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Isabella Bird Quotes

Oahu in the distance, a group of grey, barren peaks rising verdureless out of the lonely sea, was not an exception to the rule that the first sight of land is a disappointment.

Isabella Bird

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: explorer
Nationality: english
Birth: October 15, 1831 - October 7, 1904

Topics

Sea Disappointment Lonely Group Land

At my age, I'm not trying to score cool points. I'm just excited when I can speak to younger members of our audience in the WWE. I just get to be a superhero to kids, but I'm not trying to be on the cutting edge of style or anything like that. Once you reach that point of deprivation, you don't mind it.

John Cena

Age Style Mind Cool Speak Reach

I've got to restructure all my personal life now in order to accommodate public service, which is fine.

Max Burns

Life Service Public Service Personal

Looking back, fire images have been constant in my poetry. As a boy, it was my job to light the fire each morning, and I remember the celebratory bonfires at the end of the war. It was from staring into fire that I began my first poetry.

Tony Harrison

Morning Light Fire Job War Poetry

'Next to Normal' was a show many people thought couldn't be done.

Tom Kitt

People Thought Done Next Normal

I'm the kind of guy that if I go to a concert and hear something that knocks me out, I don't want to be left out of that. I'm going to try to get into that, and I'm running back home to practice.

Roscoe Mitchell

Home Practice Me Back Want Kind

I went into this job to do plays, but that's here for 10 weeks, and the rest of the year I do a lot of other things-the administrative work of planning, reading plays.

Michael Ritchie

Work Job Rest Reading Planning Year

I felt my father's presence with me, helping me to commit to paper the feelings I had. I really heard my father speaking to me from the other dimension.

Michael Landon

Father Me Feelings Presence Paper

My fans saw 'Roll Bounce,' but also that older crowd who might not have been familiar with me on the music tip saw 'Roll Bounce' and loved it. 'Roll Bounce' opened up that door for me to have older people love Bow Wow and opened up that door so all of the kids would love Bow Wow. My fan base is really diverse; it's all ages and all colors.

Bow Wow

Love Music People Me Door Colors

I do find myself at the moment, due to the success of School of Rock, to be on people's radar a little.

Richard Linklater

Success Myself Moment School People

My mother sees things but from the distance; she does not weigh them in regard to my position, and she judges me too harshly. But she is my mother, who loves me dearly; and when she speaks, I can only bow my head.

Marie Antoinette

Mother Me I Can Distance Judges She

I've come to the conclusion that military style weapons really don't have any place in our society. We ought to reinstate the assault weapons ban that served us well for 10 years from 1994 to 2004.

Mark Udall

Style Society Place Military Years

I just felt all along that if I could get a certain amount of years in the league, have great years and still have my health when I walked away, that would be great.

Kevin Johnson

Health Great Years If I Could Get