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> [To some extent, the mainstream's absence means the Tea Party is the Republican Party.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-remnick/to-some-extent-the-mainstream-s-absence-means-the-tea-party-is-the/)

[David Remnick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-remnick/)

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> [Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/most-of-what-matters-in-your-life-takes-place-in-your-absence/)

[Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/)

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> [I know that the absence of my father in my life had its cost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-king/i-know-that-the-absence-of-my-father-in-my-life-had-its-cost/)

[Bernice King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-king/)

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> [Ideally, peace means the absence of violence. It is an ethical value.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-gorbachev/ideally-peace-means-the-absence-of-violence-it-is-an-ethical-value/)

[Mikhail Gorbachev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-gorbachev/)

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> [The absence of a monument can, in its own way, be something of a monument also.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/the-absence-of-a-monument-can-in-its-own-way-be-something-of-a/)

[Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/)

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> [Absence of failure does not constitute success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-alexander/absence-of-failure-does-not-constitute-success/)

[Chris Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-alexander/)

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> [Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-roosevelt/absence-and-death-are-the-same-only-that-in-death-there-is-no/)

[Theodore Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-roosevelt/)

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> [Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck/courage-is-not-the-absence-of-fear-it-is-the-making-of-action-in-2/)

[M. Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck/)

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> [Your absence doesn't mean that you are not with me. You're in my heart, my thoughts and front of my eyes everywhere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melchor-lim/your-absence-doesn-t-mean-that-you-are-not-with-me-you-re-in-my-heart/)

[Melchor Lim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melchor-lim/)

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> [Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/peace-is-not-an-absence-of-war-it-is-a-virtue-a-state-of-mind-a/)

[Baruch Spinoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baruch-spinoza/)

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> [Many people believe that evil is the presence of something. I think it's the absence of something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-unger/many-people-believe-that-evil-is-the-presence-of-something-i-think-it/)

[Lisa Unger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-unger/)

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> [Absence is absence, you know? The loss of someone can be just as devastating if they're alive as if they're dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-silvera/absence-is-absence-you-know-the-loss-of-someone-can-be-just-as/)

[Adam Silvera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-silvera/)

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> [In a field I am the absence of field. This is always the case. Wherever I am I am what is missing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-strand/in-a-field-i-am-the-absence-of-field-this-is-always-the-case-wherever/)

[Mark Strand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-strand/)

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> [Peace is not merely the absence of war but the presence of justice, of law, of order —in short, of government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/peace-is-not-merely-the-absence-of-war-but-the-presence-of-justice-of/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

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> [Today I offer a prayer of forgiveness: forgive the pettiness of my ingratitude... the absence of profound thankfulness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-anne-radmacher/today-i-offer-a-prayer-of-forgiveness-forgive-the-pettiness-of-my/)

[Mary Anne Radmacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-anne-radmacher/)

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> [In the history of women's tennis the great players have come back from long absences with no problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-davenport/in-the-history-of-women-s-tennis-the-great-players-have-come-back/)

[Lindsay Davenport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-davenport/)

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> [One of the symptoms of an absence of innovation is the fact that you lose your jobs. Everyone else catches up with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/one-of-the-symptoms-of-an-absence-of-innovation-is-the-fact-that-you/)

[Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/)

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> [To me, its seems necessary to rediscover - and the energy to do so exists - that even the political and economic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/to-me-its-seems-necessary-to-rediscover-and-the-energy-to-do-so/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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> [“When we wait for the unexpected, we open a philosophical and phenomenological dialogue about presence, absence, perception, and the psychological tension of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/when-we-wait-for-the-unexpected-we-open-a-philosophical-and/)

[Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/)

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> [“With Dante gone, time seemed to stand still around me; the mornings just as cloudy and dark as the evenings, as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-woon/with-dante-gone-time-seemed-to-stand-still-around-me-the-mornings/)

[Yvonne Woon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-woon/)

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> [Does the presence of pain mean the absence of God? I try to help people see that God uses pain, that pain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/does-the-presence-of-pain-mean-the-absence-of-god-i-try-to-help/)

[Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/)

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> [The Age of Reason has turned out to be the Age of Structure; a time when, in the absence of purpose, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ralston-saul/the-age-of-reason-has-turned-out-to-be-the-age-of-structure-a-time/)

[John Ralston Saul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ralston-saul/)

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> [Absolute hospitality would in no way amount to the absence of violence. To the contrary, it would enthrone violence precisely under the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miroslav-volf/absolute-hospitality-would-in-no-way-amount-to-the-absence-of/)

[Miroslav Volf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miroslav-volf/)

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> [However strenuously the world pulls us apart, however long the absence, we are not changed for being dashed upon the rocks. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-hartman/however-strenuously-the-world-pulls-us-apart-however-long-the-absence/)

[Rachel Hartman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-hartman/)

