Famous quotes containing the words active, duty and/or fleet:
“You need not be proud of me.... Im only being active till you can be againit isnt such a great desire on my part to serve the world and Ill fall back into habits of sloth quite easily!”
—Eleanor Roosevelt (18841962)
“...I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and to share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good, but the pain, the intense, often unmitigating pain. It is important to share how I know survival is survival and not just a walk through the rain.”
—Audre Lorde (19341992)
“On the middle of that quiet floor
sits a fleet of small black ships,
square-rigged, sails furled, motionless,
their spars like burned matchsticks.”
—Elizabeth Bishop (19111979)
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