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able to hit tall buildings at a single bound
"What's slower than a speeding bullet, and able to hit tall buildings at a single bound?"
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if you're in a crowd, you'll always have some clean air to breathe
"Being tall is an advantage, especially in business. People will always remember you. And if you're in a crowd, you'll always have some clean air to breathe."
I feel as tall as you
"I feel as tall as you."
As quoted in History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 4, ch. 14, by Susan B. Anthony and Ida Husted Harper (1902). At the twenty-sixth annual convention of the National Woman Suffrage Association, held February 15-20, 1894, in Washington, D.C. Meredith was a delegate from Colorado, which had recently enfranchised women. A “very small” person, she “looked up brightly at a tall Maryland lady, who was congratulating her” and said this. The incident was reported by Alice Stone Blackwell, secretary of the convention, in a report in the Woman’s Journal, which she edited. http://www.bartleby.com/66/33/39333.html
You can stand tall without standing on someone
"You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims"
superior confidence which people repose in the tall man
"The superior confidence which people repose in the tall man is well merited. Being tall, he is more visible than other men and being more visible, he is much more closely watched. In consequence, his behavior is far better than that of smaller men."
It matters not how tall you are
"It matters not how tall you are, but how straight you grow."
ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded
"To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds."
I was a little too tall, odd, funny looking
“I was not particularly bright, I wasn't very athletic, I was a little too tall, odd, funny looking, I was just really weird as a kid.”
So, where's the fox from Mystic Pizza?
“People came up: 'I thought you were 6 ft tall.' I'm average height - 5 ft 8 ins, skinny blonde. One guy says to me 'So, where's the fox from Mystic Pizza?'”
