I remembered her once saying that life was like your shoes. You couldn't simply expect or imagine that your shoes would fit perfectly. Shoes that pinched your feet were a fact of life.
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Related If you have a pair of shoes that hurt, don't wear them. The ugliest thing that I think I've ... KELLY ROWLAND I was very aware of shoes when I was running track. The American shoes were offshoots of tire compan... PHIL KNIGHT I can't imagine what it's like to go through life without shoes to protect your feet, and ye... AMANDA HEARST Religion is like a pair of shoes.....Find one that fits for you, but don't make me wear your shoes. GEORGE CARLIN Oh those little, those little blue shoes!
Those shoes that no little feet use.
Oh, the price w... WILLIAM COX BENNETT You know if you walked around the world, your hat would travel thirty-one feet farther than your sho... DAVID WONG The only way to make something cheaply today is to have it mass-produced. For example, you wear the ... HOD LIPSON When you meet a stranger, look at his shoes. Keep your money in your shoes. MICHAEL STIPE I'm a girl who loves shoes. There is nothing like the feeling of trying on shoes at the store an... LAURA MARANO I don't wear small shoes, or tight pants that squash your balls. GEORGE HARRISON Brains in your head, feet in your shoes...you can steer yourself in any direction you choose. CHALET GIRL (FILM) Bring your dancing shoes, not boxing gloves, when you go to meet life. JIM GENOVESE Never criticise anyone until you have walked a mile in their shoes! That way your a mile away and yo... GURU BOB You have brains in your head you have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you c... DR. SEUSS If you're an addict, it controls your life and your life becomes uncontrollable. It's boring... JAMES TAYLOR On the path to greatness, life teaches you to walk with stones in your shoes. MATSHONA DHLIWAYO When your feet start to hurt, place yourself in someone else’s shoes. DEMI LOVATO If you don't take care of your shoes, that's a good sign that you don't take care of your business. CAMILLE LAVINGTON What would your shoes say about the things you do everyday? SHERLEY MONDESIR-PRESCOTT Never buy shoes early in the day when your feet are their smallest. FRANCIS PATIKY STEIN You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any dire... DR. SEUSS Never insult a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes, that way when you insult him, your a mil... CHRIS HOWARD The look he shot her was incredulous in the extreme. "You have a filing system for your shoes? NORAH WILSON You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself Any direc... DR. SEUSS (THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL) Let your dreams outgrow the shoes of your expectations. RYUNOSUKE SATORO This is your life – not your parents’, teachers’ or significant other’s. If you ever find yo... JENNIFER ELISABETH Age shouldn't affect you. It's just like the size of your shoes - they don't determine h... MORRISSEY My shoes are special shoes for discerning feet. MANOLO BLAHNIK If people haven't walked a mile in your shoes, don't listen to them if they mock the sores on your f... MATSHONA DHLIWAYO A three year old put his shoes on by himself. His mother noticed the left was on the right foot. She... UNKNOWN Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes. DONALD RUMSFELD Never try to satisfy disgruntled people because, even after you use your skin to make shoes for them... DR HITESH C SHETH Stand in your own two shoes. T. SCOTT MCLEOD With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down any not-so-go... DR. SEUSS Be well dressed, behave like a gentleman, and keep your shoes shined. JOSEPH ABBOUD You can perform an act of excellence when tying your shoes. JEFFREY BENJAMIN Audience of angels descend in the ambiance reciting praises in your glory, when you wear your dance ... SHAH ASAD RIZVI You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace. FRANK MCCOURT Bring your lawn chairs, bring your dancing shoes and bring your checkbook. MANDY HOTCHKISS I feel like shoes are one of those things that no matter how conservative or how outrageous you get,... MELANIE FIONA Anyway, there is one thing I have learned and that is not to dress uncomfortably, in styles which hu... GEORGE HARRISON Even though my shoes are different from Ferragamo's aesthetic, which is more classic, I learned ... EDGARDO OSORIO You don't want the world destroyed, because, you know, that's where your shoes are. PATRICK ROTHFUSS Dust gathers on your shoes, if you don't wear them and walk with your purpose. SARAH DASH Shoes are strange things. If you take your shoes off in a situation in which you're vulnerable, ... DANIEL DAY-LEWIS I much prefer being a man. Women have to spend so much time pulling themselves together, and their s... LYNNE CARTER Men over 60 often think that if they wear athletic shoes - soft-soled referee shoes or hiking shoes ... RUSSELL SMITH As you go through life's rich tapestry, you realize that most people you meet aren't fit to shine yo... LEMMY KILMISTER Disaster, to me, means in some big or small way, things going wrong. And that's obviously a matt... AMY GERSTLER