William Bligh Quotes

There is a degree of wretchedness and want among the lower class of people which is not anywhere so common as among the Spanish and Portuguese settlements.

William Bligh

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: soldier
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: September 9, 1754 - December 7, 1817

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PeopleWantClassDegreeCommon

You know, post-production is a bit of a grind to me. If I'm producing a film, I really... I mean I like editing, but all the other crap, the color mixing and... it's all a grind. And so as a result I cut back producing the number of films I was producing.

John C. McGinley

MeColorResultYouBackGrind

A person hears only what they understand.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Their free verse was no form at all, yet it made history.

John Crowe Ransom

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Michael Taylor is not being executed for homicide. Michael Taylor is being executed for raping a white female.

John Simon

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When you're younger, you get shoved a lot. You don't really have a say-so.

Solange Knowles

YouGetYoungerLotReally

People finally understood that the role of the social-democratic party rests on its conscious leadership of the mass struggle against the existing society, a struggle that must reckon with the vital, necessary conditions of capitalist society.

Rosa Luxemburg

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The very first song I ever wrote was called 'I See Between The Trees,' when I was 9. It was really bad.

Little Simz

SongTreesBadFirstSeeI See

I don't eat as much as an athlete should. I just don't like it.

Johnny Weir

AthleteEatJustLikeMuchShould

I love being an illustrator because I get to read really great stories, work with amazing people, travel and see places I never would've seen. And I get to draw all the time.

Brian Selznick

WorkLoveGreatTimeTravelPeople

I've decided with the full agreement of my wife Sylvia Bongo Ondimba and my children that my share of the inheritance will be shared with all Gabonese youth because in my eyes, we are all heirs of Omar Bongo Ondimba.

Ali Bongo Ondimba

ChildrenEyesWifeYouthWillShare

I have a lot of sympathy with the ideas and frustration of the Occupy movement. I absolutely agree with the sense that Wall Street has brought an economic calamity to the middle class and that no one has been held accountable.

Susan Bysiewicz

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There's a lot of guys that just get comfortable with their positions and rest on their laurels. I had to earn my way.

Paul Walker

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