442 Quotes by W. S. Gilbert

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    You fight for your rights when your rights are being denied. When the building is on fire, you don't stand by and let the building burn down and say we'll fight the fire another day.

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    Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold, And the mate of the Nancybrig, And a bos'sun tight, and a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig!

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    It must have been because of senior night that the puck went in for me. It was fortunate for me that that goal went in.

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    To construct something as complicated as our bodies, we turn on different genes in muscles, skin, and so on to structure them.

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    Strike the concertina's melancholy string! Blow the spirit-stirring harp like any thing! Let the piano's martial blast Rouse the Echoes of the Past

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    It's amazing. If you've seen the damage here, we had homes that were just obliterated and they had people in them at the time it came through,

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    This space is in its infancy. It will continue to change and morph. We think it is early and expect rapid growth over the next few years.

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