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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
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
For 60 years man has been putting plastic into the ocean. And from that day onward we're also taking it back out again.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to close the tap, which means preventing more plastic from reaching the ocean in the first place.
- Extreme Poverty
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off - we do not have to stand for this.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Reykjavik, Iceland, where I was born, you are in the middle of nature surrounded by mountains and ocean. But you are still in a capital in Europe. So I have never understood why I have to choose between nature or urban.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
We uploaded 'Ocean Eyes' to SoundCloud, and it started getting a lot of plays pretty much immediately.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a vegetarian by any means; I eat fish. But the problem with shark finning is they catch the shark, cut their fins and throw them back in the ocean, and to me, that's wrong. If you're going to kill an animal, you should use the entire animal and do it humanely. I'm definitely not a big fan.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being out there in the ocean, God's creation, it's like a gift He has given us to enjoy.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
To lose your everyday life of surfing and being creative on waves, enjoying the ocean - that's scary to me. It was essential to at least try surfing again and get out there and see how it went.
- Unique
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a unique workout schedule. I concentrate on balancing with my core and my legs. Then, like any other surfer, I try to read the ocean. It's always changing and moving - doing its own thing - so you need to learn how it works and how to position yourself.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anything that's outdoorsy and fun, like hiking, biking, running, paddleboarding, swimming in the ocean... and then I'll mix in Pilates, yoga, spin, ballet.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a child, I saw my father diving to the deepest point in the ocean with the U.S. Navy.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandfather learned to swim in the Navy by getting thrown off a boat into the ocean. He had to learn fast. And I think I learn pretty well under pressure.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the ocean. Anywhere near the ocean will do. Preferably the Atlantic Ocean.
- Appreciate
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- Nov 07, 2020