Barney Ross on lock
Barney Ross7 quotes“The gunner’s mate came up and started breaking the locks on the ammunition. Everything was locked up for fear that someone might go in there with a cigarette or something.”
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After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.
Barney RossBarney Ross All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves.
Barney RossBarney Ross I’d get a shell, they weighed about 80 pounds I think, but when I was 19 or 20 that was nothing. I’d take a shell and a bag of powder, I’d put it in the hoist and then I would send it up to the gun.
Barney RossBarney Ross I was standing on the deck of the USS Blue, a destroyer. We were all alone out there at this buoy, tied up.
Barney RossBarney Ross I was 20 years old at Pearl Harbor. I was in the Navy about a year and four months before the war.
Barney RossBarney Ross Everything was black in the harbor, but there were still some fires burning on the ships.
Barney RossBarney Ross
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Anamika GargAnamika Garg She is everything and nothing at all.
Ava NicoleAva Nicole She built her castle at rock bottom.
Harriet SelinaHarriet Selina Keep growing into yourself.
Sophia JoanSophia Joan They tell you to be grateful for what you have. But you are also allowed to be sad for what you have lost.
Sabina LauraSabina Laura what the sky is to a bird is like a dream for a dreamer.
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Are you keeping anything else from me? Im keeping a lot of things from you. Like? Like the way i feel about being locked up in here with you. You have no idea what you do to me.
Becca FitzpatrickBecca Fitzpatrick We are caught inside a mystery, veiled in an enigma, locked inside a riddle
Terence McKennaTerence McKenna Maggie, we’re through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door.
Tennessee WilliamsTennessee Williams I can’t pass a bookstore without slipping inside, looking for the next book that will burn my hand when I touch its jacket, or hand me over a promissory note of such immense power that it contains the formula that will change everything about me.
Pat ConroyPat Conroy We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.
Tennessee WilliamsTennessee Williams Done time in the lock-up, done time on the streets. Done time on the upswing, and time in defeat.
Jerry GarciaJerry Garcia I mean, it saves you from ultimately from the boredom of having one point of view, like being locked in a room with nothing but your own point of view, your own references.
Jerry GarciaJerry Garcia We need, in effect, to make the phantom ‘lock-boxes’ around the trust fund real.
Alan GreenspanAlan Greenspan