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William Falconer

"Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges."

Source : William Falconer (1830). “A New and Universal Dictionary of the Marine: Being, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Usually Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Machinery, Movements, and Military, as Well as Naval Operations of Ships: with Such Parts of Astronomy, and Navigation, as Will be Found Useful to Practical Navigators”, p.438

William Falconer

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“Don't marry someone you would not be friends with if there was no sex between you.”
“My favorite dish is cleaning out the fridge on Sunday night and improvising a great medley.”
“I'm often mistaken for Spanish or Latin descent.”
“Sometimes I just stand on the beach and look at the water, and Cuba feels so close it's unbelievable.”
“Progress is possible only if we train ourselves to think about programs without thinking of them as pieces of executable code.”
“But, the truth is and we can argue about whether this is right or not as long as we want to, but the fact is that women really do spend more time with their families. Until I can find a man who can tell me the dates of all of his nieces and nephews birthdays and get presents out to them regularly, I'm going to stay by that statement.”

Source : "CNN Reliable Sources" with Howard Kurtz, www.cnn.com. December 28, 2002.
“We're making music to help people think and bring them together, that's our role; we're not siding with anybody”
“Be honest. Be kind. Be honorable. Work hard. And always be awesome.”

Source : Twitter post from Aug 20, 2013

"Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges."

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