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Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.

Guy de Maupassant

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Each picture has some sort of rhythm which only the director can give it. He has to be like the captain of a ship.

Fritz Lang

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The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep.

Charles Baudelaire

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I saw 'Captain America' in 3D. It's cool. I liked the beginning. It's a really good setup.

Theo James

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Whenever the lion fish in the fish tank in the captain's ready room died it was always a sad moment.

Patrick Stewart

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My mind became so frazzled by the end of the 1974 season that I decided the thing to do was give up playing for England and concentrate on Yorkshire. I felt the only way to succeed was to captain and play every match for Yorkshire.

Geoffrey Boycott

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The captain thing was really an honor, and it was really flattering for me. It was really something that I didn't expect, and I would say that was the highlight of my career so far, being elected captain by my peers.

Benjamin Watson

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I would really love to play a superhero. That is definitely up there on my list. Captain Marvel especially. That would be so cool.

Maika Monroe

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When I came up in hip hop, there was no such thing as a Puerto Rican rapper doing hip hop for many mainstream people, so I was the ship, the captain, and the crew.

Fat Joe

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My father is a retired army captain and banking software salesman, and my mother is an English teacher.

Jim Parrack

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The prime minister's job is to captain his team, his party and his government.

John Bercow

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You don't have to be captain to have an opinion.

John Terry

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I'd love to see T'he Avengers' with Robert Downey, Jr. playing Loki and Clark Gregg playing 'Thor' and I play Captain America.

Tom Hiddleston

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I love performing for kids, but you can't play down to them, of course. Then it would be 'Captain Kangaroo.'

Rita Moreno

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I was a quiet kid - I didn't think I needed to be the funniest guy. I was always more of a listener. I went to 12 different schools, and I wasn't the charismatic dude, but I was captain of the track team and wrestling team.

Michael Pena

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I wanted to be Stan Laurel, then I wanted to be Fred Astaire and then Captain Kangaroo. I actually started out as a radio announcer when I was 17 and never left the business, so that's literally 70 years.

Dick Van Dyke

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I wasn't thrilled about 'The Sound Of Music' - not the movie itself but my role in it. Captain Von Trapp was a bore, and they tried to help by giving it a bit more cynicism, but it wasn't my favourite role. I enjoyed the music, and I loved Julie Andrews.

Christopher Plummer

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The big upside to being captain is it's a huge honour, but the downside is that there is definitely extra pressure.

Brian O'Driscoll

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Captain Falco saw the diminishment of biodiversity in our oceans over a span of nearly seven decades. He was dedicated to the protection of life and habitats in the sea. He was a legendary mariner, diver, oceanographer, and conservationist. The world is a better place because of him.

Paul Watson

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Media were never allowed into an Australian dressing room until I became skipper. I changed that and invited them in at the close of play each day, thereby confirming for many administrators they had appointed a madman as captain.

Richie Benaud

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I was assistant in Edmonton with Wayne as captain, and Kevin Lowe was the other assistant.

Mark Messier

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'Captain America: First Avenger' is very much a Joe Johnston film.

Kevin Feige

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A captain shouldn't be chosen on the amount of goals he's going to score.

Guy Lafleur

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It all has to do with the director, the captain of the ship. He sets the pace, the mood. If the director is quiet, the set is quiet. If the director is loud, then everybody has to be louder to be heard.

Eva Marie Saint

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