"It becomes a giant's task to compute the result when the effect of cross seas, wind at all angles and ever varying force, arched surfaces, head resistance, ratio of weight to area, and the intelligence of the guiding power crop up."

-- Lawrence Hargrave

#Wind Quotes #Sea Quotes #Giants Quotes

“I was keen to dispel a familiar misunderstanding: that existentialists somehow relish the alienation of human beings from the world. This may have been Camus's attitude, but it was certainly not that of Heidegger, Sartre and Merleau-Ponty, each of whom tried to show that we can only experience the world in relation to our own projects and purposes. The world is initially one of 'equipment', said Heidegger: it is a world of 'tasks', said Sartre.”
“I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.”

Source : "Obama, Hollande Agree on Debt Crisis Approach" by Alexis Simendinger, www.realclearpolitics.com. May 18, 2012.
“My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance.”
“Acting is a really insular thing.”

Source : "Taking it seriously". Interview with Libby Brooks, www.theguardian.com. July 28, 2000.
“I have a surfboard that says 'Linda Hunt Choice TV Actress: Action.' I am an action star! I don't know what that is about, but I like it.”
“No matter how hard you work to bring yourself up, there's someone out there working just as hard, to put you down......”
“We're on the cusp, on the brink, of enormous change in this country.”
“Freedom is nothing but the distance between the hunter and the hunted.”

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