Feet quotes
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"A journey of a thousand miles starts in front of your feet. A tower nine stories high is built from a small heap of earth. A journey of a thousand miles starts in front of your feet."
"Warriors say: I dare not be like the host, but would rather be like the guest. I dare not advance an inch, but would rather retreat a foot."
"In London, I really like going to the Mandarin Oriental. They can even do my feet without tickling me."
"The quiet was so deep that their feet seemed to thump along while all the trees leaned over them and listened."
"Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still round the corner we may meet A sudden tree or standing stone That none have seen but we alone. Tree and flower and leaf and grass, Let them pass! Let them pass!"
"I wanted to go in a different direction, artistically. But having somebody like Terry[Crews] in it was your ace in the hole. That makes it very strong, so I definitely had to jump in with both feet."
"I was happy over little things: mango sorbet, and running, and the way my feet felt touching the ground when I ran."
"The need of a constantly expanding market for its products chases the bourgeoisie over the entire surface of the globe. It must nestle everywhere, settle everywhere, establish connections everywhere. The bourgeoisie has, through its exploitation of the world market, given a cosmopolitan character to production and consumption in every country. To the great chagrin of reactionaries, it has drawn from under the feet of industry the national ground on which it stood."
"I get nervous when I fly; I'm used to walking with my feet."
"It was the work of the quiet mountains, this torrent of purity at my feet."
"And you have been forever, and will be forever, and all the worrisome smashings of your foot on innocent cupboard doors it was only the Void pretending to be a man pretending not to know the Void."
"Down the long and silent street, The dawn, with silver-sandaled feet, Crept like a frightened girl."
"We must improve our time; time goes with rapid foot."
"When worse may yet befall, there's room for prayer, But when our fortune's at its lowest ebb, We trample fear beneath our feet, and live Without a fear of evil yet to come."
"I want a big 25-foot pink statue that holds my grave. Or I also might like the way the Indians did it. They hang you up on the top of a tree and the birds eat you. No, really I would probably choose cremating."
"... I love walking my feet off. Gimme a map and a box of Band-Aids and I'm all set!"
"The fallen autumn leaves were slick beneath Bod's feet, and the mists blurred the edges of the world. Nothing was as clean-cut as he had thought it, a few minutes before."
"I don't know how i stay on my feet, why i don;t just shatter into dust right there, why my heart keeps beating when i want it so badly to stop"
"I'm about to be shot 150 feet up in the air. I feel queasy!"
"I have the ugliest feet in the world. But even if I didn't dance, they would still be ugly. My toes are too big!"
