"As has often been said, a ship is like a lady's watch, always out of repair."

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Source : Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (2001). “Two Years Before the Mast”, p.15, Digital Scanning Inc

Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

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“Art defies defeat by its very existence, representing the celebration of life, in spite of all attempts to degrade and destroy it.”

Source : "Writing and rootlessness". Interview with Michael March, www.theguardian.com. March 15, 2004.
“If you ask any great player or great quarterback, there's a certain inner confidence that you're as good as anybody. But you can't say who is the absolute best. To be considered is special in itself.”
“I knew about Elvis. Of course, everybody knew about him then.”
“In Spanish there is a word for which I can't find a counterword in English. It is the verb VACILAR... It does not mean vacillating at all. If one is vacilando, he is going somewhere, but does not greatly care whether or not he gets there, although he has direction.”
“You are a beautiful soul hidden by the trench coat of the ego.”
“I write the songs, go in and record them, then I listen to everything and decide how it all fits together.”
“There is a spiritual hunger in the world today - and it cannot be satisfied by better cars on longer credit terms.”
“Sometimes I'll be playing along and find I'm missing the strings. I'll worry about it for days until I notice that the pick has worn down to half its size.”

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