“Every time I try
To fly, I fall.
Without my wings,
I feel so small.”
Britney Spears (1981) American singer, dancer and actress
"Everytime"
Lyrics, "In The Zone" (2003)
Source: The Never War
“Every time I try
To fly, I fall.
Without my wings,
I feel so small.”
Britney Spears (1981) American singer, dancer and actress
"Everytime"
Lyrics, "In The Zone" (2003)
“Feet, what do I need them for
If I have wings to fly.”
Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) Mexican painter
Pies, para qué los quiero
Si tengo alas para volar.
Diary illustration, dated 1953, preceding a foot amputation in August of that year; reproduced on page 415 of Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera (1983)
1946 - 1953
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) eighteenth century English poet
the last two lines are a quote of 1 Corinthians 15:55 http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Corinthians#15:55. <br class="br">The Dying Christian to His Soul (1712)
“Sometimes I fly like an eagle but with the wings of a wren”
Anne Sexton (1928–1974) poet from the United States
Source: The Complete Poems
“I can't help but notice that everytime I fly somewhere, other people's planes fall out of the sky.”
James Nicoll (1961) Canadian fiction reviewer
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1990s
Dilgo Khyentse (1910–1991) Bhutanese Buddhist Lama
The Hundred Verses of Advice: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most (2005); ISBN 1-59030-154-4
Hugh Thompson, Jr. (1943–2006) United States helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War
In a 2004 interview with US News & World Report. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/07/national/07thompson.html <br class="br">Attributed