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A lot of the homelands turned out to be land where no water was readily available, no roads, no amenities. So you had your ceded lands of a couple million acres, and y Hawaiian homesteads of a couple hundred thousand acres.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie about couple, water

I mean Iggy and The Stooges first couple of albums I think sold twenty five thousand between the two of them you know and so to talk in terms of an underground I mean you have to go really to the independent labels and things like that.

Quote by Lester Bangs about couple, things

In 1920, a couple hundred thousand acres had been set aside called ''Hawaiian homelands. '' The idea was to rehabilitate Hawaiians by letting them homestead on acreage set aside for them.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie about couple, idea

What the New Yorker calls home would seem like a couple of closets to most Americans, yet he manages not only to live there but also to grow trees and cockroaches right on the premises.

Quote by Russell Baker about couple, americans, home, rightness

Because one of the curious things about writing is that it doesn't matter how perfect you try and get it, that you never quite get the sentence right, or there are things that you miss and, you know, you have work repeated a couple of pages later...

Quote by Al Alvarez about literature, couple, things, writing, perfection, rightness, work

That makes Joe pretty unusual among comic book artists of his time, though there were a couple, the foremost among them being Will Eisner, a brilliant artist and a very talented storyteller.

Quote by Michael Chabon about artists, couple, being, time

I developed that for a long time. I also developed 'Sugar Sweet Science' at New Line and that didn't happen. That was a boxing movie. And between all that there were a couple of other things.

Quote by Danny DeVito about couple, science, things, time

It was a good thing to have a couple of thousand people...

It was a good thing to have a couple of thousand people all rigid and frozen together, in the palm of one's hand.

Quote by Charles Dickens about couple, things, good, good luck, people

I think the only thing I would've ever been any good at...

I think the only thing I would've ever been any good at was probably being a pub landlord. I've thought of that a couple of times.

Quote by Joe Cocker about couple, thinking, being, things, good, good luck

I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, ...

I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, but basically Chicago is my home.

Quote by Dennis Farina about home, couple

It's not so much about killing an animal, it's being at peace and you don't have to worry about all the other things that go on. That's a couple of hours a week that you get to escape but it's nice to do that.

Quote by Brett Favre about worry, couple, peace, being, things

I've been married now a couple of times.

I've been married now a couple of times.

Quote by Richard Gere about couple

Before I tried LSD, I'd been going to a psychologist for a couple of years. I found out about success that you have to fight for it a lot, then when you achieve it you can't give up the fight.

Quote by Larry Hagman about fight, couple

I admit the last couple of years shows were not up to par.

I admit the last couple of years shows were not up to par.

Quote by Larry Hagman about couple

My writing's got better, I feel more confident and more grounded with it and there's a transition in the music. It's got an eclectic flavour-there's a jazz theme, a couple of show tunes.

Quote by Geri Halliwell about couple, writing, music

Then a neighbor, Mr Smith, had a dairy cow and an couple...

Then a neighbor, Mr Smith, had a dairy cow and an couple bulls. He showed me how to bluff a bull.

Quote by Jim Fowler about couple

I've stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private...

I've stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private collection!

Quote by Salma Hayek about couple

I am a person whose father had no religion but who went to the nuns for a couple of years. And I think I'm the same: On one hand, I pray; on the other hand, I don't believe. I am constantly between the two.

Quote by Anjelica Huston about faith, pray, couple, religion, people

Most people who are healthy, and I'm healthy, can't even live my life. Trust me. I get up 530-6 every morning. I'm in the gym. I run a couple miles. I lift weights, and then I'm at work until 8-9 o'clock at night.

Quote by Magic Johnson about couple, night, work, life, people

In any married couple, both members think that they will...

In any married couple, both members think that they will be the first one to die, which means that at least 50% of the people will be wrong.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about love, couple, bad, people

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