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John F. Kennedy

“We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch – we are going back from whence we came.” – John F. Kennedy

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Jamie Cullum

“I’m all at sea. Where no-one can bother me. Forgot my roots If only for a day. Just me and my thoughts sailing far away.” – Jamie Cullum

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Hunter S. Thompson

“It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top.” – Hunter S. Thompson

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Vladimir Nabokov

“The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.” – Vladimir Nabokov

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Herman Melville

“Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp drizzly November in my soul… Whenever I find myself involuntarily passing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially … Continue reading

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Ernest Hemingway

“The house was built on the highest part of the narrow tongue of land between the harbor and the open sea. It had lasted through three hurricanes and it was built solid as a ship.” – Ernest Hemingway

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E. Y. Harburg

“Say, it’s only a paper moon, / Sailing over a cardboard sea.” – E. Y. Harburg

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Dr. Edward P. Philpots

“Voyager upon life’s sea; / To yourself be true, / And what’er your lot may be, / Paddle your own canoe.” – Dr. Edward P. Philpots

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Douglas Bader

“The sea from Dunkirk to Dover during these days of the evacuation looked like any coastal road in England on a bank holiday. It was solid with shipping.” – Douglas Bader

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Gilbert Parker

“It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange … Continue reading