Shoes Quotes - Page 37

• I dislike the word 'victim.' I dislike being told that I 'lost' my husband - as if I had idly abandoned you by the side of the railway track like an unwanted pair of old shoes.

  Nina Bawden

  Husband, Track, Pairs

  "Dear Austen". Book by Nina Bawden, www.theguardian.com. 2005.

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• We have to compete in a universe of 200 networks, so we have to carve out our own niche, and to me, that niche is just basic shoe-leather journalism with some good journalists at the helm you can trust as presenters.

  Walter Isaacson

  Journalism, Niche, Leather

  "Extended Interview: Walter Isaacson". "PBS NewsHour" with Terence Smith, www.pbs.org. January 28, 2002.

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• If you drag your shoe a bit those plastic spikes or rubber spikes can be almost as bad as metal spikes.

  Bernhard Langer

  Sports, Boots, Rubber

  Interview with Julius Mason, www.rydercup.com. September 14, 2004.

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• Matching shoes and bags immediately age you by 10 years.

  Ines de La Fressange

  Years, Age, Bags

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• Boots and shoes are the greatest trouble of my life. Everything else one can turn and turn about, and make old look like new; but there's no coaxing boots and shoes to look better than they are.

  George Eliot

  Life, Looks, Boots

  George Eliot (1858). “Scenes of Clerical Life”, p.35

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• When we start a new venture, we base it on hard research and analysis. Typically, we review the industry and put ourselves in our customer's shoes to see what we could do better.

  Richard Branson

  Business, New Ventures, Analysis

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• I was a model Marine.. My rifle was always clean, uniform always starched, and the shoes always shined. I guess that's how I became so neat-sort of the Felix Unger of baseball roomates. Blame it on the Marines.

  Jay Johnstone

  Baseball, Marine, Rifles

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• Seeing the lightest and gayest purple was then most in fashion, he would always wear that which was the nearest black; and he would often go out of doors, after his morning meal, without either shoes or tunic; not that he sought vain-glory from such novelties, but he would accustom himself to be ashamed only of what deserves shame, and to despise all other sorts of disgrace.

  Plutarch

  Fashion, Morning, Doors

  Plutarch (2011). “Plutarch's Lives”, p.528, Bantam

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• This all came of a conversation I had with [John] Steinbeck once when we were standing in a men's room somewhere. Steinbeck asked me why I didn't play the banjo any more and I told him that went out with the high-button shoes.

  Eddie Condon

  Men, Play, Buttons

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• Later the Administration wanted me to actually sell all remaining surplus by running the War Assets Corporation. I said I couldn't do it without some shoe leather.

  Stuart Symington

  Running, War, Boots

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• You will put on a dress of guilt and shoes with broken high ideals.

  Roger McGough

  Broken Heart, Promise, Guilt

  'Comeclose and Sleepnow'

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• What you are lies with you. If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose, among the only ones who live beyond the grave in this world, the people who write books that help, make exquisite music, carve statues, paint pictures, and work for others. Never mind the calico dress, and the coarse shoes. Work at you books, and before long you will hear yesterday's tormentors boasting that they were once classmates of yours.

  Gene Stratton-Porter

  Lying, Book, Writing

  Gene Stratton-Porter (2013). “The Essential Gene Stratton-Porter Collection”, p.819, eBookIt.com

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• If you want to be a theater actor, where do you live now? Young actors struggle on a Broadway salary. A lot of them live in shoe boxes; some of them are literally three to a shoebox. New York has gotten prohibitively expensive.

  Stephen Spinella

  New York, Struggle, Salary

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

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• The first thing I notice about a man are his shoes. Then I look at his watch.

  Frida Giannini

  Men, Watches, Looks

  "Frida Giannini's Rules" by Frida Giannini, www.esquire.com. March 11, 2008.

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• I think that the lack of intuition in fashion today is one of the most dangerous things. My fear is that our business is turning into a bag business, and it's all about the bag. But it's not only about the bag. It's about the women. And it's not about a bag or a shoe or the jewelry. It's only about women. . . . Being almost politically correct and doing only what you expect without the ability to make mistakes is very dangerous to fashion. We have to go with our heart. We have to go with our intuition.

  Alber Elbaz

  Fashion, Mistake, Heart

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• I cried when I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. And then I laughed REALLY hard.

  Amy Sedaris

  Men, Feet, Mets

  "Strangers with Candy". www.imdb.com. 1999 - 2000.

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• The best part of being in a band and being successful is you get to have hot girls lace up your shoes.

  Zacky Vengeance

  Girl, Successful, Hot

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• How strange, when your father's wearing women's clothes and platform shoes, that a pair of loafers looks incredible.

  Moon Unit Zappa

  Father, Women, Clothes

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• Cinderella's glass shoe was the perfect size.... so why did it slip off as she ran? It must have been to attract the attention of Prince Charming. I don't see any other explanation.

  Ai Yazawa

  Glasses, Perfect, Attention

  "Nana". Manga by Ai Yazawa, 2000 - 2009.

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• O, here's the shoe my baby wore,
  but, baby, where are you?

  Dudley Randall

  Baby, My Baby

  Dudley Randall (2009). “Roses and Revolutions: The Selected Writings of Dudley Randall”, p.99, Wayne State University Press

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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, Choices, Finding Yourself

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

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• When you have worn out your shoes, the strength of the show fiber has passed into your body.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Body, Fiber

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• So, I understand when they make a mistake and everyone at home is throwing their shoe at the television set.

  Vanna White

  Mistake, Home, Television

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• . . . the poor man, whom the law does not allow to take . . . a pair of shoes for his freezing feet, is allowed to put his hand into the pocket of the rich, and say, You shall educate me. . . .

  Marsilio Ficino

  Men, Hands, Law

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• When I step foot to my locker and change shoes for training, its like turning on a switch. I become a creature. Not a human. I look to tear apart anyone and everyone in my way to hugeness and I don't care how I do it. I can feel my heart start jumping and my body start saying "beat me into the ground like a red-headed step child. I want punishment" I WANT TO BE A FREAK, A FREAK I TELL YOU!!

  Jason Bennett

  Badass, Children, Heart

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