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- Nov 07, 2020
Ocean Quotes
The ocean as metaphor, and as a place to breathe.
Several of these quotes use the ocean as a metaphor for scale and helplessness - civilization compared to thin ice over deep chaos, a person likened to a leaf drifting without any say in where it goes. See Life quotes for more on navigating uncertainty.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.
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- Nov 07, 2020
He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride.
- Nov 07, 2020
I miss the ocean; I miss Fenway.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm excited to go surfing every time. I have fun in any kind of wave in the ocean.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.
- Camels
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Tracks' is based on the book by Robyn Davidson who, in the mid-Seventies, decided to leave the city, go to the outback, learn to train camels and walk across the Australian desert to the ocean: a journey that is about two thousand miles and will take about six or seven months.
- Nov 07, 2020
To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just like a fish in the water is frightening.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there's a lot of people in their dingy boats in the middle of the ocean pining for the days of closed-ended narrative.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can only envision and feel the pain of these animals being stuck in a tiny aquarium. Normally, orcas swim 100 miles a day. They're free in the ocean.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Help is even being offered from across the ocean, as over two dozen countries have stepped forward to offer financial and material support to the American people.
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- Nov 07, 2020