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Letter "F" » feet
«Scientists tell us that the fastest animal on earth, with a top speed of 120 feet per second, is a cow that has been dropped out of a helicopter.»
Author: Dave Barry
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Humorist,
Writer)
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About:
Funny
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Keywords:
animal,
cow,
cowed,
dropped,
drop by,
fastest,
feet,
has-been,
helicopter,
helicopters,
on earth,
PER,
scientists,
second,
sped,
speed,
speeded,
speeded up,
speeds,
speed up,
The Scientists,
top
«My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet»
«This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.»
Author: Jalal ad-Din Rumi
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Mystic,
Poet)
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About:
Love
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Keywords:
a hundred,
feet,
finally,
first cause,
first moment,
First to,
fly,
hundred,
let fly,
let go,
let go of,
sky,
step,
To Fly,
veiling,
veils
«The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.»
«What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.»
Author: Saint Augustine
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Bishop,
Theologian)
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Keywords:
by ear,
ears,
feet,
hands,
hand and foot,
hasten,
hastened,
hastening,
hastens,
hear,
help,
looks,
misery,
needy,
poor,
sighs,
sorrows,
the poor
«The Road goes ever on and on down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, and I must follow, if I can, pursuing it with eager feet, until it joins some larger way where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say.»
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
(
Author,
Writer)
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About:
Life
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Keywords:
ahead,
began,
door,
eager,
errands,
feet,
gone,
joins,
larger,
On and On,
paths,
pursuing,
The Road Ahead,
whither
«My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.»
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
(
Philosopher)
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About:
Failure,
God,
Imperfection
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Keywords:
blessing,
both,
failures,
feet,
get laid,
imperfections,
lay,
laying on,
successes,
talents
«Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights.»
Author: Peace Pilgrim
(
Spiritual leader,
Teacher)
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Keywords:
feet,
grinding,
ground,
grounding,
ground out,
heights,
in height,
loftier,
lofty,
thoughts
«Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.»
Author: African Proverb
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Keywords:
both,
depth,
feet,
fool,
fooling,
in depth,
make water,
take water,
tests,
The Water,
water
«We have not wings we cannot soar; but, we have feet to scale and climb, by slow degrees, by more and more, the cloudy summits of our time.»
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(
Poet)
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Keywords:
climb,
climb on,
cloudy,
degrees,
feet,
have-not,
in degree,
more and more,
on the wing,
scale,
scaled,
scaling,
slow,
slowed,
slowing,
slows,
soar,
soared,
summits,
The Climb,
to that degree,
wings