#mission

I was tortured fifteen times, that's total submission. They did that with shutting off your blood circulation with ropes, giving you claustrophobia and pain at the same time, bending you double. ↗

— James Stockdale

#blood #circulation #did #double #fifteen

I broke down while at Oxford, was rejected by a record number of medical tribunals during the War, and finally got permission to leave Oxford and do civilian work till the War ended. ↗

— Leonard Alfred George Strong

#civilian #down #during #ended #finally

She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.' I said, 'Well fine. You want to be my agent and not make anything.' I thought, 'Boy, is she dumb.' ↗

— Amy Tan

#anything #boy #commission #dumb #fine

The Anti-Slavery public have generously responded to our appeal, and sent the means to enable us to fit them out well, to pay their passages, supply them with many useful articles and give the Missionaries money to sustain themselves for a while. ↗

— Lewis Tappan

#articles #enable #fit #generously #give

The mission for the day is to encourage students to think beyond traditional career opportunities, prepare for future careers and entrance into the workplace. ↗

— Allen Tate

#career #career opportunities #careers #day #encourage

The question is what I wanted to do with the new life God has given me. This is the mission I want to take on. ↗

— Billy Tauzin

#god #i #life #me #mission

All of these reissues were not authorized by me, I do not endorse them, the live album was put out without my permission, and I've not seen a dime at this point, either. ↗

— Jello Biafra

#authorized #dime #either #endorse #i

Rendezvous day is the third day of our mission, and that's a big day for us. ↗

— Duane G. Carey

#day #mission #our #rendezvous #third

And it turned out that the Roberts Commission did not fully utilize the information available and that it came to conclusions which were I think quite short sighted and, indeed, in some cases, scapegoated individuals. ↗

— Richard Ben-Veniste

#came #cases #commission #conclusions #did