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whaling
«Whales only get harpooned when they come to the surface, and turtles can only move forward when they stick their neck out, but investors face risk no matter what they do.»
«Writing is the most demanding of callings, more harrowing than a warrior's, more lonely than a whaling captain's-that, in essence, is the modern writer's message.»
Author: Melvin Maddocks
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Writing
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«Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.»
«All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever present perils of life.»
«The real threat to whales is whaling, which has endangered many whale species.»
Author: Dave Barry
(Humorist, Writer)
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endanger, endangered, threat, whale, whales, whaling
«The story of the whale swallowing Jonah, though a whale is large enough to do it, borders greatly on the marvelous; but it would have approached nearer to the idea of a miracle if Jonah had swallowed the whale»
Author: Thomas Paine
(Writer)
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