The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.
Quotes about trench (16 Quotes)
The events inspired characters that truly existed, as well as fictitious people I had to invent. Sometimes the harsh reality was too much, too absurd. This was the case with the story of the cat who roamed from one trench to another and in the film ended up being imprisoned. In reality, the tom cat was accused of spying and was arrested by the French army, and then shot according to regulations.
Gradually I became aware of details: a company of French soldiers was marching through the streets of the town. They broke formation, and went in single file along the communication trench leading to the front line. Another group followed them.
If a garden require it, now trench it ye may, one trench not a yard, from another go lay Which being well filled with muck by and by, to cover with mould, for a season to lie.
I think the company recognized they have enough trouble getting into compliance with trench safety regulations and that they have enough work with inside plumbing work that they could walk away from this (trench) work.
Hysterias, trench confessions, laughter out of dead bellies.
It was trench warfare, it was arm to arm battle, it wasn't pretty stuff, it was fierce football and we came out on top. We ran out of luck last week and I thought we were due.
It has been mentioned that in Trench I there is evidence of three successive stages of these defences.
I'm definitely shy, so it was definitely acting for me to drop a trench coat and be in a bikini and try to get my cousins out of trouble by using my body. That was definitely acting,
The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain.
The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason.
The way we did it was really through trench warfare and really hard work. It wasn't easy, and we had to help convince the airlines that they could make a buck here.
The Dead-Beat He dropped, more sullenly than wearily, Lay stupid like a cod, heavy like meat, And none of us could kick him to his feet Just blinked at my revolver, blearily Didn't appear to know a war was on, Or see the blasted trench at which he stared. 'I'll do 'em in,' he whined, 'if this hand's spared, I'll murder them, I will.' A low voice said, 'It's Blighty, p'raps, he sees his pluck's all gone, Dreaming of all the valiant, that aren't dead Bold uncles, smiling ministerially Maybe his brave young wife, getting her fun In some new home, improved materially. It's not these stiffs have crazed him nor the Hun.' We sent him down at last, out of the way. Unwounded - stout lad, too, before that strafe. Malingering Stretcher-bearers winked, 'Not half' Next day I heard the Doc.'s well-whiskied laugh 'That scum you sent last night soon died. Hooray'
We wanted to create a new fit for London Fog, and the first thing we did was to deconstruct the trench and start again.
They pulled those (departments) with specialty teams, ... Chicago was sent, because they had personnel trained confined space and trench rescues. We were put on standby and were ready to respond that night but they told us at the last minute they didn't need us.
Today's black needs a shape, like a tulip skirt or a trench, not just drab black. It has glamour to it.