Alvar N. C. de Vaca Quotes

All over the land are vast and handsome pastures, with good grass for cattle, and it strikes me the soil would be very fertile were the country inhabited and improved by reasonable people.

Alvar N. C. de Vaca

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GoodPeopleMeHandsomeCountry

Usually the first problems you solve with the new paradigm are the ones that were unsolvable with the old paradigm.

Joel A. Barker

ProblemsYouNewOldFirstParadigm

I've always been known for speeding up the tempo. To me, that's just the way you play the game - aggressive. There's no time to rest. You rest on the sidelines.

Andrew Whitworth

TimeMeGameRestYouPlay

A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease.

John Muir

TreeStormTreesEnthusiasmSilent

I've had people following me home or standing outside my house. It's strange. I just don't think people were meant to be worshipped or idolised.

Matthew Morrison

HomePeopleMeThinkHouseStrange

Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.

Jean Rostand

GreatnessRecognitionOrderConsent

There is very little hope that the United States or anyone else can do much to stabilize Iraq, Libya, Syria or Egypt. Stabilizing Iran, and bringing it back into the family of nations, is much more possible. That would be a 'win' for both sides.

Stephen Kinzer

FamilyHopeWinBackEgyptPossible

One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle.

Michael Palin

LifeRideBicycleMy LifeImportant

'Save the Date' feels like a quiet story about two sisters and the men in their lives, kind of reminiscent of the quieter rom-coms of the 1990s; it's very character-driven and not as wedding-focused.

Lizzy Caplan

MenStoryQuietKindTwoDate

I called it Rockabilly 'cause I was rocking the strums, which you're not supposed to do.

Dick Dale

YouCauseRockingWhichSupposed

The middle ground in Congress has all but disappeared. The founders intended competing principles and interests to check excesses and create a balance in our politics that would benefit 'we the people.' Gerrymandered districts and a hyped-up fight-night media offer a partial explanation of why we seem to have neither checks nor balances.

Donna Brazile

PoliticsBalancePeopleMediaCreate

I don't like my parents; I never will. I didn't cry at either of their funerals. I haven't missed them for five seconds. I didn't - you know, our characters were so at odds with one another right from the beginning. But I do understand them now as human beings, with the understanding of an adult.

David Small

BeginningParentsUnderstandingYou

Donald Trump obviously knows nothing about what it's like to put your life on the line for your country. He's never risked his life for anything.

Seth Moulton

LifeCountryDonald TrumpNothing

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