Joshua Slocum Quotes

Was the crew well? Was I not? I had profited in many ways by the voyage. I had even gained flesh, and actually weighed a pound more than when I sailed from Boston.

Joshua Slocum

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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They were without clothes before I got there, and they were without clothes when I left.

Jock Sturges

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You have trouble breastfeeding, and for some reason, it's supposed to be so organic that you feel like you're doing something incorrect.

Jennifer Konner

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The cost of building large airships can be prohibitive. The entry barrier is considerable and could be a show-stopper for large-scale projects.

Jens Martin Skibsted

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Any time an investment company has to spend heavily on advertising, it's probably a bad business in which to invest.

Robert Kiyosaki

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When you have a young man, I mean, questioning the power in place for love of his country, not to say 'stop' but to say 'be careful about the abuse of technology,' I think it deserves to be promoted.

Jean-Michel Jarre

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You would think I'm mad or depressed all the time, but that's not the case at all.

Metro Boomin

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If my colleagues stop eating donuts and are more active, it saves me money on next year's insurance premium, and I get to work with people who have more energy and creativity each day. Yet most organizations fail to make health a cultural priority. Instead, they treat healthcare like any other expense.

Tom Rath

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Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked; therefore whoever would argue or laugh it out of the world without giving some equivalent for it ought to be treated as a common enemy.

Mary Wortley Montagu

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German women love American men. That's why a lot of American servicemen go to Germany - and never come back.

Michael Strahan

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The only reason I ever do an independent film is that I believe in it, and I think it has something special to offer. I'm certainly not doing it to be a millionaire.

Jason Ritter

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I was interviewed for a Grammy television show, and they asked me about Nashville, and I talked for three minutes and when I finished, I was teared up. The whole room was crying. Nashville has given me a home, where I never had a home before.

Janis Ian

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If I have a big shoot coming up, I do low-carb, no red meat, and earlier dinners. And I just tell myself that sure, maybe I cannot eat all the things I'd love to today. But there are many more days in the week, and that perfect bite will come when I'm done with whatever shoot.

Chrissy Teigen

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