"If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them."
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"Tall ships and tall kings Three times three, What brought they from the foundered land Over the flowing sea? Seven stars and seven stones And one white tree. (The Two Towers)"
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"I love the sea's sounds and the way it reflects the sky. The colours that shimmer across its surface are unbelievable. This, combined with the colour of the water over white sand, surprises me every time."
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"Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on seas and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls."
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"Let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace so that their efforts shall not have been in vain."
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"A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard... Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides."
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"The colors that show best by candlelight are white, carnation, and a kind of sea-water green."
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"The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek."
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"One must be a sea, to receive a polluted stream without becoming impure."
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"As the sea-crab swimmeth always against the stream, so doth wit always against wisdom."
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"Small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos can shift the whole system to a higher order."
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"No nation as rich as ours should have so many people isolated on islands of poverty in such a sea of material wealth."
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"Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them?"
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"The ocean is a mighty harmonist."
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"He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea."
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"If we had better hearing, and could discern the descants of sea birds, the rhythmic tympani of schools of mollusks, or even the distant harmonics of midges hanging over meadows in the sun, the combined sound might lift us off our feet."
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"It is true that many of the Sea Shepherd crewmembers are inexperienced, but the fact is that these volunteers bring a passion to the project that cannot be found in a hired crew."
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"Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed King."
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"Their monument sticks like a fishbone in the city's throat."
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"I would like to get out to the region in the Caspian sea. I would like to go there. I would like to get to Darfur. I would like to get to Khartoum in Northern Sudan. I would like to get to Zimbabwe. I would like to go back to North Korea, if I could. I would like to go to Yemen. I would like to get to Kashmir. Most of those destinations I will get to."
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