Jack Miles famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Refuse to deny what you know but consent to how little that will always be, and, when the moment comes, the sky will open and the liberating intrusion will descend upon you.
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You think you are alone. Then you raise your eyes, and you are surrounded.
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Radio is a wonderful medium, but the clock is very unforgiving, and the discussion of this matter included in the interview as originally recorded had to be cut to fit the allotted time. I am happy to provide this elaboration to correct the record.
-- Jack Miles
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A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.
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A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.
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The things that make me different are the things that make me.
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Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.
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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.
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When the spirit shines, even foggy skies make pleasant light.
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You can't run forever. There's only so much pavement that the road makers lay down. After a while, the highway quits going north and it just turns into sky. And you can't go anywhere in the sky unless you have a plane or some kind of rocket.
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If you can fly, don't stop at the sky, 'cause there's footprints on the moon!
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Lustre of man walking proud beneath the sky diminishes to nothing and goes unregarded.
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