#miles

The first time I jumped from a plane, I screamed like a woman. I was two miles up and you could hear me clear as day. Now I love it. ↗

— Wesley Snipes

#could #day #first #first time #hear

When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown. ↗

— Robert Southwell

#frown #how #i #quickly #she

Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles. ↗

— Julia Stiles

#even #few #few women #leadership #milestones

When you treat yourself right, you run better and more efficiently. Which means you don't have to go 100 miles an hour to get everything done. ↗

— Ann Curry

#done #efficiently #everything #get #go

I enjoy a four-seasonal climate and wide-open spaces, so being on an island 2,500 miles into the South Pacific made me feel a little claustrophobic. ↗

— Matthew Fox

#claustrophobic #climate #enjoy #feel #i

Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived. ↗

— Helen Keller

#lived #miles #potent #smell #thousands

If we don't act, drilling will be allowed only 3 miles off Florida's east coast beaches. ↗

— Ric Keller

#allowed #beaches #coast #drilling #east

I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#back #big #came #children #cooking

A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results. ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#back #few #kick #miles #only

About fifteen miles above New Orleans the river goes very slowly. It has broadened out there until it is almost a sea and the water is yellow with the mud of half a continent. Where the sun strikes it, it is golden. ↗

— Frank Yerby

#above #almost #broadened #continent #fifteen