Benjamin Lloyd Stormont Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft Quotes

There are really only three things to learn in skiing: how to put on your skis, how to slide downhill, and how to walk along the hospital corridor.

Benjamin Lloyd Stormont Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft

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• There are really only three things to learn in skiing: how to put on your skis, how to slide downhill, and how to walk along the hospital corridor.

  

  Benjamin Lloyd Stormont Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft
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  • Skiing
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