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Joshua Slocum Quotes

Nothing escapes the vigilance of the New South Wales police; their reputation is known the world over.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: explorer
Nationality: canadian
Birth: February 20, 1844 - November 14, 1909

Topics

Police World Reputation New Nothing

When I played Gollum in 'Lord of the Rings,' if I was climbing up the side of a mountain, which I physically did, you know, I was on every single occasion swimming through streams, all of that, that wasn't captured. That was filmed on 35 millimeter, and for certain of those shots, it was rotoscoped and painted over.

Mountain Swimming You Know Over Up

Increasingly, I'm finding myself uncomfortable about how the Internet's developing, who's influencing its development, and who is not.

Myself Internet Finding Uncomfortable

Two dads have sent me letters that said my books changed their daughters' lives. I send them packages with T-shirts and posters because, come on... that's the coolest.

Me Said Letters Two Because Come

When I need to decompress, I grab a glass of wine, some popcorn, and a great book.

Great Book Wine Glass Popcorn Need

Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers.

Mary Catherine Bateson

Goals Become Clearly Too Defined

I'm in the process of trying to organize my DVDs into some kind of order and it's taking me weeks. I have everything from obscure 'Antonioni' to 'Terminator Salvation.'

Michael Weatherly

Me Process Trying Kind Obscure Some

From a guy that still doesn't have his foot in the world, I feel pretty grounded as long as I have music.

Music World Feel Long Pretty Guy

Coming into the league, if I would've had money, then obviously I would've had more tattoos.

Money More Tattoos Coming Then Had

When I went to America, I spoke so much about who I was and gave so much away in a confessional, Irish, story-telling way that I suddenly realised I had given up a lot of myself. I had to shut up.

Myself America Way Irish Shut Up Up

Between 2001 and 2011, Brazil lifted 20 million people out of poverty and into its growing middle class, and in the last quarter of the twentieth century Botswana's gross domestic product per capita grew faster than that of any other country on the planet. The once-labeled 'Third World' is edging its way into the 'First World.'

Peter Blair Henry

People World Poverty Country Growing

With the winding down of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States now has an opportunity to implement real defense reforms without having a serious impact on immediate battlefield needs.

Opportunity Impact Down Serious Now

However, lifestyle intervention requires discipline with a tangible end result that is within reach. It requires personal resolve, a lifelong commitment.

Discipline Commitment End Result

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