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"Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals; continued our course in the morning; and as the island was found to be six or seven leagues distant, and the tide was against us, it was noon when we arrived there."
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"One night Roger was in a foul mood and he threw his entire bloody drumset across the stage. The thing only just missed me - I might have been killed."
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"At night, when the sky is full of stars and the sea is still you get the wonderful sensation that you are floating in space."
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"There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another."
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"As the blackness of the night recedes so does the nadir of yesterday. The child I am forgets so quickly."
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"The night creeps in by subtle degrees while a show of fierce colors attracts and distracts me. I look up, suddenly aware of remote lights scattered overhead. I gasp as the last streak of fire dies on the horizon, and I comprehend it all too late. That crafty, dark night has swallowed my world whole."
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"I can find in my undergraduate classes, bright students who do not know that the stars rise and set at night, or even that the Sun is a star."
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"Most of those mocking us and our works night after night have not reached the point of suggesting we are going to use those weapons. They are pretty useless right now."
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"There's always some promoter having an '80s night, saying, We'll supply the band. All you can drink."
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"I wasn't angry the night I shot him."
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"It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many a bad night."
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"Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World."
Exploration
"No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service."
Fear
"Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals; continued our course in the morning; and as the island was found to be six or seven leagues distant, and the tide was against us, it was noon when we arrived there."
Night
"I am not solicitous to examine particularly everything here, which indeed could not be done in fifty years, because my desire is to make all possible discoveries, and return to your Highnesses, if it please our Lord, in April."
Exploration
"By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination."
Goal
"Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise."
Paradise
"But in truth, should I meet with gold or spices in great quantity, I shall remain till I collect as much as possible, and for this purpose I am proceeding solely in quest of them."
Truth
"These people are very unskilled in arms... with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished."
Man
"Riches don't make a man rich, they only make him busier."
Man
"Their houses are all built in the shape of tents, with very high chimneys."
Houses
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