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I just thought I'd never be at a semifinal of a grand slam. Honestly, I thought my ship had sailed. Obviously, I didn't go about things great earlier in my career and may have wasted that little window but you know,( I'm) just really proud of the way that I've just come back out here and with my team just to be able to put on a performance. – Nick Kyrgios	Found on CNN 1 year ago
When the U.K. sends a ship through the Taiwan Strait for the first time since 2008 and it sailed down the median line, the point that it’s making is that they know China knows where that line is, in order for the status quo to be meaningful, it has to be upheld and the most emphatic way to do that is to physically demonstrate with a government asset like a warship. – Euan Graham	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It wasn't nearly as impressive as some of the wipeouts I've had on a traditional monohull, we righted the boat, did a systems check and a rig check and sailed for another two hours after the fact. – Terry Hutchinson	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
I never knew Christopher Columbus was so controversial, i just though Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue. – Robin Kelly	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
(Thomas) Jefferson did great things, but he owned slaves. We need to know both. Otherwise, we're stuck believing Columbus sailed the ocean blue and helped the Indians. – Garrett Leatham	Found on CNN 7 years ago
I've sailed in worse conditions and think the water pollution situation is exaggerated, this is my fifth time back to Rio, and I've never gotten sick and never got any infection. – Andrew Lewis	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I think that ship has sailed. – Jen Lawless	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I've been sailing here (in Rio) for more than 25 years, i've never had a problem, not a single infection. Perhaps some athletes who've never sailed here have suffered something, but in general there's no danger. – Robert Scheidt	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
As we sailed closer, we started to smell the dead carcasses of livestock that were floating past the ships. When we smelt those, we knew that this disaster was really, really bad. – Joseph Hing	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Cruise Critic's community of cruisers is the largest in the world, so to be named to this list is truly an honor, of the thousands of reviews we received in 2014, these ships represent the best-of-the-best, qualified by travelers who have sailed firsthand and shared their experiences once they returned. – Spencer Brown	Found on CNN 9 years ago
We are tremendously excited, we have guided this robotic probe for well over seven years on an interplanetary journey of more than 3 billion miles. Along the way we sailed past Mars. We spent 14 months orbiting and scrutinizing the giant protoplanet Vesta. ... Now, finally, we are on the verge of conducting the first exploration ever of the first dwarf planet. – Marc Rayman	Found on CNN 9 years ago
It is a good feeling, i’ve always said, it’s better to be lucky than good but we’ve been good this leg as well so it’s so nice to win this one because it could have been an easy leg to finish last. The team did a fantastic job, we sailed the boat much better than in the first leg. – Bouwe Bekking	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. – Helen Keller	added by anonymous 13 years ago
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. – Helen Keller	added by anonymous 13 years ago
No pessimest ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit. – Helen Keller	added by anonymous 13 years ago
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. – Helen Keller	added by anonymous 14 years ago

I just thought I'd never be at a semifinal of a grand slam. Honestly, I thought my ship had sailed. Obviously, I didn't go about things great earlier in my career and may have wasted that little window but you know,( I'm) just really proud of the way that I've just come back out here and with my team just to be able to put on a performance.

– Nick Kyrgios

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When the U.K. sends a ship through the Taiwan Strait for the first time since 2008 and it sailed down the median line, the point that it’s making is that they know China knows where that line is, in order for the status quo to be meaningful, it has to be upheld and the most emphatic way to do that is to physically demonstrate with a government asset like a warship.

– Euan Graham

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It wasn't nearly as impressive as some of the wipeouts I've had on a traditional monohull, we righted the boat, did a systems check and a rig check and sailed for another two hours after the fact.

– Terry Hutchinson

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

I never knew Christopher Columbus was so controversial, i just though Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

– Robin Kelly

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

(Thomas) Jefferson did great things, but he owned slaves. We need to know both. Otherwise, we're stuck believing Columbus sailed the ocean blue and helped the Indians.

– Garrett Leatham

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I've sailed in worse conditions and think the water pollution situation is exaggerated, this is my fifth time back to Rio, and I've never gotten sick and never got any infection.

– Andrew Lewis

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I think that ship has sailed.

– Jen Lawless

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I've been sailing here (in Rio) for more than 25 years, i've never had a problem, not a single infection. Perhaps some athletes who've never sailed here have suffered something, but in general there's no danger.

– Robert Scheidt

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

As we sailed closer, we started to smell the dead carcasses of livestock that were floating past the ships. When we smelt those, we knew that this disaster was really, really bad.

– Joseph Hing

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Cruise Critic's community of cruisers is the largest in the world, so to be named to this list is truly an honor, of the thousands of reviews we received in 2014, these ships represent the best-of-the-best, qualified by travelers who have sailed firsthand and shared their experiences once they returned.

– Spencer Brown

Found on CNN
9 years ago

We are tremendously excited, we have guided this robotic probe for well over seven years on an interplanetary journey of more than 3 billion miles. Along the way we sailed past Mars. We spent 14 months orbiting and scrutinizing the giant protoplanet Vesta. ... Now, finally, we are on the verge of conducting the first exploration ever of the first dwarf planet.

– Marc Rayman

Found on CNN
9 years ago

It is a good feeling, i’ve always said, it’s better to be lucky than good but we’ve been good this leg as well so it’s so nice to win this one because it could have been an easy leg to finish last. The team did a fantastic job, we sailed the boat much better than in the first leg.

– Bouwe Bekking

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

– Helen Keller

added by anonymous
13 years ago

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

– Helen Keller

added by anonymous
13 years ago

No pessimest ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.

– Helen Keller

added by anonymous
13 years ago

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

– Helen Keller

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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