[People] don't judge you on what would have happened in the absence of a decision. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I’m not sure which is worse: intense feeling, or the absence of it. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Humans are not physically normal in the absence of hard physical effort. — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
If there is one thing fundamental to the life of the spirit it is the absence of force. — Harold Laski Copy Share Image
I want to play roles where my absence should be felt. It may not necessarily be a lead role, but my character… — Hiten Tejwani Copy Share Image
Contractile movements arise, sometimes at the instigation of external stimuli but sometimes also in the absence of any apparent external influence. — Wilhelm Wundt Copy Share Image
A libertarian is someone who can believe that the police are no more than a gang of thugs without realizing that in… — S.M. Stirling Copy Share Image
The near absence of bargains works as a reverse indicator for us. When we find there is little worth buying, there is… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Avoiding someone has two reasons: you either hate that person or you're in love with that person. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Trust is not established in the absence of betrayal, but in those whose betrayal is least. — Wes Fesler Copy Share Image
Dialogue cannot exist, however, in the absence of a profound love for the world and its people. — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
“Absence might make the heart grow fonder,' 'I don't think that's possible ... You have no idea how much I love you.” — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Great leadership isn’t shaped in the absence of opposition but in the presence of it. Great leaders draw us together by our… — Charles M. Blow Copy Share Image
“Darkness is the absence of light. Happiness is the absence of pain. Anger is the absence of joy. Jealousy is the absence… — Jess Bowen Copy Share Image
A man in a desert can hold absence in his cupped hands knowing it is something more than water. There is a… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
I boldly assert, in fact I think I know, that a lot of friendships and connections absolutely depend upon a sort of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
She thought of what it would be like to grow up without the one certainty that every baby deseved - when I'm… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
A negative and toxic person never feels teased with the genuine presence of the pretenders in his network and he always feels… — Anuj Copy Share Image
The Middle East is ailing. The malady stems from pervasive violence, shortages of food, water and educational opportunities, discrimination against women and… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Funk is the absence of any and everything you can think of, but the very essence of all that is. And saying… — Bootsy Collins Copy Share Image
How torturous is the "churchly" language one must speak in church - the tone, style, habit. It is all artificial; there is… — Alexander Schmemann Copy Share Image
There is a certain kind of peace that is not merely the absence of war. It is larger than that. The peace… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
In man's life, the absence of an essential component usually leads to the adoption of a substitute. The substitute is usually embraced… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Health is more than the mere absence of disease, it's the presence of a superior state of well being, a pizzazz, a… — Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz Copy Share Image
“He could be anywhere by now, so that is where I look for him. Anywhere... There are times when I don't recognize… — Claire Kilroy Copy Share Image
The English language lacks the words 'to mourn an absence.' For the loss of a parent, grandparent, spouse, child or friend we… — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
As my friend Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe has argued persuasively, there is an element of positivity in the visible world, and in color particularly,… — Dave Hickey Copy Share Image
The US ... cultivates no origin or mythical authenticity; it has no past and no founding truth ... it lives in a… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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