Low stir of leaves and dip of oars And lapsing waves on quiet shores. — John Greenleaf Whittier Copy Share Image
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When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I think very often the boat-rockers turn out to be the people who are building the craft — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
Seek opportunity, not security. A boat in the harbor is safe, but in time its bottom will rot out. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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“Maybe still waters did run deep. Or God on your side was the ultimate soul balm.” — Jonathan Kellerman Copy Share Image
You are so weak. Give up to grace. The ocean takes care of each wave till it gets to shore. — Jalal Ad-Din Rumi Copy Share Image
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I have had the fortunate privilege of serving as a state representative for residents in the great cities of Detroit, River Rouge,… — Rashida Tlaib Copy Share Image
The rain water enlivens all living beings of the earth both movable (insects, animals, humans, etc.) and immovable (plants, trees, etc.), and… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
For which reason the sea in those parts is impassable and impenetrable, because there is a shoal of mud in the way;… — Critias Copy Share Image
I don't make a particular distinction between 'high art' and 'low art.' Music is there for everybody. It's a river we can… — John Williams Copy Share Image
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Dwelling beside a body of water is tonic for the weary psyche. Sea smells, sea birds, seawrack, sands - alternately cool, warm,… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“Life often goes along in a stream. The details float by like a leaf on a river. The current is pushing and… — Michael Bunker Copy Share Image
To survive, you had to steer your course midstream, where the water was deepest and ran fastest, that you had to paddle… — Melanie McGrath Copy Share Image
The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks. See the line from a sufficient distance, and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I'm in my apartment in trendy Tribeca. I've been down here for 37 years, from before it was a fashionable neighbourhood. It's… — Mark Margolis Copy Share Image
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Gus van Sant I met at the Berlin film festival, and he came up to me. He had a little film in… — Udo Kier Copy Share Image
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