#desert

If you can't stand a little sacrifice and you can't stand a trip across the desert with limited water, we're never going to straighten this country out. ↗

— Ross Perot

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I did grow up next door to Steve McQueen, who was a very famous movie star at the time, but as a kid it didn't impress me. We always had great fun with him. He would take us out on Sundays on his motorcycles, riding around in the desert; he was like a second father. ↗

— Herb Ritts

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Within two hours of where I live, you have mountains and desert as location. I like the natural elements that abstract into light, texture, shape and shadow. ↗

— Herb Ritts

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I felt alone out there, like I was on a desert island. I felt like Gilligan. ↗

— Mickey Rivers

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Nevada has a world-class economy. It will only build a world-class culture with world-class research universities coupled with the Desert Research Institute. ↗

— James E. Rogers

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Without music, life is a journey through a desert. ↗

— Pat Conroy

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I like the desert for short periods of time, from inside a car, with the windows rolled up, and the doors locked. I prefer beach resorts with room service. ↗

— Anne Lamott

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I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner. My mom took in wash. I grew up around people of strong values - even if they rarely talked about them. ↗

— Harry Reid

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A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all. ↗

— Washington Irving

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In that long sequence, when Lawrence enters in the desert to rescue a lost man, Lean listened the music I wrote and wanted to extend the scene to let my work stay completely. ↗

— Maurice Jarre

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