#miles

In 1941 I finished at Allison Intermediate School (grades 7-9), and started at North High School, commuting by bicycle about 5 miles from home to school. ↗

— Vernon L. Smith

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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

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

— Robert Southwell

#frown #how #i #quickly #she

I am persuaded that every time a man smiles - but much more so when he laughs - it adds something to this fragment of life. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

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In one year I travelled 450,000 miles by air. ↗

— Jackie Stewart

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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

I always enjoy it when I walk on stage. There were some times when I was working so much in the '80s, and I felt really burnt-out. But I'd be up there singing and not be 10,000 million miles away, you know, just opening my mouth and the words coming out. ↗

— George Strait

#away #coming #enjoy #felt #i

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. ↗

— Washington Irving

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I still have my bad days when I think I'm not getting everything I deserve. But those pass quickly once my Mother gets on the phone and says, 'listen, we used to eat rocks and walk 80 miles a day to school. ↗

— Bonnie Hunt

#bad days #day #days #deserve #eat

Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

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