Terence Tao

You want to get to the top of the cliff. But that's not what you focus on immediately. You focus on the next ledge just beyond your reach, because you need to do one clever thing to get up there. And then, once you get there, you do it again. A lot of this is rather boring and not very glamorous. But you can't jump cliffs in a single bound.

Australian Mathematician

Tom Watson

Golfers who play a lot of courses often encounter short ledges or retaining walls, and I always had fun hopping down from them. I could jump off something six feet high and land like a cat, no problem. Well, today I can't jump off anything higher than two feet without it just killing me.

American Golfer

Seph Lawless

Strangely enough, as I explored these abandoned malls, I found myself acting like a kid all over again. At times jumping up on to nearby fountain ledges trying to balance myself as I became mesmerized all over again by the futuristic skylights that dangled fearlessly over my head.

American Photographer

Kelly Slater

It's a perfect wave when small and the most beautiful and scary wave on Earth when it's big, as the swell from deep water hits the shallow reef ledge. A ten-foot high wave and a 30-footer break in the same depth of water.

American Athlete

Anthony Fauci

I think it would be over-exaggeration to think that there are millions of viruses ready to jump on us and bring us back to the 14th century. That would be looking over a ledge that isn't there.

American Scientist

Lauren Groff

But I've married a deeply sensible person who is extremely good at talking me down from my various ledges, and who takes care of me in a billion ways.

American Novelist

Anderson Cooper

Our skin is very thin. It doesn't take much for us to jump off a ledge or to kill one another. It can happen very, very quickly.

American Journalist

Winona Ryder

Googling yourself is maybe one of the worst things you can do. I did it once, and someone had to talk me off a ledge.

American Actress

John Cena

I'm fine with being beat-up and pushed around, but I'm really scared of heights and scared of ledges.

American Actor

Jennifer Lopez

I could serve coffee using my rear as a ledge.

American Musician

Often used to describe shelves or surfaces in common living spaces.

Everyday Objects

Can imply risk if the ledge is narrow and high, like on a building.

Potential Danger

A ledge by a window is often seen as a place to observe from indoors.

Observation Spot

The term evokes outdoor adventure when associated with climbing or hiking.

Adventure Setting

Navigation or movement across a ledge may be difficult and require care.

Physical Challenge

In marine contexts, a ledge refers to underwater rock formations.

Underwater Feature

In geology, a ledge refers to a specific layer or stratum within the Earth.

Technical Term

Commonly used in the context of mining to describe a vein of ore or coal.

Mining Language

A ledge of valuable minerals can be of great economic importance.

Economic Value

 Because that had not yet been done. And then it dawned on me, and here's part of what I'm saying. I had an infrastructure. I had this deep layer, where it was like, oh my gosh, it's just your foot. It's just the way you throw your board over. Just let the ledge do that, and it's easy, and the next thing you know, there's 20 more tricks based out of the variations.

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 You would be wrong. So I sat there that night beside a bottle of pills with a pen and paper in my hand and I thought about taking my own life and I came this close to doing it. I came this close to doing it. And I didn't, so that makes me one of the lucky ones, one of the people who gets to step out on the ledge

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 local guide named joe signs brought us up here to this vantage point called the eagles nest and katie being the dedicated photographer that she is is climbing out onto a far ledge that offers the best view scaring the heck out of me and brian it's like we're on the edge of the grand canyon and katie

Deep Inside the First...

 and he was like this And he was shaking to try to get himself deeper in. I remember, one of his shoes fly off and spin through the mist and disappear off the ledge. And for the rest of the trip he had one shoe. But, he did it. And he burrowed all the way through

Climbing Islands in the...

 the thinnest ledges and sprint in bursts as fast as a racehorse all this makes them one of the deadliest hunters on the roof of the world and if you're super lucky you might just get to see a snow leopard hunt about a year before i came here i saw a

Searching for the...

 blend in with the lichens and the rocks but today agility is more important than camouflage almost two hundred thousand sea birds called Muir's crowd onto rocky ledges where they've laid their eggs the fox heads for the cliffs to find food

Arctic Fox Raids Polar...

 you know discrete locations but our map is continuous we can see the ups and downs the the ridges the ledges of the sea bottom and all of that is important information for our manager as well as to make the linkages between the

Scientists "See" Ocean...

 see what they tell us here's another close-up view the closest we were able to get from orbit and you can see these ledges each of these rock layers has a particular story to tell us now you might remember two years ago did

What rocks on Mars can...

 the baboon's final destination is a series of small ledges high up on the cave wool safe beyond the reach of predators and protected by a roof of solid rock the cave dormitory stays warm

Infrared Footage of...

 Add some sticks to any window ledge or highway overpass and it's a great spot to raise babies. This unfussiness allows them to live in environments where more specialized species can’t.

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