"'The time has come,' the walrus said, 'to talk of many things: of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings.'"
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"I find the Englishman to be him of all men who stands firmest in his shoes. They have in themselves what they value in their horses, mettle and bottom."
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"The really great thing about my shop is that there's not one dead animal in it. ... Manolo's got a load of fabric shoes as well! We use plastic, fabric, rubber- anything but leather. I almost feel like I've been put here to show everyone that it's unnecessary."
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"What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed?"
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"I live in the United States, but I do not know exactly where. My address is wherever there is a fight against oppression."
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"I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes. The fairy tale is all about the shoe at the end, and I'm a big shoe girl."
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"Matching your hat to your shoe to your bag, or your necklace to your earrings, has a tendency to look dated. Mixing up your accessories adds interest to an outfit, and can make you look much more modern and polished."
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"Cause see they call me a menace; and if the shoe fits I'll wear it."
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"I always wear flat shoes, because I can't walk in anything else."
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"I always look at a girls shoes. And if they’re wearing heels, i wonder how she would look if she was just wearing those."
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"Take dem shoes off your teeth and stop running your mouth."
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"It's a habit of mine now, noticing labels, logos, shoes."
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"I was changing a light bulb over Groucho Marx's bed, so I took my shoes off, got on his bed and changed the bulb. When I got off the bed he said: 'That's the best acting you've ever done."
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"The really great thing about my shoe store is that there's not one dead animal in it."
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"No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches."
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"Shoes are the finishing touch on any outfit and it is important to complete a look with the perfect pair!"
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"You see, even though back then Barack was a Senator and a presidential candidate... to me, he was still the guy who'd picked me up for our dates in a car that was so rusted out, I could actually see the pavement going by through a hole in the passenger side door... he was the guy whose proudest possession was a coffee table he'd found in a dumpster, and whose only pair of decent shoes was half a size too small."
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"Some sensible person once remarked that you spend the whole of your life either in your bed or in your shoes. Having done the best you can by shoes and bed, devote all the time and resources at your disposal to the building up of a fine kitchen. It will be, as it should be, the most comforting and comfortable room in the house."
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"As is the business of tailors to make clothes and cobblers to make shoes, so it is the business of Christians to pray."
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"You'd have to walk a thousand miles in my shoes just to see what its like to be me!!"
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