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• She only maintains that it is possible, under some circumstances, for a lady to murder her husband; but that a woman who wears ankle-strap shoes and smokes on the street corner, though she may be a joy to all who know her and have devoted her life to charity, could never qualify as a lady.

  Judith Martin

  Husband, Smoking, Joy

  Judith Martin (1990). “Miss Manners' Guide for the Turn-of-the-Millennium”, p.153, Simon and Schuster

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• Who would you vote most likely to succeed? Bob Arum - White, Jewish, a graduate of Harvard, a Kennady Raider, United States Attorney. Don King - black, poor, out of the hard core getto of Cleveland, Ohio, numbers runner, a little confectionary dealer, ex-convict. Now who would you vote to succeed? It would be hands down........ Yet in this great land called America, I have out performed, outachieved, been more recognizable, did more, broke more records, and had more of a phenominal career, where Arum can't tie my shoe string. You understand?

  Don King

  Kings, Careers, White

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• Yes no yes no yes no? Red blue? Yes red, no blue? No red, yes no? In out, up down? Do don't, can can't? Choices sit on the shelf life New shoes in a shoe shop. If the in crowd are squeezing into a must-have shoe And the one pair left are too tiny for you Don't feel compelled into choosing them If you're really a size 9, buy that size. While everyone else Hobbles round with sore feet Your choices should feel comfortable Or they aren't your choices at all. Why limp when you can sprint

  Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet

  Blue, Feet, Choices

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• She's a yellow pair of running shoes, a holey pair of jeans. She looks great in cheap sunglasses, she looks great in anything. She's, "I want a piece of chocolate cake; take me to a movie." She's a, "I can't find a thing to wear." Now and then she's moody. She's a Saturn with a sunroof with her brown hair blowing. She's a warm conversation I wouldn't miss for nothing. She's a fighter when she's mad and she's a lover when she's lovin'.

  Brad Paisley

  Running, Hair, Jeans

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• More than anything else I recall being, or trying very deliberately to be, a perfect child. Not a Goody Two-shoes, but a kid who did good, who worked hard and met every expectation. I strove to achieve in the excessive way that psychotherapists tend to regard with concern.

  James McGreevey

  Children, Kids, Two

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• One thing my dad always told me, was he would make sure I always had what he didn't have. He couldn't play basketball because he didn't have tennis shoes - so I had five pairs of tennis shoes.

  Robert Griffin III

  Inspirational, Basketball, Dad

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• I never thought a basketball shoe would be named after a woman, let alone me.

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Inspirational, Basketball, Would Be

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• When a writer has done the best that he can do, he should then withdraw from the book-writing business and take up an honest trade like shoe repair, cattle stealing, or screwworm management.

  Edward Abbey

  Book, Writing, Done

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.33, RosettaBooks

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• I remember so clearly, in the early days, if I had to do a piece of press, they'd phone for me and say, 'Oh, we're going to bring hair and makeup, it'll take about five hours.' And I said, 'Well, if it was Ian McEwan, would it take about five hours? Would there be hair and makeup? Cause if that's not the case, then don't bring the hair and makeup.' So, it's fascinating that they just assume: it's a young woman, she must want to be photographed for five hours. She must have nothing better to do than delight in trying on all your shoes. But it's not the case.

  Zadie Smith

  Makeup, Phones, Hair

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• Everything TSA does is reactionary - first they ban the box cutters, then of course you have to take your shoes off, then you have to take the liquids out, now we have to be patted down in our private areas because of the diaper bomber.

  John Mica

  Tsa, Diapers, Firsts

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• If you guys throw one more shoe or one more coin, I'm just going to leave my guitar next to my amp and there's going to be massive feed back for an hour.

  Kurt Cobain

  Guitar, Guy, Coins

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• Kick your shoes off, kickem off

  Randy Houser

  Kicks

  Song: How Country Feels, Album: How Country Feels

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• Every old sock meets an old shoe

  Kate Bush

  Sock, Old Shoes

  Song: Moments Of Pleasure, Album: The Red Shoes, 1993

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• A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, it's better than a new one.

  Willa Cather

  Matter, Rooms, Boots

  Willa Cather (2002). “The Professor's House”, p.59, U of Nebraska Press

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• My favorite toy growing up was Polly Pocket. But one gift that I wanted though never received for Christmas was a pair of trampoline moon shoes. You strap them to your feet and they have springs on them, and you can just jump around!

  Lucy Hale

  Christmas, Growing Up, Spring

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• I'm blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in a black community not far from where we lived. I saw it all growing up.

  Rod Blagojevich

  Growing Up, Father, Community

  “The Notorious Blago” by Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. January 11, 2010.

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• Christ literally walked in our shoes and entered into our affliction. Those who will not help others until they are destitute reveal that Christ's love has not yet turned them into the sympathetic persons the gospel should make them.

  Timothy Keller

  Sympathy, Christian, Helping Others

  Timothy Keller (2010). “Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just”, p.49, Penguin

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• The American white relegates the black to the rank of shoeshine boy; and he concludes from this that the black is good for nothing but shining shoes.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Boys, White, Racism

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• The Republican party is not a church. It does not promulgate doctrine and then exclude those who fail to share it. But political parties must stand for something, or they will be unable to generate enthusiastic support from the volunteers needed to burn shoe leather and calories winning competitive elections.

  Ralph E. Reed, Jr.

  Party, Winning, Volunteer

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• Racism and sexism are not "problems" or "topics." They are ways of defining reality and living our lives that most of us learned along with learning how to tie our shoes and how to drink from a cup.

  Paula Rothenberg

  Reality, Ties, Racism

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• Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.

  Austin O'Malley

  Prayer, Knees, Praying

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• Woman for whom Botox and fillers are the norm don't feel dressed without it. It's like going to the hairdresser's for them. Also, famously, lipstick sales go up in a recession: you may not be able to afford the shoes and the dress but you are sure going to keep your lips pillow perfect.

  Imogen Edwards-Jones

  Fashion, Clothes, Perfect

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• A short way into Teen Vogue I realized that teens see it as a guide for their lives and their careers, more than a place to teach them how to get boys. And they don't ask us fashion advice questions; they're too sophisticated. They're inspired by what they see and they think, 'These people at this magazine represent what I want to be, beyond shoes and makeup.'

  Amy Astley

  Fashion, Boys, Makeup

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• I wore my first pair of Louboutins during this press tour. It was absolutely amazing, they weren't heels, they were little shoes, but they were velvet and they were blue.

  Chloe Grace Moretz

  Blue, Pairs, Firsts

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• Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are! This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?

  Timothy Keller

  Christian, Motivation, People

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