#accident

My fiancee's brother-in-law was recently paralysed in an accident and it really brought home the fact that thousands of young people live with spinal injuries. It's an issue I wish had more coverage. ↗

— Gary Lineker

#brother-in-law #brought #coverage #fact #fiancee

Communities and neighborhoods are affected. Idling trains, traffic backups, grade crossing accidents and other safety issues all affect the quality of life in our neighborhoods. ↗

— Bill Lipinski

#affect #affected #communities #crossing #grade

It will no longer be war that is the continuation of politics by other means, it will be what I have dubbed 'the integral accident' that is the continuation of politics by other means. ↗

— Paul Virilio

#continuation #dubbed #i #integral #longer

Bad as was being shot by some of our own troops in the battle of the Wilderness, - that was an honest mistake, one of the accidents of war, - being shot at, since the war, by many officers, was worse. ↗

— James Longstreet

#bad #battle #being #honest #many

Save for minor ailments and accident, my battalion is practically immune from sickness; colds come and go as a matter of course, sprains and cuts claim momentary attention, but otherwise the health of the battalion is perfect. ↗

— Patrick MacGill

#ailments #attention #battalion #claim #come

The lion's share of what I hear right now are people who, intentional or accidental, have avoided all jazz prior to 1960. And all the musicians who were successful in the '60s spent their entire lives, prior to 1960, listening to all the musicians these people avoid. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#avoid #avoided #entire #entire lives #hear

If I hurt someone, if I were to accidentally poke someone's eye out, I would laugh. And then I'd say, 'I'm sorry, I really do feel bad,' but then I'm on the floor rolling. ↗

— Rachel McAdams

#bad #eye #feel #floor #hurt

But I've never felt objectified. Nothing you see me do is an accident. ↗

— Eva Mendes

#felt #i #me #never #nothing

I might act like it's an accident but the opposite is true. I'm incredibly calculated when it comes to my career. ↗

— Eva Mendes

#act #calculated #career #comes #i

In fact, I heard Bird first, and had got well into listening to him. You know, it's the kind of accidental thing that awareness of a player is: what's available, what somebody happens to play for you. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#available #awareness #bird #fact #first