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T. E. Lawrence Writer, Archaeologist, Military Officer
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"A skittish motorbike with a touch of blood in it is better than all the riding animals on earth, because of its logical extension of our faculties, and the hint, the provocation, to excess conferred by its honeyed untiring smoothness."

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"Before I went on stage at Kyle Hutton's Real Life Real Music Festival, I heard one of his songwriting students, Abbey Hirvela, sing; she was in the poet's saddle and riding that horse like she owned it. She was good! I probably ruined her by showing her how to make an E chord without the 3rd though."

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J. D. Salinger Novelist, Short Story Writer
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"Bessie: 'Why don't you get married?' Zooey: 'I like riding in trains too much. You never get to sit next to the window anymore when you're married."

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Hank Green Entrepreneur, Author, YouTuber
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"Why is it called Piggie-back riding? I'm not a piggie!"

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Janice Dickinson Model, Author
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"But you see, that's the gilded prison of fashion. We're riding in private jets, and meantime I was so incredibly, painfully sad and lonely."

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Paul McCartney Musician, Singer-songwriter
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"It comes in handy in situations like that. People always expect you to be riding around in stretch limousines all the time, but I will sometimes take public transportation if it's convenient, and it does surprise people, you see the heads turn."

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Coco Jones Singer, Actress
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"My earliest memory is of the best Christmas gift ever, a toy train. I remember riding that thing all through our house."

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Epictetus Philosopher
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"Opportunity beckons more surely when misfortune comes upon a person than it ever does when that person is riding the crest of a wave of success. It sharpens a person's wits, if that person will let it, enabling him or her to see more clearly and evaluate situations with a more knowledgeable judgment."

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