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Quote by Samuel Johnson
When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land

When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land. – Samuel Johnson

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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. – Samuel Johnson

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Hope
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Samuel Johnson
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Dont think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drive into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark. – Samuel Johnson

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Retirement
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Samuel Johnson
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It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see. – Samuel Johnson

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Beauty
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Oceans
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To me, the sea is like a person — like a child that Ive known a long time. It sounds crazy, I know, but when I swim in the sea I talk to it. I never feel alone when Im out there. – Gertrude Ederle

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Oceans

There is no drop of water in the ocean, not even in the deepest parts of the abyss, that does not know and respond to the mysterious forces that create the tide. – Rachel Carson

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Oceans

Fifteen men on the Dead Mans Chest – Young Ewing Allison

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Oceans

Many, many steeples would have to be stacked one on top of another to reach from the bottom to the surface of the sea. – Hans Christian Andersen

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Oceans

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Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them. – Gabriel Marcel

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Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favor the interests of business over citizens. – David Suzuki

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You think about some of the most memorable meals youve ever had the food will be good but it will often be about locating a mental memory and taste is inexorably linked to all the other senses and memory, so ultimately it is all about taste. – Heston Blumenthal

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I never really was that passionate about playing sports. But when I was at this Mt. Herman school, I did have the ability to throw the frisbee. So when this sport evolved, it was fun because I was good at it. – Joel Silver

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