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"The ranch was raw land when I bought it and, for better or worse, I have designed every aspect of it from the corrals, the arena, to the barn, to the house."

"The ranch was raw land when I bought it and, for better or worse, I have designed every aspect of it from the corrals, the arena, to the barn, to the house."

Janine Turner, American Actress

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"Heinlein never had a best-seller. Even, I think, with Stranger in a Strange Land, I don't think it was actually on the New York Times best seller list."

"Heinlein never had a best-seller. Even, I think, with Stranger in a Strange Land, I don't think it was actually on the New York Times best seller list."

Jerry Pournelle, American Journalist

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"You are the land. The land is you."

"You are the land. The land is you."

Merlin Olsen, American Athlete

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"By these purchases the Indian title, with moderate reservations, has been extinguished to the whole of the land within the limits of the State of Ohio, and to a part of that in the Michigan Territory and of the State of Indiana."

"By these purchases the Indian title, with moderate reservations, has been extinguished to the whole of the land within the limits of the State of Ohio, and to a part of that in the Michigan Territory and of the State of Indiana."

James Monroe, American President

Land, Limits, State

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"No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal."

"No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal."

Jacques Yves Cousteau, French Explorer

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"And in the afternoon they entered a land - but such a land! A land hung in mourning, darkened by gigantic cypresses, submerged; a land of reptiles, silence, shadow, decay."

"And in the afternoon they entered a land - but such a land! A land hung in mourning, darkened by gigantic cypresses, submerged; a land of reptiles, silence, shadow, decay."

George Washington Cable, American Novelist

Land, Mourning, Shadow, Silence

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"I approached Red Square three times, trying to find somewhere to land, before discovering a wide bridge nearby. I landed there and taxied into Red Square."

"I approached Red Square three times, trying to find somewhere to land, before discovering a wide bridge nearby. I landed there and taxied into Red Square."

Mathias Rust, German Celebrity

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"You might as well try and dam Niagara Falls with toothpicks as to stop the reform wave sweeping our land."

"You might as well try and dam Niagara Falls with toothpicks as to stop the reform wave sweeping our land."

Billy Sunday, American Clergyman

Land, Niagara, Reform

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"The holy land was supposed to be spotless, a serious equivalent of Disneyland in which not a single candy wrapper is to stay on the ground for more than a few minutes."

"The holy land was supposed to be spotless, a serious equivalent of Disneyland in which not a single candy wrapper is to stay on the ground for more than a few minutes."

Marvin Olasky, American Educator

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"In a land of immigrants, one was not an alien but simply the latest arrival."

"In a land of immigrants, one was not an alien but simply the latest arrival."

Rudolf Arnheim, German Artist

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"Down in the south, it's how we find the brownfield sites without taking too much land take to meet the tremendous demand for housing, and that's what I've done."

"Down in the south, it's how we find the brownfield sites without taking too much land take to meet the tremendous demand for housing, and that's what I've done."

John Prescott, British Politician

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"Everybody knows that the great reversed triangle of land, with its base in the north and its apex in the south, which is called India, embraces fourteen hundred thousand square miles, upon which is spread unequally a population of one hundred and eighty millions of souls."

"Everybody knows that the great reversed triangle of land, with its base in the north and its apex in the south, which is called India, embraces fourteen hundred thousand square miles, upon which is spread unequally a population of one hundred and eighty millions of souls."

Jules Verne, French Author

Land, Population

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"And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow."

"And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow."

Roy Bean, American Judge

Land, Snow, Will, Wind

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"The 6th of August in the morning we saw an opening in the land and we ran into it, and anchored in 7 and a half fathom water, 2 miles from the shore, clean sand."

"The 6th of August in the morning we saw an opening in the land and we ran into it, and anchored in 7 and a half fathom water, 2 miles from the shore, clean sand."

William Dampier, English Explorer

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"Prayer for many is like a foreign land. When we go there, we go as tourists. Like most tourists, we feel uncomfortable and out of place. Like most tourists, we therefore move on before too long and go somewhere else."

"Prayer for many is like a foreign land. When we go there, we go as tourists. Like most tourists, we feel uncomfortable and out of place. Like most tourists, we therefore move on before too long and go somewhere else."

Robert McAfee Brown, American Theologian

Land, Prayer, Tourists

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"The problem is we disagree about the origin. Is this occupied land or not?"

"The problem is we disagree about the origin. Is this occupied land or not?"

Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanese Revolutionary

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"If a queen bee were crossed with a Friesian bull, would not the land flow with milk and honey?"

"If a queen bee were crossed with a Friesian bull, would not the land flow with milk and honey?"

Oliver St. John, English Statesman

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"Without that sense of security which property gives, the land would still be uncultivated."

"Without that sense of security which property gives, the land would still be uncultivated."

Francois Quesnay, French Economist

Land, Property, Security, Sense

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"The next summer, 1794, corn grew dear, and distress began in our land."

"The next summer, 1794, corn grew dear, and distress began in our land."

Joanna Southcott, English Celebrity

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"Vicksburg lies on top of a bluff on the east side of a large tongue of land jutting out into the Mississippi."

