“Religion is like a pair of shoes….. Find one that fits for you, but don't make me wear your shoes.”
“A cop won't pick you up for vagrancy in Los Angeles if you wear a fancy polo shirt and a pair of sunglasses. But if there is dust on your shoes and that sweater you wear is thick like the sweaters they wear in the snow countries, he'll grab you.”
Ask the Dust (1939)
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“No matter what you wear… to me, you will always have diamonds on the soles of your shoes.”
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“it wasn't the mountain ahead that wears you out, but the grain of sand in your shoe”
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The 2,000 Year Old Man (and sequels)
“Often it isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the little pebble in your shoe.”
Variant: It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.
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