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On the night of the 1st of September we observed for the first time signs of the natives being in the neighbourhood. Fires were seen on the low land near Cape Frederick Henry, and at daylight we saw the natives with our glasses.
— William Bligh
Tags: being, glasses, night, time
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
— Hector Berlioz
Tags: unfortunately, great, teacher, time
Proclaiming a sexual preference is something that straight men never really have to bother with.
— Lance Loud
Tags: straight, something, never, men
If cancer was a mugger you would at least throw a punch. What's different?
— Lawrence Wray
Tags: motivational, lymphoma, inspirational, health, chemotherapy, chemo, cancer
We love a lot of vampire fiction - both fiction in which the vampires are enemies to be battled or stone cold foxes to be dated.
— Sarah Rees Brennan
Tags: cold, stone, enemies, love
The range of weapons at the disposal of military powers is terrifying in its capacity to damage the world and its inhabitants, perhaps even to bring humanity's long story to its end.
— Margaret MacMillan
Tags: end, humanity, long, world
I would love to do an action film.
— Noah Centineo
Tags: would, film, action, love
I was a 'reverence for life' man - 'see life steadily and see it whole' - in my days as a lecturer in English lit. We are, I argued, if not exactly 'saved' by reading, at least partially 'repaired' by it: made the better morally and existentially.
— Howard Jacobson
Tags: reading, better, man, life
Once you get married, women are still implicitly expected to do the majority of the housework and take care of any future children.
— Jessica Valenti
Tags: children, future, you, women
I became a connoisseur of that nasty thud a manuscript makes when it comes through the letter box.
— James Herriot
Tags: makes, nasty, box, through
On 'CSI: NY,' the audience knew I was a really good guy, and I caught the bad guy.
— Hill Harper
Tags: audience, bad-guy, bad, good
I first picked up a guitar when I was ten years old; my parents surprised me with it for my tenth birthday. I started taking lessons when I was thirteen, but only for a few months, and then I just kept teaching myself.
— Alessia Cara
Tags: guitar, me, birthday, myself
Our weather patterns are mercurial. What you must remember about Great Britain is we have a uniquely temperate climate not shared by any other country in Europe. We can grow plants from every country in the world. The result is 90% of the plants in our gardens are from other parts of the world.
— Roddy Llewellyn
Tags: weather, world, great, you
Sometimes I dress like what I want for lunch, because all I can think about is having a tuna sandwich.
— Mika
Tags: sometimes, lunch, think, dress
success awaits those who steadfastly commit to any requisite sacrifice
— Ken Poirot
Tags: successful-mind, successful-living, successful, success-strategies, success-self-improvement, success-quotes, success-in-life, success-in-business, success-coaching, success, steadfastness, steadfast-mind, steadfast, sacrifice-quotes, sacrifice-for-gain, sacrifice, requisite, delayed-gratification, committed, commitment-and-attitude, commitment, commit
The Earth is not endangered by humanity. But humanity is being seriously threatened by those who follow the guides of the WWF.
— Robert Zubrin
Tags: being, who, earth, humanity
Understanding dissolves fear. When we understand the true nature of our being, fears dissipate. We are spiritual beings, not human beings.
— Brian Weiss
Tags: true, spiritual, fear, nature
A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success.
— Alec Waugh
Tags: quit, praise, man, success
I watch an awful lot of old Hollywood movies - I'll devour anything with Bette Davis or Joan Crawford. My absolute favourite is 'Sunset Boulevard' starring Gloria Swanson.
— Amanda Donohoe
Tags: anything, old, movies, sunset
While we cannot close our eyes to what is happening around us, it is important for each of us as individuals to refuse to hate another human being and commit to compassion, love, peace and nonviolence in the world. In becoming aware and resistant to evil, we should be wary of becoming part of the evil ourselves.
— Laurence Overmire
Tags: wisdom, peace, nonviolence, hate, evil, compassion, close-our-eyes, awareness, activism
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