Patrolling Quotes

• He inclined his head at my dress. "What's the occasion?" "Homecoming," I said, twirling. "Like?" "Last I heard, Homecoming requires a date." "About that," i hedged. "I'm sort of...going with Scott. We both figure a high-school dance is the last place Hank will be patrolling." Patch smiled, but it was tight. "I take that back. If Hank wants to shoot Scott, he has my blessing.

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  Becca Fitzpatrick

  School   Blessing   Dresses  

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.774, Simon and Schuster

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• Anyway, now she thinks of Estha and Rahel as Them, because, separately, the two of them are no longer what They were or ever thought They would be. Ever. Their lives have a size and a shape now. Estha has his and Rahel hers. Edges, Borders, Boundaries, Brinks and Limits have appeared like a team of trolls on their separate horizons. Short creatures with long shadows, patrolling the Blurry End. Gentle half-moons have gathered under their eyes and they are as old as Ammu was when she died.

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  Arundhati Roy

  Team   Eye   Moon  

  Arundhati Roy (2002). “The God of Small Things”, p.3, Penguin Books India

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• If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.

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  Howard Zinn

  Tyrants   Ideas   Soldier  

  Howard Zinn, Dean Birkenkamp, Wanda Rhudy (2016). “Uncommon Sense: From the Writings of Howard Zinn”, p.17, Routledge

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• Absolutely, it's a Sunni area. So the key here, once Ramadi is taken that you have the Sunni tribal fighters, Sunni police in there patrolling the city.

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  Tom Bowman

  Taken   Keys   Cities  

  "Examining The Ramadi Offensive, Is It Working?". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. December 24, 2015.

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• The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.

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  Robert Baden-Powell

  Wisdom   Responsibility   Giving  

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• Recently, while I was in England, I saw a documentary on the BBC about the border between India and Pakistan at Wagah. When the border closes each evening around six o' clock, the soldiers on each side do these amazing high-stepping peacock march-offs (like a dance-off). The displays are almost identical on each side and thousands gather to watch them. Though they're patrolling along their separate borders, what comes across is how similar they are.

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  Matthea Harvey

  India And Pakistan   Soldier   Borders  

  Source: www.raintaxi.com

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• When I was 18 years old, in a more innocent time, my first backpacking trip through Europe, I sneaked into the Temple of Saturn in the Roman Forum after nightfall and spent several hours in there avoiding the guards patrolling.

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  Guy Gavriel Kay

  Years   Europe   Saturn  

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• I commanded a naval gunboat patrolling the Mekong Delta. Then when I came home after two tours of duty, I decided that the same sense of service demanded something more of me.

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  John F. Kerry

  Home   Two   Duty  

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