"Irrigation, unscientifically conducted, would not give us such……" — Percival Lowell

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• Amsterdam has more than 150 canals and 1,250 bridges, but it never seems crowded, nor bent and bitter from fleecing… — Julie Burchill
• The last time I had this much fun was a root-canal operation. — Unknown Author
• I believe that painting should come through the avenues of meditation rather than the canals of action. — Mark Tobey
• The Sappers really need no tribute from me; their reward lies in the glory of their achievement. The more science… — Bernard Law Montgomery
• What vast additions to the conveniences and comforts of living might mankind have acquired, if the money spent in wars… — Benjamin Franklin
• Homework, root canals, and deadlines are the important things in life, and only when we have these major dramas taken… — Cynthia Heimel
• People generally have more feeling for canals and roads than education. However, I hope we can advance them with equal… — Thomas Jefferson
• I listen to money singing, it's like looking down from long French windows at a provincial town. The slums, the… — Philip Larkin
• While reasons are provided by the facts,...rationality...depends instead on our beliefs. [...] [I]f I believe falsely that my hotel is… — Derek Parfit
• Gus: "It tastes like..." Me: "Food." Gus: "Yes, precisely. It tastes like food, excellently prepared. But it does not taste,… — John Green
• Nothing is important, so people, realising that, should get on with their lives, go mad, take their clothes off, jump… — Steven Morrissey
• My impression about the Panama Canal is that the great revolution it is going to introduce in the trade of… — William Howard Taft

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