James Cook Quotes
I could not help concluding, that this man felt the most supreme pleasure, while he was driven on, so fast and so smoothly, by the sea.
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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
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I have the Pleasure to assure you Congress pay particular Attention to the Defence of New Jersey, and hitherto have denied us nothing which we have Asked for that Purpose.
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He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce.
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He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain - no matter what - after he had bought it and placed it among his household gods.
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Work is both my living and my pleasure.
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My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
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Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.
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My heart is as pure as the driven slush.
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The greatest pleasure of reading consists in re-reading.
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My pleasure was to copy, not to create.
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I'm more and more fascinated in my own work. I work from 10 A.M. until about 9 P.M., but it's not an obsession, it's a pleasure. There's never enough time.
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I was driven completely by a desire to understand how cells worked.
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I read a lot on the subject and had many conversations, and I have come to the conclusion that the Catholic Church is a force for evil.
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Our fates are in the hands of An Almighty God, to whom I can with pleasure confide my own; he can save us, or destroy us; his Councils are fixed and cannot be disappointed, and all his designs will be Accomplished.
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This object that we hold in our hands, a book... that tactile pleasure, it's just not going to go away.
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Despite all the criticisms that have been leveled at the comics community, both in terms of fans and creators, I have always felt more comfortable and accepted in the comics community than I have in any other medium of publishing that I've had the pleasure of working in.
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I'm not driven by being understood.
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The impudence of the sinner displeases God as much as the modesty of the penitent gives him pleasure.
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I'd rather be mad than feel pleasure.
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Conceit is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration.
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It's better to be pissed off than pissed on.
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Some people are born strong or stretchy, or with a tungsten will.
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That wasn't a bad price for a first book. My agent upped it as much as possible. I was 27 and had nothing behind me. I was working like a fool to earn a living and pay for my apartment.
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I could not help concluding, that this man felt the most supreme pleasure, while he was driven on, so fast and so smoothly, by the sea.
