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018933f Assassins take no pride in fighting fairly. We take pride in winning. fair rule bite brawl killer lawless murderer no-holds-barred poisoner ruthless skirmish strike lose win pride fight Robin Hobb
1c92a15 In the meantime the strike is over, with a remarkably low loss of life. All is quiet, they report, all is quiet. In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest there is a leaf that falls. Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools. silence strike Alan Paton
2fd05a8 Fools will always break out o' bounds. to-margaret strike Elizabeth Gaskell
a00d32a So, there is no longer striking, nor work, but both simultaneously, that is to say something else: a magic of work, a trompel'oeil, a scenodrama (so as not to say a melodrama) of production, a collective dramaturgy on the empty stage of the social. work strike Jean Baudrillard
ca102d9 It is always the savage lads, with their love of excitement, who head the riot - reckless to what bloodshed it may lead. milton north south strike Elizabeth Gaskell
1d83de7 He asked about the newspaper strike, and true to form, he couldn't understand why both parties didn't simply communicate with each other and solve their problems. I told him not everyone was as smart as he was. negotiate solve problem smart strike parties Mitch Albom
8d1c177 "Harriet Hanson was an eleven-year-old girl working in the mill. She later recalled: I worked in a lower room where I had heard the proposed strike fully, if not vehemently, discussed. I had been an ardent listener to what was said against this attempt at "oppression" on the part of the corporation, and naturally I took sides with the strikers. When the day came on which the girls were to turn out, those in the upper rooms started first, and so many of them left that our mill was at once shut down. Then, when the girls in my room stood irresolute, uncertain what to do. . . I, who began to think they would not go out, after all their talk, became impatient, and started on ahead, saying, with childish bravado, " I don't care what you do . . . I am going to turn out, whether anyone else does or not," and I marched out, and was following by the others. As I looked back at the long line that followed me, I was more proud than I have ever since. . ." mil strike Howard Zinn