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I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch.

~Ella Maillart

Topics: Before Could Desert Ditch Full Grass Green Had Live Understand Value

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Before the advent of the Web, if you wanted to sustain a belief in far-fetched ideas, you had to go out into the desert, or live on a compound in the mountains, or move from one badly furnished room to another in a series of safe houses.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Advent Another Badly Before Belief Compound Desert Furnished Go Had Houses Ideas Live Mountains Move Out Room Safe Series Sustain Wanted Web You

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As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie.

~Ellsworth Huntington

Topics: Desert Does Either Fact Forest Greater Matter Much Ordinary Plants Prairie Supports Than Variety

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The Democratic Party will never desert the freedoms of our people under the guise of pretending to protect them.

~Emanuel Celler

Topics: Democratic Democratic Party Desert Freedoms Guise Never Our Our People Party People Pretending Protect Them Will

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The magnificent army that fought in Desert Storm is a great army, and it still is a magnificent army today. But it was one we designed for the Cold War, and the Cold War has been over for ten years now.

~Eric Shinseki

Topics: Army Been Cold Cold War Desert Designed Fought Great Magnificent Now Over Still Storm Ten Ten Years Today War Years

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I have this personal affinity for the desert. I am fascinated by the desert. I love it.

~Erika Slezak

Topics: Affinity Am Desert Fascinated Love Personal I Am I Love

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Born to a tribal Bedouin family of nomadic desert shepherds in the region of Tripoli, Gaddafi was profoundly anti-colonialist. It is affirmed that his paternal grandfather died fighting against the Italian invaders when Libya was invaded by them in 1911.

~Fidel Castro

Topics: Against Born Desert Died Family Fighting Grandfather His Invaded Italian Libya Profoundly Region Shepherds Them Tribal

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The vast sage desert undulates with almost imperceptible tides like the oceans.

~Frank Waters

Topics: Almost Desert Like Oceans Sage Tides Vast

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The self-driving car revolution was kicked off by The 'DARPA' Grand Challenge to make an autonomous car traverse 132 mi. of a desert.

~Fred Ehrsam

Topics: Autonomous Car Challenge Darpa Desert Grand Kicked Make Off Revolution

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They defended the grains of sand in the desert to the last drop of their blood.

~Gamal Abdel Nasser

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