Miles Quotes - Page 24

• [T]here are depths of thousands of miles which are hidden from our inquiry. The only tidings we have from those unfathomable regions are by means of volcanoes, those burning mountains that seem to discharge their materials from the lowest abysses of the earth.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Mean, Science, Volcanoes

  Oliver Goldsmith (1825). “A History of the Earth: And Animated Nature”, p.26

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• As a bassist he could never really be a sideman. He was always the anchor. He drove the beat. even if it was behind Miles Davis'a horn.

  Michael Connelly

  Music, Anchors, Beats

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• Maybe it's wishful thinking, this snaggly faith of mine, or maybe it's Miles Davis saying, Don't play what's there, play what's not there.

  Anne Lamott

  Thinking, Play, Performing

  Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, p.222, Anchor

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• Cultivate your own capabilities, your own style. Appreciate the members of your family for who they are, even though their outlook or style may be miles different from yours. Rabbits don't fly. Eagles don't swim. Ducks look funny trying to climb. Squirrels don't have feathers. Stop comparing. There's plenty of room in the forest.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Father, Squirrels, Eagles

  Charles R. Swindoll (1979). “Standing Out: Being Real in an Unreal World”, Multnomah

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• There are more than 100 first- and second- hand witnesses to the retrieval of an extraterrestrial spacecraft and at least four extraterrestrial bodies from a crash which occurred in July, 1947, 75 miles northwest of Roswell, New Mexico; written and videotaped testimony from several first-hand witnesses who are respected military officers have been obtained.

  Steven M. Greer

  Military, July, Hands

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• About the same time, I realized that it was suddenly going away from me and there I was, running at about 300 miles per hour. I tracked it for a little way, and then all of a sudden the damn thing just took off. It pulled about a 45 degree climbing turn and accelerated and just flat disappeared.

  Deke Slayton

  Running, Climbing, Going Away

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• Coal is a portable climate. It carries the heat of the tropics to Labrador and the polar circle; and it is the means of transporting itself whithersoever it is wanted. Watt and Stephenson whispered in the ear of mankind their secret, that a half-ounce of coal will draw two tons a mile, and coal carries coal, by rail and by boat, to make Canada as warm as Calcutta, and with its comfort brings its industrial power.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  War, Mean, Science

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2009). “The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.622, Modern Library

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• From the bodybuilding days on, I learned
  that everything is reps and mileage. The more miles you ski, the better a skier you become; the more reps you do, the better your body.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Bodybuilding, Total Recall, Skis

  Arnold Schwarzenegger (2012). “Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story”, p.308, Simon and Schuster

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• Look, if you're driving down the highway at 120 miles an hour, I'd rather be behind the wheel than in the backseat.

  Mark Wahlberg

  Wheels, Looks, Driving

  "The GQ&A: Mark Wahlberg". Interview with Dan Hyman, www.gq.com. January 11, 2012.

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• High School: Oh, man. This is where boys and girls go from tweens to teens and become complicated and cruel. Girls play sick mind games; boys try to pull each other's penises off and throw them in the bushes. If you can, buy the most expensive jeans in a two-hundred-mile radius of your town and wear them on your first day. If anyone asks how you could afford them say that your father is the president of Ashton Kutcher. When they are like, 'Ashton Kutcher has a president?' answer, 'Yes.' Everyone will be in awe of you and you won't have to go through a lot of pain and cat fights.

  Eugene Mirman

  Girl, Pain, Father

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• I'm going to tell you the story about the geese which fly 5,000 miles from Canada to France.

  Alex Ferguson

  Inspirational, Teamwork, Stories

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• We've sent a man to the moon and that's 29,000 miles away. The center of the Earth is only 4,000 miles away. You could drive that in a week but for some reason nobody's ever done it.

  Andy Rooney

  Moon, Men, Done

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• I come from a stupid family. My uncle heard that most deaths occurs within ten miles of the house...so he moved.

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Uncles, Stupid, House

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• 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

  Running, Mean, Done

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• If you ever find yourself walking a mile in my shoes, I hope that you would be at least be given the same choice.

  Brittany Maynard

  Emotional, Shoes, Choices

  "My right to death with dignity at 29" by Brittany Maynard, www.cnn.com. November 2, 2014.

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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

  Two, Firsts, Planes

  "Wesley Snipes: The Wisdom of Wesley". Interview with Lawrence Grobel, movieline.com. August 1, 1998.

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• When you step on the treadmill, make a commitment. Do, say, 3 miles a day. And don't get off until you finish. It doesn't matter what speed you're going. Just don't get off.

  Tyrese Gibson

  Commitment, Matter, Steps

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• Well, Amber [Heard] is still raising her eyebrow at me because I said that I've been 180 miles per hour on the 405 freeway on a motorcycle and she doesn't believe me but it's a true story. I did it coming home from work at 3 in the morning on another movie I made about cars called Gone in 60 Seconds. I bought a Yamaha-1 and I was doing 180 miles per hour home on the 405 and that's really, really crazy but I did it.

  Nicolas Cage

  Morning, Crazy, Believe

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• Anyone wanna buy my Malaysian Airlines frequent flier miles?

  Jason Biggs

  Airline

  "Jason Biggs talks Twitter woes and his ‘Bachelor’ obsession". Interview with Barbara Hoffman, nypost.com. February 22, 2015.

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• [Wind energy] takes a very large footprint on the land, five to 10 times what you'd use for nuclear, and typically to get one gigawatt of electricity is on the order of 250 square miles of wind farm.

  Stewart Brand

  Motivation, Inspiration, Squares

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• I can spot someone with similar fashion sense to me a mile off.

  Martin Freeman

  Fashion, Spots, I Can

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I often think of those marvelous weeks spent in the Waddington Range in 1950. 2 new routes on the northern side of the peak and the 3rd ascent of the mountain as well. Waddington is one of the more beautiful peaks in all of Canada and it's only 175 miles north of Vancouver. B.C.!!

  Allen Steck

  Beautiful, Thinking, Mountain

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• Writing at least is a silent meditation even though you’re going a hundred miles an hour.

  Jack Kerouac

  Writing, Meditation, Silent

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• Tonight this fool's halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell
  And I feel like I'm comin' home.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Home, Heaven, Tonight

  Song: Better Days, Album: Lucky Town, 1992

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• I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters: not the mortgage, not the store, not my team and all their bullshit. For those ten seconds or less, I'm free.

  Vin Diesel

  Team, Bullshit, Driving Fast

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