Lakes Quotes - Page 30

• God is in the water of the lake; he is also in the cracked bed of the lake when the lake has dried up. God is in the abundant harvest; he is also in the famine that occurs when the harvest fails. God is in the lightning; he is also in the darkness when the lightning has faded.

  Mansur Al-Hallaj

  God, Water, Darkness

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• "We will make such a chase as shall be accounted a marvel among the Three Kindreds: Elves, Dwarves and Men. Forth the Three Hunters!" Like a deer he sprang away. Through the trees he sped. On and on he led them, tireless and swift, now that his mind was at last made up. The woods about the lake they left behind. Long slopes they climbed, dark, hard-edged against the sky already red with sunset. They passed away, grey shadows in a stony land.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Sunset, Dark, Men

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.293, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• There is a lake that one day refused to flow away and threw up a dam at the place where it had before flowed out and since then this lake has always risen higher and higher. Perhaps the very act of renunciation provides us with the strength to bear it ; perhaps man will rise ever higher and higher when he no longer flows out into a God.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Men, Religion, One Day

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• I do fish. I think there is a connection between thinking and fishing mostly because you spend a lot of time up to your waist in water without a whole lot to keep your mind busy.

  Anthony Doerr

  Thinking, Sea, Fishing

  Penguin Group Interview, www.encyclopedia.com. 2006.

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• We do not need to plan or devise a "world of the future"; if we take care of the world of the present, the future will have received full justice from us. A good future is implicit in the soils, forests, grasslands, marshes, deserts, mountains, rivers, lakes, and oceans that we have now, and in the good things of human culture that we have now; the only valid "futurology" available to us is to take care of those things. We have no need to contrive and dabble at "the future of the human race"; we have the same pressing need that we have always had - to love, care for, and teach our children.

  Wendell Berry

  Children, Ocean, Race

  Wendell Berry (2010). “What Are People For?: Essays”, p.188, Counterpoint Press

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• No prosaic description can portray the grandeur of 40 miles of rugged mountains rising beyond a placid lake in which each shadowy precipice and each purple gorge is reflected with a vividness that rivals the original.

  Herbert Hoover

  Purple, Mountain, Gorges

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• Talent, will and genius are natural phenomena like the lake, the volcano, the mountain, the wind, the star, the cloud.

  George Sand

  Stars, Clouds, Volcanoes

  Gustave Flaubert, George Sand (2015). “The Correspondence of George Sand and Gustave Flaubert: Collected Letters of the Most Influential French Authors”, p.218, e-artnow

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• Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy.

  Jimmy Carter

  Memorable, Sea, Fishing

  Jimmy Carter (1994). “An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections”, p.35, University of Arkansas Press

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• So, when I say 'match the hatch', if the fish are taking the nymph, and you're actually producing a replica of a flying insect, you'll catch fresh air.

  Rex Hunt

  Air, Sea, Fishing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish.

  Stephen Leacock

  Sea, Fishing, Names

  Stephen Leacock (2010). “My Remarkable Uncle”, p.93, New Canadian Library

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• I had 13 weeks off and I would pack up the family and drive to some mountain retreat where we could be together and fish all day. I loved it. I needed it.

  Perry Como

  Sea, Fishing, Rivers

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• Look - The moon thumbs through night's book. Finds a lake where nothing is printed. Draws a straight line. That's all it can. That's enough. Thick line. Straight toward you. - Look.

  Rolf Jacobsen

  Book, Moon, Night

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• When, by meditation, we withdraw restless thoughts from the lake of the mind, we behold our soul, a perfect reflection of Spirit.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Reflection, Perfect, Meditation

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• As a breeze ruffles the surface of a lake and distorts the images reflected therein, so also the chitta vrtti (fluctuations of mind) disturb the peace of the mind. The still waters of a lake reflect the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Self, Water, Mind

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• Later as the day cools and they have gone in, the cry of the corncrake will carry across those same fields and over the lake to the blue-hazed mountain, such a lonely evening sound to it, like the lonely evening sound of the mothers, saying it is not our fault that we weep so, it is nature's fault that makes us first full, then empty.

  Edna O'Brien

  Beautiful, Mother, Lonely

  Edna O'Brien (2007). “The Light of Evening”, p.7, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.

  Izaak Walton

  Artist, Men, Sea

  'The Compleat Angler' (1653) 'Epistle to the Reader'

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• I like speed, so I like taking the jet skis out and hitting the water, or hitting the lake. In the winter, unfortunately, I used to ski a lot but I haven't been able to ski in the past few years because thank God I've been working, so that's a good reason not to.

  Laz Alonso

  Winter, Past, Years

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I watched Ricki Lake's documentary, 'The Business of Being Born,' and that led me to call a midwife, and not an ob-gyn, when I found out I had conceived. My delivery was not easy - they call it 'labor,' not 'a vacation!' - but I was incredibly grateful that I did it that way.

  Sarah Wayne Callies

  Grateful, Vacation, Way

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• In my years of public service at both the federal and state levels, I have had the privilege of representing most of the communities that make up Congressional District 21, including Hialeah, Westchester, Doral, Kendall, Miami Lakes, Hialeah Gardens, Medley and Palmetto Bay.

  Mario Diaz-Balart

  Garden, Years, Community

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• Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans and glide off down the lake. Whether your sunglasses are on or off, you only see the world you make.

  Bonnie Raitt

  Swans, Ugly Duckling, Games

  Song: Thing Called Love, Album: Nick of Time

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• I spend up to two hours a day on correspondence. Hearing from fans on the Internet and being able to directly respond to the fan base is exciting. You can cut out the middle man like the fan club... before a recent appearance in Tyler, Texas, I had fans reaching out on MySpace offering their lake house, Mavericks tickets. It was amazing.

  Josh Henderson

  Cutting, Men, Two

  "Ex-'Desperate Housewives' Star Josh Henderson Uses the Internet to Try to Save His Character" by Andrea Canning, abcnews.go.com. May 2, 2007.

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• I've always had a longstanding dream, ever since I was a kid, where I was running on a big lake of ice and I kept running and kept running, just about to where I was trying to get to, and I fell through the ice, and then I couldn't find the hole where I fell through to get back out again.

  Garrett Hedlund

  Running, Dream, Kids

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I like what Oliver Lakes does on the saxophone. The saxophone comes pretty close to the sound of the human voice and when Oliver plays with other sax players, it's like a dialogue.

  Yusef Komunyakaa

  Player, Voice, Sound

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• Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes.

  Natalia Makarova

  Swans, Black, Pirouettes

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• I'm terrified to go in lakes because you can't see the bottom, and not knowing what's there watching you is really scary to me.

  Sara Paxton

  Knowing, Scary, Bottom

  "Sara Paxton Exclusive Interview SHARK NIGHT 3D". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 31, 2011.

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