#miles

The 6th of August in the morning we saw an opening in the land and we ran into it, and anchored in 7 and a half fathom water, 2 miles from the shore, clean sand. ↗

— William Dampier

#august #clean #fathom #half #into

Furthermore, the slaves cannot be put into a more wretched situation, ourselves being judges, and the community cannot take a more lively step to escape ruin, and obtain the smiles and protection of Heaven. ↗

— Samuel Hopkins

#cannot #community #escape #furthermore #heaven

Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still? ↗

— J. Paul Getty

#company #getting #going #hour #just

Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms. ↗

— Thomas Gray

#any #charms #chiefest #reason #smiles

Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more. ↗

— Louis L'Amour

#hold #inches #later #little #miles

I started running 3 miles every morning after throat surgery to remove a cyst last year. The gym used to be my adversary. But that has all changed. Now, I look forward to it every morning. ↗

— Rachael Ray

#after #changed #every #forward #gym

I was raised on a little farm about 12 miles out of Portsmouth, Ohio. ↗

— Roy Rogers

#farm #i #i was raised #little #miles

I miss playing with Miles. I did play with him a little while before he left the planet, but even at that time I longed to maybe do some things together. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

#did #even #him #i #left

I run six-to-eight miles a day, plus weights and aerobics in the lunch hour. I also lie a lot, which keeps me thin. ↗

— Hugh Laurie

#day #hour #i #keeps #lie

For me, Barack Obama's election was a milestone of the most extraordinary kind. On the day he was elected I felt such hope in my heart. I thought we were seeing the beginning of a new era of equal opportunity across race and gender such as America had never known before. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#america #barack #before #beginning #day