Quotes 201 till 220 of 256.
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Thou art all ice. Thy kindness freezes.
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Time is the water in which we live, and we breathe it like fish. ... Time pours into us and then pours out again. In between the two pourings we live our destiny.
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To achieve the mood of a warrior is not a simple matter. It is a revolution. To regard the lion and the water rats and our fellow men as equals is a magnificent act of a warrior's spirit. It takes power to do that.
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To an observer situated on the moon or on one of the planets, the most noticeable feature on the surface of our globe would no doubt be the large areas covered by oceanic water. The sunlit face of the earth would appear to shine by the light diffused back into space from the land and water-covered areas.
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To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.
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Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as oil does above water.
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Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.
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Unpretending mediocrity is good, and genius is glorious; but a weak flavor of genius in an essentially common person is detestable. It spoils the grand neutrality of a commonplace character, as the rinsings of an unwashed wine-glass spoil a draught of fair water.
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Venice, Italy, survives 365 days out of every year in water; New Orleans can survive a few days of water if it has to.
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Water doesn't hurt a vinyl record. Put it into a dishwasher and you're fine.
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Water from the white fountain didn't taste any better than from the black fountain.
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Water is important to people who do not have it, and the same is true of control.
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Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.
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Water is life, and clean water means health.
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Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.
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Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.
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We all like to congregate at boundary conditions. Where land meets water. Where earth meets air. Where bodies meet mind. Where space meets time. We like to be on one side, and look at the other.
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We have a wretched motley crew, in the fleet; the marines the refuse of every regiment, and the seamen, few of them, ever wet with salt water.
Source: Letter to General Gates (21 September 1776), in Battle of Valcour on Lake Champlain, October 11th, 1776 by Peter Sailly Palmer(1876) p. 5
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