William Adams Quotes

So that between the Cape of St. Maria and Japan we were four months and twenty-two days; at which time there were no more than six besides myself that could stand upon his feet.

William Adams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: explorer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 24, 1564 - May 16, 1620

Topics

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We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.

Jimmy Carter

PeopleOwnInsignificantDefineUs

My parents are both massive feminists and always led me to believe that I could dream big and do anything that I wanted in my life, almost to a delusional degree.

Jennifer Hyman

LifeParentsMeBelieveMy LifeBig

The more I see of deer, the more I admire them as mountaineers. They make their way into the heart of the roughest solitudes with smooth reserve of strength, through dense belts of brush and forest encumbered with fallen trees and boulder piles, across canons, roaring streams, and snow-fields, ever showing forth beauty and courage.

John Muir

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I love my fans in Pakistan for being so kind and letting me be myself. Along this journey of exploring myself and a new world out here, I'm always going to make them proud, too. They're my constant support system.

Mawra Hocane

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In other words, musicians know that going back to the Spoonful, what we were doing was not copying.

John Sebastian

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In every movie, there's always some physical thing that triggers the character for me. In 'The Long Walk Home,' it was the girdle. Every time I'd put that girdle on, I'd feel my character wiggle to life.

Sissy Spacek

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Neither political party is clean when it comes to tactics that divide our people.

Roy Barnes

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Our quarterback is going to be Alex Smith.

Mike Singletary

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I love to play in Detroit.

Miguel Cabrera

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Science will explain how but not why. It talks about what is, not what ought to be. Science is descriptive, not prescriptive; it can tell us about causes but it cannot tell us about purposes. Indeed, science disavows purposes.

Jonathan Sacks

ScienceWhyWillExplainTellUs

I'm not a pastor; I've never been on staff at a church.

Donald Miller

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When I was a 12-year-old middle-schooler in Richmond, Virginia, my local newspaper published an op-ed that I wrote all by myself.

Constance Wu

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