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I knew now that I had put a world behind me, and that I was opening out another world ahead. I had passed the haunts of savages. Great piles of granite mountains of bleak and lifeless aspect were now astern ;


Joshua Slocum

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JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER If you acknowledge that filming is an occasion where people express things they might not otherwise ...
JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER At the very core of my relationship to learning is the idea that we should be as organic as possible...
JOSHUA WAITZKIN One of the main focuses of my training sessions is to help individuals find their unique voices in t...
JOSHUA WAITZKIN I think 'The Act of Killing' forced people to look at the problem, but the problem is actual...
JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER He stops walking and grasps both of my hands to stop me. He narrows his eyes at me. "You’ve never ...
ISABELLE JOSHUA A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.
JOSHUA REYNOLDS I content myself with the fact that the general system of our trade is a system of selfishness, is n...
JOSHUA FERRIS As far as I'm concerned, I want to do everything because life is short. So, when I did 'The ...
JOSHUA BELL I know how to deal with jet lag, and I know just how much rest I need and when I need to take naps. ...
JOSHUA BELL I come from a very illustrious line of divorces. We love to get divorced in my family. My mother and...
JOSHUA FERRIS Music is a continual learning process. One finds new insights all the time. For me, it began at a ve...
JOSHUA BELL People want stardom or fame or whatever - instant gratification as opposed to learning one's cra...
JOSHUA SASSE One way can be learned by starting to see the magic in everything. Sometimes it seems to be hiding b...
JOSHUA KADISON Like [Egyptian President Hosni] Mubarak, Assad will be smirking at U.S. discomfiture as Washington s...
JOSHUA LANDIS I think you can appreciate different interpretations. Art is not a contest. I can even appreciate he...
JOSHUA BELL Laughing is a necessity of life.
JOSHUA CLARKE The thing I hate the most, is hate itself.
JOSHUA CLARKE There is one problem with the entire concept of time. There is so little of it.
JOSHUA CLARKE Without this, I'd be either in jail or dead. It is real motivating.
JOSHUA YOUNG I don't have a preferred religion - I'd have to do research. I was born a Christian, but as ...
ANTHONY JOSHUA But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and such i...
JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN Every time I get an autograph, I feel like I'm taking home a little piece of that star. What dri...
JOSHUA MORROW ‎True love isn't expressed in passionately whispered words an intimate kiss or a embrace; before t...
JOSHUA HARRIS It is forgivable to say nothing out of ignorance; it's inexcusable to remain silent once awareness d...
JOSHUA FERRIS Music is such an incredible tool for kids in general. They learn discipline; they learn how to expre...
JOSHUA BELL