#ship

Our first scene is sort of a reunion between the X-Men characters, which establishes everyone's relationship to one another, sort of like a recap for all those who have forgotten since the last movie. ↗

— Shawn Ashmore

#between #characters #establishes #everyone #first

The whole of science, and one is tempted to think the whole of the life of any thinking man, is trying to come to terms with the relationship between yourself and the natural world. Why are you here, and how do you fit in, and what's it all about. ↗

— David Attenborough

#any #between #come #fit #here

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#almost #barter #begin #both #continue

On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded the ship that brought me from France took charge of me and placed me under the care of two Quaker ladies. To their skillful and untiring care I may safely say I owe my life. ↗

— John James Audubon

#care #caught #charge #commanded #fever

It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a ship unless you have seaman's paper's, and you can't get seaman's papers unless you have a job on a ship. There had to be a way to break through the circle, and he was the one who arranged it for me. ↗

— Paul Auster

#because #break #circle #difficult #extremely

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be. ↗

— Jane Austen

#friendship #general #made #man #ought

I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships. ↗

— Tracy Austin

#championships #coast #i #indoor #pacific

Isn't that how we all will end up? Best friends today, communicating via emails tomorrow. Crush today, dancing at their weddings tomorrow. ↗

— Manasa Rao

#end #friendship #weddings #communication

But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

#alone #available #away #base #concrete

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#democratic #faith #his #idealist #leadership