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The hardest distance you'll ever cover is zero to one.
means The initial action you take toward a goal, often the most psychologically difficult part of beginning anything.
from A plain compound of "first" and "step," both rooted in Old English (fyrst, the superlative of "fore," and stæpe, a footfall). The figurative sense — beginning a journey or undertaking — leans on the ancient walking metaphor for any sustained effort, the same instinct behind the proverb, often credited to the Chinese sage Lao Tzu, that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
- physics
- Walking is controlled falling caught just in time
- babies
- Toddlers attempt thousands of failed steps before succeeding
- moon
- Armstrong's first step left a still-visible print
- phrase
- Lao Tzu's thousand-mile journey starts here
alcoholics anonymous — 1935 oxford group movement in akron, ohio; founded by bill wilson and dr. bob smith
nasa mercury program — 1958-1963 u.s. space program; alan shepard's first crewed spaceflight in 1961
reconstruction acts — 1867 u.s. legislation; congress's first major steps after civil war to reorganize south