“ His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled him to run, though not to soar. ”
- Thomas Babington Macaulay- Copy
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“ If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable… we must be content to creep along the ground, and can never soar. ”
- John Henry Cardinal Newman- Copy
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“ The Orioles' Dick Hall comes off the mound like a drunk kangaroo on roller skates. ”
- Joe Garagiola- Copy
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“ I'll skate on concrete if I have to. I'm not worried about how fast the ice is. I'm worried about how fast I can go on the ice. ”
- Clara Hughes- Copy
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“ Of course I'm not a racist, but I'm certainly right wing, there's no question about that. ”
- Nigel Short- Copy
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“ The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. ”
- Kate Chopin- Copy
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“ Let the world slide. - The Taming of the Shrew. Induc. Sc. 1. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Then should some cloud pass over The brow of sire or lover, Think 'tis the shade By Victory made Whose wings right o'er us hover! ”
- Thomas Moore- Copy
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“ He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates. ”
- Alan Ayckbourn- Copy
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“ All I know is that when I was a kid the Vietnam war was on and Jane Fonda was the own person standing up and saying what every kid who was nine-years-old like I was knew, war is wrong and we shouldn't go over and kill other people in a country that has nothing to do with us or our democracy. ”
- Rosie O’Donnell- Copy
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“ So for me having that element of being able to be competitive wasn't a problem. I'm very competitive. I thought if I could skate first, acting would come second. I could say my lines and then go do what I was saying. You don't have to fake it, you're not really acting. ”
- John Robinson- Copy
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“ The music soars within the little lark, And the lark soars. ”
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning- Copy
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“ Skiing: I do not participate in any sport with ambulances at the bottom of the hill. ”
- Erma Bombeck- Copy
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“ Love on his errand bound to goCan swim the flood and wade through snow,Where way is none, 't will creep and windAnd eat through Alps its home to find. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ Short swallow-flights of song, that dip Their wings in tears, and skim away. ”
- Alfred Tennyson- Copy
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“ The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind. ”
- William Falconer- Copy
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“ When you back off, it's easier to do mistakes. For me it's better to ski fast. ”
- Bode Miller- Copy
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“ The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk. ”
- Patrick Murray- Copy
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“ To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float. ”
- Alan Watts- Copy
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“ There was a moth in there, and it still had its wings crumpled up, and it was just starting to pump its wings up. Life continues in lots of places, and life is a magical thing. ”
- Laurel Clark- Copy
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