The thing to remember about fathers is, they're men. A girl has to keep it in mind: They are dragon-seekers, bent on improbable rescues. Scratch any father, you find someone chock-full of qualms and romantic terrors, believing change is a threat -- like your first shoes with heels on, like your first bicycle I it took such months to get.
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Consider a man riding a bicycle. Whoever he is, we can say three things about him. We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. We know that at some point he will stop and get off. Most important of all, we know that if at any point between the beginning and the end of his journey he stops moving and does not get off the bicycle he will fall off it. That is a metaphor for the journey through life of any living thing, and I think of any society of living things.
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A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
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When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.
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This, my first [bicycle] had an intrinsic beauty. And it opened for me an era of all but flying, which roads emptily crossing the airy, gold-g...
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Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of very part of your life.
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Life is like a bicycle you don't fall off unless you stop pedaling.
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Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.
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Business is like riding a bicycle. Either you keep moving or you fall down.
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Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.
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Toleration is the greatest gift of mind, it requires that same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
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WC Fields' accountant was standing by his deathbed. Fields asked 'So I have enough money to buy every child in NYC a new bicycle?' When told he was correct, Fields said 'Well, fuck 'em.'
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I plan to ride my newly purchased bicycle down in the morning. I'm sure the media won't have any interest in covering that.
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Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
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Truth hurts. Maybe not as much as jumping on a bicycle with a seat missing, but it hurts.
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Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
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When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race.
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