At the time, I was reading this Miles Davis book, and he was talking about coming to New York right after he was in high school. It kind of made me feel like, "Yeah. " I didn't want to go to college; I wanted to do stand-up. And I figured, "What's the point of doing stand-up around DC? I'm always going to be under-appreciated there because I started there. " I felt like I was strong enough and unique enough that I should give it a big leash to shine. New York was the best thing that ever happened to me as a comedian.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Watch your step.
Some think guts is sprinting at the end of a race. But guts is what got you there to begin with. Guts start back in the hills with 6 miles to go and you're thinking of how you can get out of this race without anyone noticing. Guts begin when you still have forty minutes of torture left and you're already hurting more than you ever remember.
When I think of the pace that I drove my first race, everything was happening a million miles an hour. Now when I get in the car everything happens so much slower.
People close to me called me 'Curry in a Hurry. ' I was moving through life at 100 miles an hour trying to further my career and be a great mom and make everyone happy.
Detroit, the heart of the country. . . I grew up on 10 Mile, 2 miles better than 8 Mile.
Intoxicated? The word did not express it by a mile. He was oiled, boiled, fried, plastered, whiffled, sozzled, and blotto.
Because I grew up trapped in the suburbs 8 miles outside of D. C. and I've never seen what people who live in D. C. look like.
If you truly want to succeed, be prepared to go the extra mile.
They have worries, they're counting the miles, they're thinking about where to sleep tonight, how much money for gas, the weather, how they'll get there - and all the time they'll get there anyway, you see.
Is it a fact-or have I dreamt it-that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time?
Look, if you're driving down the highway at 120 miles an hour, I'd rather be behind the wheel than in the backseat.
And so I'm me again, Leo. Thanks to the example of a five-year-old. I'm hoping you wouldn't want it any other way. Not that you weren't flattered, right? I mean, to have a girl two thousand miles away going to pieces over you, weeping at the mere memory of you, losing her appetite, losing herself and self-respect - well, that's trophy enough for any guy's ego, huh?
If you could walk a mile in my shoes you'd be crazy too.
In Victor's life, monotony and boredom had nothing to do with one another. He repeated his repertoire so often that even from miles away, Clara could follow his conversation with anyone who happened to be sitting next to him.
Explosion without an objective', declared Miles Blundell, 'is politics in its purest form'.
I've looked forward to being older because you will have that many more miles covered. We mustn't be led into thinking getting old is bad. Growing old is good.
Good horses make short miles.
I walked 500 miles just to see a halo, when I opened my eyes I was blind as can be.
But you can travel on for ten thousand miles, and still stay where you are.