42 Lakes Quotes for You to Enjoy

In the 1950s and '60s, America's natural resources were in bad shape. Communities were so polluted that clouds of smog lingered over cities like Los Angeles. Rivers and lakes were filled with chemicals. In my hometown of Boston, the harbor was among the nation's most polluted waterways. John F. Kerry

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In the European tradition, rivers are seen as divisions between peoples. But in the Aboriginal tradition, rivers are seen as the glue, the highway, the linkage between people, not the separation. And that's the history of Canada: our rivers and lakes were our highways. John Ralston Saul

History People Seen Separation Our Aboriginal Rivers Divisions Between Highway Highways Glue Tradition Were Canada The History Of Lakes European

I grew up in Skaneateles, a small town in New York's Finger Lakes region, where parts of my family have lived for five generations. I can walk the streets there and point out my father's childhood home, the houses my grandfather built, the farm where my great-great-uncle worked after he emigrated from England in the 1880s. Kim Edwards

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For example, in my district there are visitors from all over the world who are drawn to our beautiful beaches, recreational lakes, habitat wildlife preserves and golf courses. Mark Foley

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It is Leistikow's lasting achievement - and will always remain so - that he found a style that can express the melancholy charm of the surroundings of Berlin. We see the Grunewald lakes and those on the upper Spree through his eyes; he has taught us to see their beauty. Max Liebermann

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Our government has this three-city concept where Tirupati will be a city of lakes and a tourist destination, Amaravati a blue-green city, and Visakhapatnam a beautiful city buzzing with economic activity and jobs. N. Chandrababu Naidu

Beautiful Government Destination Will Our Jobs City Economic Economic Activity Tourist Beautiful City Concept Where Lakes Activity Buzzing

If the graves of the thousands of victims who have fallen in the terrible wars of the two races had been placed in line the philanthropist might travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Lakes to the Gulf, and be constantly in sight of green mounds. Nelson A. Miles

Travel Philanthropist Sight Gulf Thousands Constantly Atlantic Had Terrible Fallen Line Been Green Pacific Lakes Placed Victims Might Races Who Wars Graves Two

I went camping one time when I was twelve, to the Great Lakes. My friend stepped in really deep muddy water and started screaming and sinking. My mom ran up, and I was just standing there a foot away and wouldn't stick out my hand to pull him up. So I'm probably not the best person to take on a camping trip. Norman Reedus

Time Best Mom Great Water Sinking Ran Out One Time Great Lakes Trip My Friend Take Foot Stepped Him Stick Hand Friend Up Camping Person Just Screaming Lakes Really Muddy Standing Deep Twelve Away Started Pull

I was born in 1940 in Minnesota and grew up in the country... dirt roads, swamps, lakes, woods. Terry Gilliam

Country Minnesota Born Dirt Roads Up Woods Grew Lakes

When I grew up in the early '90s, the new World Wide Web felt like a gimmick, and I had no idea of the changes in store. In the summers, I'd backpack through Europe, follow the Grateful Dead. I had a car and a tent and traveled around the Great Lakes and out West. Jack Kerouac was my guiding light, his 'On the Road' a sacred text. Tony D'Souza

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I was part of Environment Canada's work to stop acid rain, create national parks, clean up the Great Lakes, develop new environmental legislation and negotiate the treaty that saved the ozone layer. Elizabeth May

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