#mile

When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of Cardiff, Wales. ↗

— Roald Dahl

#i #imposing #into #mansion #miles

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. ↗

— William Dampier

#another #close #farthest #fathom #half

I grew up not far from where Motown was founded, maybe 300 miles from Detroit and I've always liked - I used to like the way they made records. I still do, I just haven't had a chance to hear as much. They used to entertain me. ↗

— Rick Danko

#chance #detroit #entertain #far #founded

I knew more about Texas than the Texans and when they told me I would find summer here I smiled knowingly. ↗

— Richard H. Davis

#find #here #i #knew #knowingly

Crowds are the most difficult thing for me these days because I have to walk with my head down and my eyes averted. There's still that part of me that wants to hold my head up, make eye contact and smile. ↗

— Cameron Diaz

#because #contact #crowds #cult thing #days

Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#earned #expensive #fortune #luck #smile

It's never crowded along the extra mile. ↗

— Wayne Dyer

#crowded #extra #extra mile #mile #never

Poems in a way are spells against death. They are milestones, to see where you were then from where you are now. To perpetuate your feelings, to establish them. If you have in any way touched the central heart of mankind's feelings, you'll survive. ↗

— Richard Eberhart

#any #central #death #establish #feelings

When I came there I found all my family gone, for the Indians had killed five people in the winter near that place, which frightened my wife and family away to Roanoke about 35 miles nearer in among the inhabitants, which I was informed of by an old man I met near the place. ↗

— Christopher Gist

#among #away #came #family #five

Along 4 Mile Run, there was a nice woods down in front of the house. I used to run around there. ↗

— Jim Fowler

#around #down #front #house #i