Rapids Quotes
269 Rapids quotes by 245 unique authors
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a process of aging had taken place in him that was so rapid and critical that soon he was being treated as one of those…
— Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Archie became absolutely still, afraid that the rapid beating of his heart might betray his sudden knowledge, the proof of what he'd always suspected, not…
— Robert Cormier
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I went about the job in a direct way. I took the hatchet in both my hands and vigorously beat the fish on the head…
— Yann Martel
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The everlasting universe of things Flows through the mind, and rolls its rapid waves, Now dark--now glittering--now reflecting gloom-- Now lending splendour, where from secret…
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Even though nobody knew that you were in my life, you were the person who brought a raft at every rapid current and helped me…
— Shin Kyung-sook
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Rail is such an undignified way to travel. All that rapid racing about. Floating has so much more gravitas.
— Gail Carriger
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They thrived on the rapid turnover of acquaintances, the lack of involvement with others, and the total self-sufficiency of lives which, needing nothing, were never…
— J. G. Ballard
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It was at first almost as if he hadn't wanted to kiss her. His mouth was hard on hers, unyielding; then he put both arms…
— Cassandra Clare
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A rapid bolt will rend the clouds apart, and every single White be seared by wounds. I tell you this. I want it all to…
— Dante Alighieri
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IGNORANCE I didn’t know love would make me this crazy, with my eyes like the river Ceyhun carrying me in its rapids out to sea,where…
— Unknown Author
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I have read that there are two fears that cannot be trained out of us: the startle reaction upon hearing an unexpected noise, and vertigo.…
— Yann Martel
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As soon as she was close, she whispered, "you've got to get out of here." "No, you've got to get out of here," he told…
— Ally Carter
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I like to talk. Talking is kind of my thing. If talking had been a sport option at Wexford, I would have been captain. But…
— Maureen Johnson
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The rate of progress is so rapid that what one learns at school or university is always a bit out of date. Only a few…
— Stephen Hawking
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Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?
— George Eliot
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Rapid innovation is the cure for the ills we face, but because innovation is difficult and susceptible to failure, we might need to rethink the…
— Richard Owen
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Whatever field of human activity one may take, only those trends that are in harmony with the needs of society show rapid progress.
— Nikolay Chernyshevsky
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Beautiful forms and compositions are not made by chance, nor can they ever, in any material, be made at small expense. A composition for cheapness…
— Josiah Wedgwood
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We all are learning, modifying, or destroying ideas all the time. Rapid destruction of your ideas when the time is right is one of the…
— Charlie Munger
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I am only here to share my knowledge with others and to help them make rapid progress on the path of yoga.
— Dharma Mittra
Who Wrote These Rapids Quotes
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