Alan Villiers quotes
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“There is little man has made that approaches anything in nature, but a sailing ship does. There is not much man has made that calls to all the best in him, but a sailing ship does.”
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“The singing of sea shanties as working songs at sea is a lost art”
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“Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.”
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Source : "Alvin Martin: 'Scousers and cockneys get on. It's the mickey-taking'". Interview With Jacob Steinberg, www.theguardian.com. December 15, 2011.
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“You mustn't miss the moment. There's only one first sailing into Rio harbor.”
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“We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end.”
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“I'm telling you that India is that way, now set my course.”
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