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«Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity»
Author: Alcaeus | About: Opportunity | Keywords: canal, canals, city wall, finely, houses, nay, roofed, The City
«In Amsterdam the water is the mistress and the land the vassal. throughout the city there are as many canals and drawbridges as bracelets on a Gypsy's bronzed arms.»
«I think my greatest single achievement took place on a Tuesday in March, when, with much bribery and corruption, I got them to clear the Grand Canal. That was truly Wagnerian.»
«Mars is essentially in the same orbit. Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If there is oxygen, then we can breathe.»
«One learns little more about a man from his feats of literary memory than from the feats of his alimentary canal.»
«A baby is an alimentary canal with a loud voice at one end and no responsibility at the other»
«I split open thy vagina, thy womb, thy canals; I separate the mother and the son, the child along with the placenta. May the placenta fall down!»
«From thy entrails, canals, rectum, and abdomen; from thy belly, guts, and navel I do tear out the disease.»
Author: Atharva Veda | Keywords: abdomen, canal, entrails, rectum
«Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.»
«I took the canal zone and let congress debate, and while the debate goes on the canal does also»

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