Miles Quotes

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I looked around and we were about a mile-and-a-half from land, and I thought, 'OK, I'm going to drown now.' And then I started to… — Anthony Minghella
The reality, sitting ten thousand miles away, is that we remain the country that inspires. We remain that shining city on a hill. — Jon Huntsman, Jr.
The planes were hijacked, the buildings fell, and thousands of lives were lost nearly a thousand miles from here. But the attacks on the World… — Tom Harkin
And while these pounds were being shed, while the physiological miracles were occurring with the heart and muscle and metabolism, psychological marvels were taking place… — George A. Sheehan
There's one rule of thumb that suggests that you need one day of recovery for every mile run in a race. Another rule of thumb...suggests… — Hal Higdon
I think re-engineering or restructuring or downsizing or rightsizing or whatever you want to call it, it's basically firing, has gone way too far. Employees,… — Robert Reich
We just have to go at 100 miles an hour in all our businesses, be they television broadcasting, be they magazine publishing, be they subscription… — James Packer
Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go ten thousand miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on brown people… — Muhammad Ali
When there are miles to go before we sleep, altered traits are more important than altered states. — Huston Smith
The Nile, draining out into the Mediterranean. The bright lights of Cairo announce the opening of the north-flowing river’s delta, with Jerusalem’s answering high beams to… — Chris Hadfield
They always call depression the blues, but I would have been happy to waken to a periwinkle outlook. Depression to me is urine yellow, washed… — Gillian Flynn
Did Muddy Waters play an acoustic? Well of course he did. But did he turn his back on being able to plug it in and… — Billy Gibbons
For each and every person, our Lord and Master provides sustenance. Why are you so afraid, O mind? The flamingos fly hundreds of miles, leaving… — Guru Nanak
Do not count the days, do not count the miles. Count only the Germans you have killed. Kill the German - this is your old… — Ilya Ehrenburg
I don't intend to be a performing flea any more. I was the dreamweaver, but although I'll be around I don't intend to be running… — John Lennon
I always have to go that extra mile, and I do it and I don't mind doing it, but it isn't fair. — Patti LaBelle
People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up… — Mary Roberts Rinehart
I lived in a small town. It was 2,000 people in Canada. A little river that went through it and we swam in the -… — James Cameron
At age 22 I set what I insist is an all-time record for distance hitchhiking in Bermuda shorts: 3,700 miles in three weeks. — Hunter S. Thompson
I’d rather lose a 3:58 mile than win one in 4:10. — John Landy
Could I get mansions covering ten thousand miles, I'd house all the poor scholars and make them beam with smiles — Du Fu
Empathic listening takes time, but it doesn't take anywhere near as much time as it takes to back up and correct misunderstandings when you're already… — Stephen Covey
So much of what I love about poetry lies in the vast possibilities of voice, the spectacular range of idiosyncratic flavors that can be embedded… — Tony Hoagland
Alternate currents, especially of high frequencies, pass with astonishing freedom through even slightly rarefied gases. The upper strata of the air are rarefied. To reach… — Nikola Tesla
The SEALs place a premium on brute strength, but there's an even bigger premium on speed. That's speed through the water, speed over the ground,… — Marcus Luttrell

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