49 Ships quotes and Ships definition

We used two Princess Cruise ships. The Island Princess and The Pacific Princess. They were identical ships.

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I wanted to do a naval film and I flirted with different ideas, most of which ended up being too intense. So when the idea of 'Battleship' was first suggested, I was instantly drawn to the challenge - could I invent a movie around the idea of five ships fighting five ships?

Gavin MacLeod

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In the road ships must ride in 30, 40, or 50 fathom water, not above half a mile from the shore at farthest: and if there are many ships they must ride close one by another.

Gavin MacLeod

Words: road, ships, must, ride, fathom, water, above, half, mile, shore, farthest, close, one, another

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Most of the southern hemisphere is unexplored. We had more exploration ships down there during Captain Cook's time than now. It's amazing.

Gavin MacLeod

Words: Southern, hemisphere, unexplored, more, exploration, ships, down, captain, cooks, time, now, amazing

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It was a great experience for a kid, because it was a bunch of kids playing on pirate ships and water slides, so looking back on it, it was the fondest experience of my childhood.

Gavin MacLeod

Words: great, experience, kid, bunch, kids, playing, pirate, ships, water, slides, looking, back, fondest, childhood

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). Dozens of nations have agreed to join in monitoring and, if necessary, intercepting and boarding ships on the high seas in the event they are suspected of engaging in one or both of these threatening activities.

Gavin MacLeod

Words: dozens, nations, agreed, join, monitoring, necessary, intercepting, boarding, ships, high, seas, event, suspected, engaging, one, both, threatening, activities

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Of whatsoever number a fleet of ships of war is composed, it is usually divided into three squadrons; and these, if numerous, are again separated into divisions.

Gavin MacLeod

Words: whatsoever, number, fleet, ships, war, composed, usually, divided, three, squadrons, numerous, again, separated, divisions

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The major advances in speed of communication and ability to interact took place more than a century ago. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph was far more radical than that from telephone to email!

Gavin MacLeod

Words: major, advances, speed, communication, ability, interact, took, place, more, century, ago, shift, sailing, ships, telegraph, far, radical, telephone, email

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Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.

Gavin MacLeod

Words: ships, pass, night, speak, each, other, passing, signal, shown, distant, voice, darkness, ocean, life, one, another, look, again, silence

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I'm not the best audience for that because I'm not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships and space costumes, things like that.

Gavin MacLeod

Words: best, audience, great, fan, just, never, off, space, ships, costumes, things

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I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the first to be rescued off sinking ships.

Gavin MacLeod

Words: rather, woman, man, women, cry, wear, cute, clothes, first, rescued, off, sinking, ships

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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.

Gavin MacLeod

Words: men, sense, often, learn, enemies, foes, friends, cities, lesson, building, high, walls, ships, war

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We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon and to prepare for new journeys to the worlds beyond our own.

Gavin MacLeod

Words: will, build, new, ships, carry, man, forward, universe, gain, foothold, moon, prepare, journeys, worlds, beyond, own

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There's huge, massive mother ships going up to the Yukon. They've been filmed and are on video.

Gavin MacLeod

Words: theres, huge, massive, mother, ships, going, Yukon, filmed, video

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We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.

Gavin MacLeod

Words: may, all, come, different, ships, same, boat, now

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Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and set my feet to tapping.

Gavin MacLeod

Words: four, hoarse, blasts, ships, whistle, still, raise, hair, neck, set, feet, tapping

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We have nine ships and in the next two years will have ten, eleven and twelve. So things are going very nicely and all because of that program that people thought was mindless and so forth.

Gavin MacLeod

Words: nine, ships, next, two, years, will, ten, eleven, twelve, things, going, very, nicely, all, program, people, thought, mindless, forth

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Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ileum?

Gavin MacLeod

Words: face, launched, thousand, ships, burnt, topless, towers, Ileum

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Like ships that have gone down at sea, when heaven was all tranquillity.

Gavin MacLeod

Words: ships, gone, down, sea, heaven, all, tranquillity

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'The time has come,' the walrus said, 'to talk of many things: of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings.'

Gavin MacLeod

Words: time, come, walrus, said, talk, things, shoes, ships, sealing, wax, cabbages, kings

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