Besides, I'd seen a really nice pair of shoes yesterday in the mall and I wanted them for my own. I ... MARIAN KEYES If you think that your hardest problem is what color shoes to wear. You should get out more! ANTHONY T. HINCKS There is an element of seduction in shoes that doesn't exist for men. A woman can be sexy, charm... CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN The most fabulous shoes are your own. There is no such thing as living in someone else’s shoes. Be... LILY CHATTERJEE You get into your wellie boots and your Range Rover and, walking around with six inches of mud on yo... CHRISTINE MCVIE Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes. DONALD RUMSFELD It was just the greatest feeling to see a kid with your shoes on. ALLEN IVERSON Don't throw away your old shoes until you have got new ones. DUTCH PROVERB At the crux of Half Dome, at the very top of the wall, imagine, like, a smooth wall of rock - a near... ALEX HONNOLD I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady; I was always in canvas shoes. I di... IMELDA MARCOS I was sad because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. So I said, "Got any shoes you�... STEVEN WRIGHT I have the idea that running shoes are based on a kind of cult idea - that our feet are flawed and w... CHRISTOPHER MCDOUGALL Ye tuneful cobblers! still your notes prolong,
Compose at once a slipper and a song;
So shall... LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON) As I grew older, I realized that no matter how hard you keep your shoes clean – especially the mid... PAUL NAT His shoes fit the profile. ANN DAVIS And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep;... BIBLE And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your ha... BIBLE Part of what this exhibit is about is to have you take off your shoes, put a spotlight on them, and ... AARON BETSKY I used to tell young preachers, in order to preach you've got to have the power of God on your life.... PAUL DAVID WASHER The shoes always tell the story,' said the shoe poet. 'Not always,' I countered. 'Yes, alw... RUTA SEPETYS (Shoes are) not that high, ... The shoes are in a matte metal nylon, old gold mesh with black rubber... KARL LAGERFELD (Shoes are) not that high. The shoes are in a matte metal nylon, old gold mesh with black rubber hee... KARL LAGERFELD Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of
your trousers. AUSTIN O'MALLEY Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers. AUSTIN O'MALLEY One day in my shoes and a day for me in your shoes, the beauty of travel lies in the ease and willin... FORREST CURRAN Like it or not, we are all liars. Thank goodness. Imagine going through life where everyone is compl... PAMELA MEYER My favorite toy growing up was Polly Pocket. But one gift that I wanted though never received for Ch... LUCY HALE You know you're old when someone compliments you on your alligator shoes, and you're barefoot. PHYLLIS DILLER You will attract attention wearing pink, so be prepared. Shine your shoes and fix your hair on 'pink... BRIAN BOYE You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction y... DR. SEUSS 'Presence of God' is really that understanding that sometimes when you step out of your own ... DAVE GAHAN It's no use carrying an umbrella if your shoes are leaking. IRISH PROVERB If you'd have your shoes last, put no nails in 'em. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and alligator shoes that were ... GEORGE FOREMAN It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and alligator shoes that were ... WASHINGTON IRVING No matter how fine your suit and your shoes, you will remind everyone that you are not yet a grownup... RUSSELL SMITH You either follow your dreams or you live your life, with dreams you know what to expect but just li... MARJAN MADJAR I'll tell you one thing you can't do: you can't put your shoes on, then your socks on. FLAVOR FLAV You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you ... DR. SEUSS You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction y... DR. SEUSS If you default on your Visa bill, nobody comes to repossess your refrigerator or auction off your sh... VIRGINIA POSTREL Don’t even bother putting your shoes on if you’re not going to walk towards your dreams. SCOTTIE SOMERS Put yourself in Hamlet's shoes. Suppose you were a prince, and you came back from college to discove... ART BUCHWALD Did you ever get the feeling that the world was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes? GEORGE GOBEL It doesn't matter how great your shoes are if you don't accomplish anything in them. MARTINA BOONE Old is when people compliment your alligator shoes, and you're not wearing any. NORM CROSBY Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all... JEF RASKIN Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all... JEFF RASKIN Your shoes aren't nearly as valuable as the experiences you've missed out on because you were too bu... DALLAS CLAYTON What if we promoted, like, Adidas shoes?’ Percy wondered. ‘Would that make Nike mad enough to sh... RICK RIORDAN Can you imagine the Founding Fathers saying that the major source of authority in [your] life can ma... GENE GUERRERO
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