#ragged

I nursed men back to sanity who were driven to despair. I solicited clothes for the ragged children, for the desperate mothers. I laid out the dead, the martyrs of the strike. ↗

— Mary Harris Jones

#children #clothes #dead #despair #desperate

When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits. ↗

— Allen Klein

#being #constantly #dealing #death #down

My dad dragged me to a Bruce Springsteen concert as a kid. It was my first concert, but I fell asleep in the middle. My second concert was Weezer on the 'Pinkerton' tour, and 'Pinkerton' is the reason why I'm doing this. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#bruce #bruce springsteen #concert #dad #doing

You can't let a candidate run for too long. He will be dragged along, cut apart, put back together and ripped to shreds again - from both the political opponents and the media. ↗

— Peer Steinbruck

#along #apart #back #both #candidate

I can see how you could get dragged into the bad stuff, but I've got good friends around me, good family. I think I've got my head screwed on. ↗

— Harry Styles

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Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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