Charles Lyell Quotes

In several sections, both natural in the banks of the Mississippi and its numerous arms, and where artificial canals had been cut, I observed erect stumps of trees, with their roots attached, buried in strata at different heights, one over the other.

Charles Lyell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: lawyer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: November 14, 1797 - February 22, 1875

Topics

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I've treated the waistcoat as if it were a corset, so that it becomes the first layer in the process of putting clothes on the body. There is constant motion between layering and revealing.

John Galliano

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When you've got a new family, any kind of security you can have is great.

Matthew Goode

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The ban on assault weapons was a good and necessary law that was allowed to lapse through the influence of special interests.

Matt Letscher

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I get tired of hearing people, well-meaning people, talking about African-American kids or Hispanic kids as if they're all the same. Which isn't true. There is a very diverse group of people in both groups in terms of income, objectives in life, aspirations, cultural wants, habits, all the things that make us unique Americans.

Jeb Bush

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I may not yet be as old as dirt, but dirt and I are starting to have an awful lot in common.

Stephen R. Donaldson

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If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near.

Sun Tzu

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I keep reviewing my feelings about the supernatural.

Tony Visconti

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I just felt like there was a world of cartoon voices that had to be discovered by me.

Tom Kenny

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I'd been involved with stand-up before improv, so I already thought highly of myself as being a funny person. I never thought I wasn't funny.

Matt Besser

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Maybe women get to a certain age and they no longer have a filter; they're considered crazy people or something.

Michaela Watkins

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When you focus on how wonderful God is and all the great things He's done... is doing... and even will do in your life, your natural response will be praise, adoration and awe. Don't let yourself ever get used to it... stay amazed!

Joyce Meyer

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I'm a slob. I live in sweatpants and workout clothes.

Dinah Manoff

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