"I used all diligence to arrive at London and therefore I now gave my crew a certificate under my hand, of my free and willing return, without persuasion or force by any one or more of them."

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Source : "Henry Hudson: Dreams and Obsession; [the Tragic Legacy of the New World's Least Understood Explorer]". Book by Corey Sandler, Citadel Press, p. 119, 2008.

Henry Hudson

#Hands Quotes #London Quotes #Return Quotes

“Creation is the highest form of Divinity, and your birthright. Truth is, you are creating all the time. The central question in your life is whether you are doing this consciously or unconsciously.”
“Cool is not just one type of cool. Cool is confidence and knowing, i guess, what you are and being fine with it. Some people can be what people call â€œnerdsâ€ and they're cool because they know they're needs. They know what they are and they're so confident in knowing what they are that that makes them cool, and somebody aspires to be like them because they're fine with it. it's confidence, you know.”
“The Spirit bears witness. Ecstasy and enlightenment, inspiration and intuition are not necessary. Happy is the man who is worthy of these; but woe unto us if we wait for such experiences; woe unto us if we do not perceive that these things are of secondary importance.”
“The blessing of the state, implicit or explicit, has been crucial to every twentieth-century information empire.”
“Every hour you sit at work increases your mortality 11 percent. Think about that.”

Source : "Piers Morgan Tonight", www.cnn.com. May 20, 2012.
“It is satisfying following such an emphatic victory over the current unbeaten champion (Lucian Bute) to know that there's a lot of people eating humble pie.”
“Linda seemed to recognize loneliness. Possibly she could see it sitting opposite her, sipping lager and trying not to lose its temper. It was an illness, loneliness-it made you weak, gullible, feebleminded.”
“It's strange indeed how memories can lie dormant in a man's mind for so many years. Yet those memories can be awakened and brought forth fresh and new, just by something you've seen, or something you've heard, or the sight of an old familiar face.”

Source : Wilson Rawls (2011). “Where the Red Fern Grows”, p.3, Laurel Leaf

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