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" All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full. "

" A river is a river, independent of whether there are other rivers nearby. In science, we call things what they are based on their attributes, not what they're next to. "

" Bahia is the Amazon's geographical next-of-kin: the same climate, forest canopy, diverse floor. But there is no wild cacao; the tree was introduced, most likely by a Frenchman, Louis Frederick Warneaux, who, in 1746, sowed seeds near one of Bahia's large rivers. "

" China and India are close neighbours linked by mountains and rivers and the Chinese and Indian peoples have enjoyed friendly exchanges for thousands of years. "

" Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation. "

Stephen Ambrose

" Dartmoor proper consists of that upland region of granite, rising to nearly 2,000 feet above the sea, and actually shooting above that height at a few points, which is the nursery of many of the rivers of Devon. "

Sabine Baring-Gould

" East Yorkshire, to the uninitiated, just looks like a lot of little hills. But it does have these marvelous valleys that were caused by glaciers, not rivers. So it is unusual. "

" Estuaries are coastal bays, harbors, sounds and lagoons, places where rivers meet the sea. "

" Farmers can't plant much more land because almost every accessible acre of arable soil is already in use. Nor can the use of fertilizer be increased: it is already being overused everywhere except some parts of Africa, and the runoff is polluting rivers, lakes, and oceans. "

Charles C. Mann

" Guy Rivers, a conventional piece as regards the love affair which makes a part of the plot, is a tale of deadly strife between the laws of Georgia and a fiendish bandit. "

Carl Clinton Van Doren

" Ideas, like large rivers, never have just one source. "

" I don't know the secret of Mrs. Brown, but what I do know is that there are things that Mrs. Brown says and does that Brendan O'Carroll couldn't get away with. I think maybe it's a leniency that they're with an old woman. It's the old woman thing. I think secretly we all just want to be Joan Rivers. "

Brendan O'Carroll

" I haven't swam in any of the rivers outside of Baltimore. I try to keep it in the pool. "

" Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. "

" I'm not Prince or Rivers Cuomo, who brags about having hundreds of great songs. "

" I'm not trying to be the next Joan Rivers. "

" I'm on stage where Rivers Cuomo from Weezer was standing? It's kind of a mind trip. "

" In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time. "

Leonardo da Vinci

" In valley drift we meet commonly with the bones of quadrupeds which graze on plains bordering rivers. "

" It is not differences of opinion; it is geographical lines, rivers, and mountains which divide State from State, and make different nations of mankind. "

Jefferson Davis

" It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with. "

" I used to fish the Border rivers, but nowadays you have to queue up for a shot and I can't stand that. "

" I would be so mad if I saw something called a memoir, and then it was Mike Birbiglia. It would be so infuriating. It's like, 'Who is this guy, and why does he have a memoir?' David Letterman could write a memoir. Joan Rivers could. I'm just a nobody. I'm a comedian and a writer. "

" I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks. "

" Joan Rivers broke down barriers, advocated for free speech, and never apologized for who she was. "

" Joan Rivers telling Lauren Bacall her dress is all wrong is like Carrot Top telling Lenny Bruce he needs to get an edge. "

" Joan Rivers was a role model to comics everywhere, but especially to women. She got the first laugh and the last laugh. "

" Joan Rivers was my hero. "

" Johnny Rivers is underestimated as an artist. We had four top 10 singles. "

" Managing forests, rivers, grasslands, and coral reefs in sustainable ways makes them more resilient and increases their ability to absorb greenhouse gases, which is good for business. "

Johan Rockstrom

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