Pirate Hunters is a fantastic book, an utterly engrossing and satisfying read. It tells the story of the hunt for the rare… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
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I have always wanted to make a film about my parents' generation, which tried every way to escape from the deadly shadow… — Mabel Cheung Copy Share Image
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Therefore, be islands unto yourselves. Be your own refuge. Have recourse to none else for refuge. Hold fast to the Dharma as… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated and stared at maps for hours as a kid. I've especially been most intrigued by the uninhabited or… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
I have a family and you know very well the time that that takes. That's good time. I have a couple hobbies.… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
“Centuries ago, sailors on long voyages used to leave a pair of pigs on every deserted island. Or they'd leave a pair… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Position yourself to succeed by doing the other things in your life that rejuvenate you. You can create little islands of time… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
There are three big things going for The Scorpio Races: first, it is set on a beautiful but wild island in the… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
American fighters of the Pacific War were not heroes. The desperation of island combat included exchanged barbarities of which no one would… — James Carroll Copy Share Image
All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the… — John Donne Copy Share Image
I'm not a wide-eyed imperialist who wants to see Americans manning outposts all over the world. Not outposts to freedom in the… — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
Verse 11. (They presented unto Him gifts). The people of the east never approach the presence of kings and great personages, without… — Adam Clarke Copy Share Image
The truth was that Jay Gatsby, of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
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I engage with New York and America but my parents pretty much hang out in this radius of Long Island where their… — Himanshu Suri Copy Share Image
When I first started, it was the real basic stuff that was being played on the radio, so I was into Zeppelin,… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
She tapped on the window with her embossed hairbrush. They were too far off to hear. The drone of the trees was… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
On the lip of the Grand Canyon. I've always wanted to do that. My very first TV special out of the Olympics… — Brian Boitano Copy Share Image
Greece has got something like 1,400 islands. There is so much of Greece you can't know even if you're Greek. It's sprinkled… — Joanna Lumley Copy Share Image
These are islands in time - with nothing to date them on the calendar of mankind. In these areas it is as… — Harvey Broome Copy Share Image
“Hy gododin catann hue Hud a lledrith mal wyddan Gaunce ae bellawn wen cabri Varigal don Fincayra Dravia, dravia Fincayra (Talking trees… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Huh," Leo said. "Well, if you ever get off this island and want a job, let me know. You're not a total… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I finally got to junior high and I got to start saxophone. There were a few of us that were in the… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
The poet who writes "free" verse is like Robinson Crusoe on his desert island: he must do all his cooking, laundry and… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
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So far, I've only sailed in the Caribbean. I've sailed the Virgin Island and The Grenadines. I liked all that. We charted… — Bill Murray Copy Share Image
Target launch date for Falcon I maiden flight is Halloween(October 31) from our island launch complex in the Kwajalein Atoll. For potential… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Most days I feel like the sole survivor of a shipwreck, rowing my paddleboat across a sea of people on waves made… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
I felt when I was elected that the most important task on this island [Ireland] was to extend the hand of friendship… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
Now he realized the truth: that sacrifice was no purchase of freedom. It was like a great elective office, it was like… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
The battle of Iwo Island has been won. The United States Marines by their individual and collective courage have conquered a base… — Chester W. Nimitz Copy Share Image
School of Rock. The best music school anywhere. This whole idea of getting kids not just taking lessons and learning notes and… — Dee Snider Copy Share Image
For me, 'Lamb' started out as a further exploration of the phenomenon of faith and the responsibility of a messiah that I… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
For over two weeks, the defenders of Wake Island held off a vastly superior force of Japanese ships and troops, inspiring the… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
There is an island fantasy A "Someday I'll," we'll never see When recession stops, inflation ceases Our mortgage is paid, our pay… — Denis Waitley Copy Share Image
I can see her clearly, standing on the rock beside Peg Gratton, unflinching before Eaton and the rest of the race committee.… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
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