"The point of going somewhere like the Napo……" — Annie Dillard
"The point of going somewhere like the Napo River in Ecuador is not to see the most spectacular anything. It is simply to see what is there."
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260 Quotes by Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard has 260 quotes on this site.
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If we were to judge nature by common sense or likelihood, we wouldn't believe the world existed.
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Experiencing the present purely is being empty and hollow; you catch grace as a man fills his cup under a…
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We are here to witness the creation and to abet it. We are here to notice each thing so each…
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You empty yourself and wait, listening. After a time you hear it: There is nothing there...You feel the world's word…
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The way we live our days, is the way we live our lives.
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I wake expectant, hoping to see a new thing.
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I think the dying pray at the last not "please," but "thank you," as a guest thanks his host at…
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I think that the dying pray at the last not please but thank you, as a guest thanks his host…
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Learn punctuation; it is your little drum set, one of the few tools oyu have to signal the reader where…
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Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed?
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The more you read, the more you will write. The better the stuff you read, the better the stuff you…
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When you write, you lay out a line of words. The line of words is a miner's pick, a wood…
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More Ecuador Quotes
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one of 17 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela,…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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I like the girls in Ecuador. They are more gentle and trusting, more innocent. They are not as suspicious of…
— Pedro
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After some reflection I have decided that while I am the president of Ecuador, I will not attend any Summit…
— Rafael Correa
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May God fill this beautiful land of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador with his peace and love.
— Juan Luis Guerra
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If you were a Colombian, you would have your version of an empanada. If you are an Argentinean, you might…
— Jose Garces
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I have had extremely good relations with the United States and with both parties (Republicans and Democrats), and I hope…
— Juan Manuel Santos
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Ecuador is a country which defends the right to life.
— Rafael Correa
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My family came from Ecuador.
— Jose Garces
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He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." Jim Elliot, missionary…
— Elisabeth Elliot
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The United States is paradise compared to China, Russia, Ecuador and Cuba, with regard to the press. And with regard…
— Rudy Giuliani
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By the late 1970s, repression and economic chaos were causing increasing unrest throughout Latin America. Army strongmen were forced to…
— Stephen Kinzer
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Ecuador has never stated flatly that it would give asylum to Edward Snowden.
— Barton Gellman
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