"Vicksburg lies on top of a bluff on the east side of a large tongue of land jutting out into the Mississippi."

Knute Nelson, American Politician

Land, Lies, Tongue

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"In the land of the skunks he who has half a nose is king."

"In the land of the skunks he who has half a nose is king."

Chris Farley, American Comedian

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"In Amsterdam the water is the mistress and the land the vassal. throughout the city there are as many canals and drawbridges as bracelets on a Gypsy's bronzed arms."

"In Amsterdam the water is the mistress and the land the vassal. throughout the city there are as many canals and drawbridges as bracelets on a Gypsy's bronzed arms."

Felix Marti-Ibanez, Spanish Physician

2

"The guys today are just too strong and back then they would take many hard punches to land one."

"The guys today are just too strong and back then they would take many hard punches to land one."

Larry Holmes, American Athlete

2

"I stepped on a land mine named Jayson Blair."

"I stepped on a land mine named Jayson Blair."

Howell Raines, American Editor

2

"They say that it were great reproof to the king to take again what he has given, so that they will not suffer him to have his own good, nor land, nor forfeiture, nor any other good but they ask it from him, or else they take bribes of others to get it for him."

"They say that it were great reproof to the king to take again what he has given, so that they will not suffer him to have his own good, nor land, nor forfeiture, nor any other good but they ask it from him, or else they take bribes of others to get it for him."

Jack Cade, English Activist

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"I do not yet know why plants come out of the land or float in streams, or creep on rocks or roll from the sea. I am entranced by the mystery of them, and absorbed by their variety and kinds. Everywhere they are visible yet everywhere occult."

"I do not yet know why plants come out of the land or float in streams, or creep on rocks or roll from the sea. I am entranced by the mystery of them, and absorbed by their variety and kinds. Everywhere they are visible yet everywhere occult."

Liberty Hyde Bailey, American Scientist

Land, Mystery, Plants, Sea

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"As long as there's land available, single-family homes will be built, and Colorado residents will always go for a single-family over a condo."

"As long as there's land available, single-family homes will be built, and Colorado residents will always go for a single-family over a condo."

Gary Bauer, American Public Servant

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"Holland is a land of intense paradox. It is quite impossible, but it is there."

"Holland is a land of intense paradox. It is quite impossible, but it is there."

M. E. W. Sherwood, American Author

2

"A potato can grow quite easily on a very small plot of land. With molecular manufacturing, we'll be able to have distributed manufacturing, which will permit manufacturing at the site using technologies that are low-cost and easily available."

"A potato can grow quite easily on a very small plot of land. With molecular manufacturing, we'll be able to have distributed manufacturing, which will permit manufacturing at the site using technologies that are low-cost and easily available."

Ralph Merkle, American Scientist

Land, Manufacturing, Will

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"All I had to do was go out and perform. One of the hardest things was doing those back flips, where you had to jump up and land on the top rope. It's precision movement."

"All I had to do was go out and perform. One of the hardest things was doing those back flips, where you had to jump up and land on the top rope. It's precision movement."

Owen Hart, Canadian Entertainer

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"Without the shepherd's dog, the whole of the open mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence."

"Without the shepherd's dog, the whole of the open mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence."

James Hogg, Scottish Poet

Land, Open, Scotland, Worth

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"Maintaining healthy forests is essential to those who make a living from the land and for those of us who use them for recreational purposes."

"Maintaining healthy forests is essential to those who make a living from the land and for those of us who use them for recreational purposes."

Cathy McMorris, American Politician

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"Land bridges were everywhere during the extinction, many species were spreading, and there were many diseases."

"Land bridges were everywhere during the extinction, many species were spreading, and there were many diseases."

Robert T. Bakker, American Scientist

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"A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on his throne."

"A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on his throne."

Georges Clemenceau, French Leader

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"When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere."

"When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

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"And for myself, I think for the present He is calling me to another land; but how long shall be my abode, or what employment He has for me there, I know not, for I cannot think He is taking me there to live and lurk only."

"And for myself, I think for the present He is calling me to another land; but how long shall be my abode, or what employment He has for me there, I know not, for I cannot think He is taking me there to live and lurk only."

Donald Cargill, Scottish Clergyman

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"They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea."

"They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Land, Nothing, Sea

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"Here I found those who had set out before me, both by sea and land, except those who have died."

"Here I found those who had set out before me, both by sea and land, except those who have died."

Junipero Serra, Spanish Clergyman

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"Our settlement of land is without regard to the best use of land."

"Our settlement of land is without regard to the best use of land."

Arthur Erickson, Canadian Architect

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"Louisiana loses 30 miles a year off our coast. We lost 100 miles last year off our coast thanks to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. We have lost a size of land equivalent to the entire state of Rhode Island."

"Louisiana loses 30 miles a year off our coast. We lost 100 miles last year off our coast thanks to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. We have lost a size of land equivalent to the entire state of Rhode Island."

Bobby Jindal, American Politician

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"Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles."

"Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles."

Lucretius, Roman Poet

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