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- Nov 07, 2020
Sea Quotes
The pull of open water.
Some entries here use the sea literally, diving trips through the Red Sea and Pacific, a household still run by a grandfather's old ship discipline long after he'd come ashore, echoing themes found in Great quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spend a lot of time in L.A., and when it rains there you get the entire rainfall for the year in two days, raindrops the size of mangoes. And in Barcelona, the Mediterranean storms come up from the sea, thunder and lightning; it's like the end of the world.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them.
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- Nov 07, 2020
A voyage to Europe in the summer of 1921 gave me the first opportunity of observing the wonderful blue opalescence of the Mediterranean Sea. It seemed not unlikely that the phenomenon owed its origin to the scattering of sunlight by the molecules of the water.
- Darkness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever I gaze up at the moon, I feel like I'm on a time machine. I am back to that precious pinpoint of time, standing on the foreboding - yet beautiful - Sea of Tranquility. I could see our shining blue planet Earth poised in the darkness of space.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
America. Shoutout to the men in uniform that protect and serve this country. From sea to shining sea. From one white boy, to all nationalities, we've got to stand together, people.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nature is the glass reflecting God, as by the sea reflected is the sun, too glorious to be gazed on in his sphere.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I finally became a scuba diver at age 15 or so, and a couple of years after that, I attended a dive show that is held every year in Boston. It's the oldest one in the world and it's still going on - it's called the Sea Rovers.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I swam with my first shark in the 1980s. I was 20 miles off the coast of Rhode Island, working with a group of marine scientists. Late in the day, a 5-foot long blue shark swam into our chum slick. For the next hour, I marveled at the animal's stunning indigo color and the elegant way she moved effortlessly through the sea.
- Ecosystems
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Bahamas has mangrove nurseries, coral reefs, shallow sea grass beds, and deep oceanic trenches - all perfect ecosystems for sharks. Photographing multiple shark species in exquisite water was the assignment I had dreamed about from the start.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kneeling on the sea bottom in a place known as Tiger Beach, I watched a 12-foot- long female tiger shark cruise over the turtle grass with three silver bar jacks swimming in front of her nose.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Oceanic White Tip is considered one of the most dangerous sharks in the sea along with the Great White and Tiger. It is responsible for some of the most famous episodes of man-eating in history, such as when the U.S.S. Indianapolis sank in 1945.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Naturally enough, I couldn't have foreseen the vast sea change which has come upon that scene as a result of German reunification and associated events.
- Big Break
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first job on the screen was 'Sea Patrol,' and that was quite intense, but I guess my first big break was 'SLiDE.'
- Hunting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't grow up hunting whitetail, but I would stalk tuna and white sea bass and yellowtail.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Companions are we, enlivened by a mighty gallop quickly sliding a harsh straw basket of sea foam gathered astride the tide.
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- Nov 07, 2020