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297 Pearl quotes by 245 unique authors

He called her: mother of pearl, barley woman, rice provider, millet basket, corn maid, flax princess, all-maker, weef She called him: fawn, roebuck, stag, courage,… — Judy Grahn
We can see now that we Americans were caught unprepared, because we were ordinary human beings, following the best advice we had at the time.… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The unicorn was white, with hoofs of silver and graceful horn of pearl... The glorious thing about him was his eye. There was a faint… — T.H. White
Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor's officers' mess and are very polite. They always were. Except, of course, for… — William Manchester
For me, the summer will be pure gray - mother-of-pearl gray, very pale gray. To me, this is the big statement for summer. Then we… — Gianni Versace
Pearl Harbor is strenuously respectful of contemporary sensitivities, sometimes at the cost of accuracy. — A. O. Scott
They fought on with a devotion which would puzzle the generation of the 1980s. More surprising, in many instances it would have baffled the men… — William Manchester
Everybody knows about Pearl Harbor. The thing that really fascinated me is that through this tragedy there was this amazing American heroism. — Michael Bay
My father pulled into Pearl Harbor four days after the bombing, and he said, everything was still burning. He said they never told the public… — John Lasseter
The lesson of Pearl Harbor ought never to be forgotten, and of course the motto that came from that, 69 years ago, the war which… — Oliver North
As costly as it was in the lives of our men and women in uniform, in military assets, and in esteem and pride, Pearl Harbor… — Joe Baca
I think history is continuous. It doesn't begin or end on Pearl Harbor Day or the day Lyndon Johnson withdraws from the presidency or on… — Richard Holbrooke
Can any of us even imagine, after Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt suggesting we negotiate a resolution or that we could simply prosecute those involved? Of… — Marsha Blackburn
Pearl Harbor was the defining event in my life. It shaped who I am, and all of my hang-ups and my drives, I think, stem… — David Suzuki
True joy of nature is when every drop of water shines like a pearl. — Anamika Mishra
I dream a world... where wretchedness will hang its head and joy, like a pearl, attends the needs of all mankind. Of such I dream,… — Langston Hughes
Like a layer on a pearl, you can't specifically identify the irritant, the moment of the irritant, but at the end of the day, you… — Ken Burns
Do be true to yourself, whether it's bad doesn't matter. The important thing - you have to copy while you're studying. And culture is -… — Beatrice Wood
One pearl is better than a whole necklace of potatoes. — Etienne Decroux
Everybody sat around thinking about Panasonic, the Japanese electronics account. Finally I decided, what the hell, I'll throw a line to loosen them up. The… — Jerry Della Femina
My life was over, finished, and I’d never seen Pearl Jam play live — Kristen Ashley
It is, after all, the dab of grit that seeps into an oyster's shell that makes the pearl, not pearl-making seminars with other oysters. — Stephen King
A strip of water's spread in the setting sun, Half the river's emerald, half is red. I love the third night of the ninth month,… — Bai Juyi
Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl. — Saadi
So far no chemist has ever discovered exchange-value either in a pearl or a diamond. — Karl Marx

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