#miles

So much destruction in modern war takes place miles and miles away from the source of the destruction, the human being who has caused it. ↗

— James Dickey

#being #caused #destruction #human #human being

Everybody knows that the great reversed triangle of land, with its base in the north and its apex in the south, which is called India, embraces fourteen hundred thousand square miles, upon which is spread unequally a population of one hundred and eighty millions of souls. ↗

— Jules Verne

#base #called #eighty #embraces #everybody

Just because you're from a city ten miles outside of St. Paul. It doesn't mean you don't read magazines, or the incredible Internet, and what's going on in the world. I never, ever take a client, or women, for granted. ↗

— Vera Wang

#city #client #ever #going #granted

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

#could #day #first #first time #hear

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

— Robert Southwell

#frown #how #i #quickly #she

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 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

But my attitude about it is I have miles to go before I sleep. ↗

— Peabo Bryson

#about #before #go #i #miles

I used to be friends with Miles Davis. He didn't like many folks. I lived across the street from him. ↗

— Rip Torn

#davis #folks #friends #him #i

My tears are like a whole pack of dogs on leashes; no matter how I try to tug them back, they just keep barreling forward. ↗

— Holly Schindler

#beauty