666 Quotes About Rivers

  • Author John Grisham
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    Ricky had taught me a few cuss words. I usually practiced them in the woods by the river, then prayed for forgiveness as soon as I was done.

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  • Author Joseph Glanvill
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    Time, as a river, hath brought down to us what is more light and superficial, while things more solid and substantial have been immersed.

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  • Author Judy Gold
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    Joan Rivers broke down barriers, advocated for free speech, and never apologized for who she was.

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  • Author Kenneth Grahame
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    Since early morning he had been swimming in the river, in company with his friends the ducks. And when the ducks stood on their heads suddenly, as ducks will, he would dive down and tickle their necks, just under where their chins would be if ducks had chins, till they were forced to come to the surface again in a hurry, spluttering and angry and shaking their feathers at him, for it is impossible to say quite all you feel when your head is under water.

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  • Author Kenneth Grahame
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    The River... It's my world, and I don't want any other. What it hasn't got is not worth having, and what it doesn't know is not worth knowing. Lord! the times we've had together!

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  • Author Parris Glendening
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    Not since the Depression has the state been this dry, have our rivers been this low, our water table this low, and our reservoirs this low.

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  • Author Peter Garrett
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    There are a range of associated impacts related to increasing temperatures which affect both evaporation rates and river systems, which are already over stressed, and these will hit farming communities and the health of crop lands.

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