation: history, politics, and salvation”

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• Good writing ... involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the tight-fitting uniform of language, making them visible and clear.

  Pat Conroy

  Writing, Agony, Language

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• Congress has a responsibility to make sure our taxpayer dollars are being spent responsibly and effectively, and at the same time, that our men and women in uniform have everything they need to carry out the War on Terror.

  Larry Craig

  War, Responsibility, Men

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• In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury raised cautions against mass media, especially the television, which dumb down human sensibilities and coerce everybody's thoughts into a single uniform value, allowing human to forget the fundamental action of "having one's opinion". As a result, the society deteriorates. I decided to exhibit [Edward] Kienholz's work which features television as its subject, as well as the Big Double Cross as works that represent this warning.

  Yasumasa Morimura

  Media, Dumb, Fundamentals

  Source: u-in-u.com

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• I'll never take for granted the opportunity to put on a Dodger uniform.

  Clayton Kershaw

  Opportunity, Granted, Dodgers

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