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River Quotes

I grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts. My background was modest, and I worked at a Portuguese bakery in town.

River Fall Up Bakery Massachusetts

I shall take all the troubles of the past, all the disappointments, all the headaches, and I shall pack them in a bag and throw them in the East River.

Past River Bag Take Throw East

Alfriston is a compact village set around a rather traffic-weary High Street, mainly of old, timbered buildings. The principal sights lie to the east on the river side.

Lie River Buildings Village Street

I can remember that on the shelves at home, there were these books by Thomas Wolfe. 'Look Homeward Angel' and 'Of Time and the River.' 'Of Time and the River' had just come out when I was aware of his name. My parents had a hard time convincing me that he was no kin whatsoever. My attitude was, 'Well, what's he doing on the shelf, then?'

Home Attitude Time River Parents Me

These matters having been arranged, I had a temporary awning erected near the river, and was for three or four days busily employed writing an account of our journey for the Governor's information.

Journey River Writing Information

My favourite places on earth are the wild waterways where the forest opens its arms and a silver curve of river folds the traveller into its embrace.

River Forest Earth Silver Embrace

I want to go base-jumping off Angel Falls and then canoeing down that river that goes east. That's what I really wanna do.

Billy Magnussen

River Angel Down Go Want Off

As founder and co-chair of the upper Mississippi River Congressional task force, I have long sought to preserve the river's health and historical multiple uses, including as a natural waterway and a home to wildlife, for the benefit of future generations of Americans.

Home Future Health River Long Task

I was born in Oslo, Norway, but now live in the suburbs of Southwest London, right near the River Thames. It's a lovely part of the world.

Alexander Hanson

Live River World Born Now London

We live in a state with a wonderful climate and plenty of natural beauty, from the shores of Cumberland Island to the Chattahoochee River to the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Beauty Live Mountains Blue River

The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its freedom would be wasted.

Freedom River Sweet Will Two Own

The river of time may fork into rivers, in which case you have a parallel reality and so then you can become a time traveler and not have to worry about causing a time paradox.

Time River Reality Worry You Become

It was in Austin that I had the idea for 'Days of Heaven.' I found myself alone for a summer in the town I had left as a high school student. There were those green, undulating hills, and this very beautiful river, the Colorado. The place is inspired and inspiring.

Terrence Malick

Alone Beautiful Myself School River

If you ask an actor what he'd prefer to act on, he'd probably say a tangible, real set, or even better, a real location out on a mountainside or by a river. It's just easier because you don't have to imagine anything.

River Better You Say Actor Real

For centuries, the Yangtze River - the longest in Asia - has played an important role in China's history, culture, and economy. The Yangtze is as quintessentially Chinese as the Nile is Egyptian or the Rhine is German. Many businesses use its name.

Rebecca MacKinnon

History Culture River Name Important

We've been very patient over the years but this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reset the rules for the River Murray and we're determined not to squander that opportunity.

Opportunity River Rules Over Patient

Trinity River Vision is huge for Fort Worth.

Vision River Worth Trinity Fort

I was born in a family of landless peasants, in Azinhaga, a small village in the province of Ribatejo, on the right bank of the Almonda River, around a hundred kilometres north-east of Lisbon.

Family River Small Born Village

The thing about 'Hold Back The River' that I like is that it's a good starting place, and it was the perfect first single.

Good River Perfect Back Place First

I love 'River's Edge.'

Love River Edge I Love

The Shat-el-Arab is a noble river or estuary. From both its Persian and Turkish shores, however, mountains have disappeared, and dark forests of date palms intersected by canals fringe its margin heavily, and extend to some distance inland.

Mountains River Dark Distance Noble

Meaning is something we experience more than we attain. It's like finding a nice, easy current in a river that carries you through life.

Life Experience River Meaning You

The Hudson River lay flat and black like a lost evening glove. The clouds parted overhead as the distant moon threw a single, bright beam over lower Manhattan as though it were looking for its other half.

Adriana Trigiani

River Clouds Moon Looking Evening

The road to democracy may be winding and is like a river taking many curves, but eventually the river will reach the ocean.

Ocean River Democracy Road Curves

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