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As always on this boulevard, the faces were young, coming annually in an endless migration from every country, every continent, to alight here once in the long journey of their lives.
by Brian Moore (Novelist, Irish , born in 1921) keywords: alight, always, annually, boulevard, coming, continent, country, endless, every, faces, here, journey, lives, long, migration, once, their, were , young There is an irresistible demand to strengthen the leadership of the constructive forces of the world at the present momentous time. This is true because of stupendous, almost unbelievable changes which have taken place in recent years on every continent.
by John Raleigh Mott (Celebrity, American , born in 1865) keywords: almost, because, changes, constructive, continent, demand, every, forces, irresistible, leadership, momentous, place, present, recent, strengthen, stupendous, taken, time, true, unbelievable, which, world , years Quite likely the twentieth century is destined to see the natural forces which will enable us to fly from continent to continent with a speed far exceeding that of a bird.
by Simon Newcomb (Mathematician, Canadian , born in 1835) keywords: bird, century, continent, destined, enable, exceeding, far, fly, forces, likely, natural, quite, see, speed, twentieth, us, which , will Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have taught me that when nothing can possible go wrong and every avenue has been covered, then is the time to buy a house on the next continent.
by Terry Prachett (Author, English , born in 1948) keywords: avenue, been, buy, continent, covered, eight, every, go, house, industry, involved, next, nothing, nuclear, possible, taught, then, time, wrong , years Do you think that the people of South Africa, or anywhere on the continent of Africa, or India, or Pakistan are longing to be kicked around all over again?
by Arundhati Roy (Novelist, Indian , born in 1961) keywords: africa, again, anywhere, around, continent, india, kicked, longing, over, pakistan, south , think I come from a country and also a continent whose identity is in the making. We're a very young culture, and I think that things are not yet crystallised.
by Walter Salles (Director, Brazilian , born in 1956) keywords: also, come, continent, country, culture, identity, making, things, think, very, whose, yet , young The other aspect is that you become much more aware of the structural problems that pertain to that continent. You feel the need to act to try and solve them.
by Walter Salles (Director, Brazilian , born in 1956) keywords: act, aspect, aware, become, continent, feel, more, much, need, other, problems, solve, structural, them , try The British merchants represented that they received some profit indeed from Virginia and South Carolina, as well as the West Indies; but as for the rest of this continent, they were constant losers in trade.
by Ezra Stiles (Clergyman, American , born in 1727) keywords: british, carolina, constant, continent, indeed, indies, losers, merchants, profit, received, represented, rest, some, south, trade, virginia, well, were , west Seeking fortunes in America led to Germany losing people, and the American continent received many people whose contributions are particularly clear in the agricultural and technical fields.
by Julius Streicher (Soldier , born in 1885) keywords: agricultural, america, american, clear, continent, contributions, fields, fortunes, germany, led, losing, many, particularly, received, seeking, technical , whose Australia is properly speaking an island, but it is so much larger than every other island on the face of the globe, that it is classed as a continent in order to convey to the mind a just idea of its magnitude.
by Charles Sturt (Explorer, Australian , born in 1795) keywords: australia, classed, continent, convey, every, face, globe, idea, island, just, larger, magnitude, mind, much, order, other, properly, speaking , than If we have major geographic areas within our continent that have a tremendous lack of economic opportunity, we found that that is going to produce instability _ economic, political and social.
by William Weld (Politician, American , born in 1945) keywords: areas, continent, economic, found, geographic, going, instability, lack, major, opportunity, our, political, produce, social, tremendous , within They have just succeeded in raising the two thousand pounds here, by subscription, that was wanted towards an exploration fund, for fitting out an expedition, that will probably start for the interior of our continent next March.
by William John Wills (Scientist, English , born in 1834) keywords: continent, expedition, exploration, fitting, fund, here, interior, just, march, next, our, out, pounds, probably, raising, start, subscription, succeeded, thousand, towards, two, wanted , will Many slaves on this continent are oppressed, and their cries have reached the ears of the Most High. Such are the purity and certainty of his judgments, that he cannot be partial in our favor.
by John Woolman (Clergyman, American , born in 1720) keywords: cannot, certainty, continent, cries, ears, favor, high, his, judgments, many, most, oppressed, our, partial, purity, reached, slaves, such , their About fifteen miles above New Orleans the river goes very slowly. It has broadened out there until it is almost a sea and the water is yellow with the mud of half a continent. Where the sun strikes it, it is golden.
by Frank Yerby (Author, American , born in 1916) keywords: above, almost, broadened, continent, fifteen, goes, golden, half, miles, mud, new, orleans, out, river, sea, slowly, strikes, sun, until, very, water, where , yellow But there are rock and roll fans all over this continent and all over the globe, really, and we're just set at marking the planet with Styx music until the day we die.
by James Young (Musician, American , born in 1949) keywords: continent, day, die, fans, globe, just, marking, music, over, planet, really, rock, roll, set, styx , until
