John Hanning Speke Quotes

In the following pages I have endeavoured to describe all that appeared to me most important and interesting among the events and the scenes that came under my notice during my sojourn in the interior of Africa.

John Hanning Speke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: soldier
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: May 4, 1827 - September 15, 1864

Topics

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Kids and adults have a difference of opinion when it comes to what constitutes legitimate reading. Adults often push books that they loved as children, which, ironically, were often books that their parents weren't particularly keen on.

Jeff Kinney

ChildrenParentsOpinionReading

Individual honors and scoring championships are great, but my No. 1 goal is to win the Stanley Cup.

Sidney Crosby

GreatWinGoalIndividualCup

The first Halloween was very well made. The second one was also well made, though I didn't like it as well as the first one. The third one had nothing to do with the series at all and perhaps shouldn't have been made at all.

Donald Pleasence

NothingFirstWellBeenLikeMade

I take a four-pin extension lead, so I can jack one plug in the wall, and I've got four plugs there for me. With all our phones and different gadgets, I think everyone should carry one. It's become a crucial part of my travel kit.

Colin Salmon

TravelMeThinkI CanWallBecome

Growing up, I never saw Asian-Americans on TV at all.

Brenda Song

Growing UpGrowingNeverUpSawTV

The difference between H7N9 and H5N1, is that H5N1 kills chickens very rapidly, so it is easy to identify where the infected flocks of chickens are. H7N9 doesn't make the chicken sick, so it has been difficult to pinpoint where the infected chickens are.

Anthony Fauci

SickEasyChickenDifficultChickens

I'm gonna give them the advice that I always took myself, that it's better to get to know somebody before you jump into the sack with them. Because then if you jump into the sack and fall in love, and you liked them already, you're home free.

Pia Zadora

LoveHomeMyselfFreeBetterAdvice

Crunches are much more effective than regular sit-ups because they specifically target your upper abdominal muscles rather than your hip muscles. If you're not used to them, they can cause soreness a day or two later, but it's a 'cool' soreness. A badge of honor.

Sylvester Stallone

DayCoolHonorYouTargetMore

For the unions, it is simple. There are no jobs on a dead planet.

Sharan Burrow

SimpleDeadUnionsPlanetJobs

Because the theory of quantum mechanics could explain all of chemistry and the various properties of substances, it was a tremendous success. But still there was the problem of the interaction of light and matter.

Richard P. Feynman

SuccessLightProblemChemistry

Everywhere I go, people ask me for photos and autographs, saying I inspired them to start training. Boris Johnson says his sons started boxing after seeing me - how cool is that?

Nicola Adams

TrainingPeopleMeCoolStartGo

I try to play characters who are different from myself, so I feel like this character is someone who is really different. I actually think that if I did what he did in this movie, I would get a restraining order put against me.

Ryan Gosling

CharacterMyselfMeThinkSomeone

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