#mates

As individuals, we are shaped by story from the time of birth; we are formed by what we are told by our parents, our teachers, our intimates. ↗

— Helen Dunmore

#formed #individuals #intimates #our #parents

Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#capital #companions #fellows #grown #mates

There's nothing like working with your mates - it's the way it should be, as far as I'm concerned. ↗

— Heath Ledger

#concerned #far #i #like #mates

We were pretty good mates until the Beatles started to split up and Yoko came into it. It was more like old army buddies splitting up on account of wedding bells. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#army #beatles #bells #buddies #came

I was an OK boxer, I wasn't great, I was OK, but I loved the discipline of getting together every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, usually Saturday afternoons too, with a whole bunch of mates and training, very, very hard for about two-and-half hours. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#boxer #bunch #discipline #every #friday

The other inmates stand in a long straight line, flanked by guards, and I am dragged past them. I do not respect them, because they will not run - will not try to escape. ↗

— Jack Henry Abbott

#because #dragged #escape #guards #i

And I'd be lying if I told you that as a black man in baseball I hadn't gone through worse times than my teammates. ↗

— Curt Flood

#black #gone #hadn #i #lying

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#conceive #estimates #false #great #i

I was somewhat out of place among my classmates; I could not be as bohemian as they were. ↗

— Erno Rubik

#bohemian #classmates #could #i #out

I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform. ↗

— Ryne Sandberg

#ever #i #manager #never #opponent