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> [New grief, when it came, you could feel filling the air. It took up all the room there was. The place itself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-berry/new-grief-when-it-came-you-could-feel-filling-the-air-it-took-up-all/)

[Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-berry/)

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> [We know that attention acts as a lightning rod. Merely by concentrating on something one causes endless analogies to collect around it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julio-cort-zar/we-know-that-attention-acts-as-a-lightning-rod-merely-by/)

[Julio Cortazar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julio-cort-zar/)

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> [I definitely notice the absence of character in most poetry, which is not so say that I'm an innovator in that regard.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-mccrae/i-definitely-notice-the-absence-of-character-in-most-poetry-which-is/)

[Shane McCrae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-mccrae/)

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> [Perfect love is to feeling what perfect white is to color. Many think that white is the absence of color. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/perfect-love-is-to-feeling-what-perfect-white-is-to-color-many-think/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [One problem I have with talking about myself in the context of class divisiveness is that I can be - and indeed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zia-haider-rahman/one-problem-i-have-with-talking-about-myself-in-the-context-of-class/)

[Zia Haider Rahman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zia-haider-rahman/)

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> [I took a leave of absence from the internet company where I was working and bought a camera and a copy of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-curry/i-took-a-leave-of-absence-from-the-internet-company-where-i-was/)

[Marshall Curry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-curry/)

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> [“Real mentoring is less of neither the candid smile nor the amicable friendship that exists between the mentor and the mentee and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-agyemang-yeboah/real-mentoring-is-less-of-neither-the-candid-smile-nor-the-amicable/)

[Ernest Agyemang Yeboah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-agyemang-yeboah/)

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> [We grew up creating this whole world view for ourselves because it's not there in the culture. What am I? And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bornstein/we-grew-up-creating-this-whole-world-view-for-ourselves-because-it-s/)

[Kate Bornstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bornstein/)

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> [“The surest test of discipline is it's absence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-barton/the-surest-test-of-discipline-is-it-s-absence/)

[Clara Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-barton/)

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> [“She affected me, even when she was absent.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-a-thompson/she-affected-me-even-when-she-was-absent/)

[Shannon A. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-a-thompson/)

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> [“My mind couldn't fit itself around the shape of his absence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lia-mills/my-mind-couldn-t-fit-itself-around-the-shape-of-his-absence/)

[Lia Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lia-mills/)

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> [Doubts arise because of an absence of surrender.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/doubts-arise-because-of-an-absence-of-surrender/)

[Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/)

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> [Sin is absence of God. Nothing more, nothing less.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mawer/sin-is-absence-of-god-nothing-more-nothing-less/)

[Simon Mawer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mawer/)

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> [Absence of Quality is the essence of squareness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/absence-of-quality-is-the-essence-of-squareness/)

[Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/)

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> [Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/absence-of-evidence-is-not-evidence-of-absence/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I've been fascinated by the idea that evil is the absence of empathy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-connolly/i-ve-been-fascinated-by-the-idea-that-evil-is-the-absence-of-empathy/)

[John Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-connolly/)

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                        "text": "We know that attention acts as a lightning rod. Merely by concentrating on something one causes endless analogies to collect around it, even penetrate the boundaries of the subject itself: an experience that we call coincidence, serendipity – the terminology is extensive. My experience has been that in these circular travels what is really significant surrounds a central absence, an absence that, paradoxically, is the text being written or to be written.",
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                        "text": "I definitely notice the absence of character in most poetry, which is not so say that I'm an innovator in that regard. Character-based poems are not weird or new by any stretch but they feel strange and new because the atmosphere is one in which no one does that. People always talk about, and with good reason, poetry's unpopularity. When people say that they forget or they brush aside the fact that in the middle part of the last century poetry was immensely popular. Dylan Thomas was basically a rock star; so was Anne Sexton.",
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                        "text": "Perfect love is to feeling what perfect white is to color. Many think that white is the absence of color. It is not. It is the inclusion of all color. White is every other color that exists combined. So, too, is love not the absence of emotion (hatred, anger, lust, jealousy, covertness), but the summation of all feeling? It is the sum total. The aggregate amount. the everything.",
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                        "text": "One problem I have with talking about myself in the context of class divisiveness is that I can be - and indeed have been - used by others to demonstrate its absence and that it's only a matter of hard work to move upward socially. After all, how could I complain about anything, if the retort is: \"But look where you got to? It can't be all that bad.\" But this is nonsense as an argument quite aside from its empirical absurdity because no single case can invalidate a statistical claim.",
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                        "text": "I took a leave of absence from the internet company where I was working and bought a camera and a copy of Final Cut Pro editing software and made my first feature film, \"Street Fight.\" It followed a crazy, racially charged mayoral election in Newark, NJ in which a young guy named Cory Booker was taking on the political machine of that city. It went on to be nominated for an Oscar and Emmy and was a real example of DIY film-making.",
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                        "text": "“Real mentoring is less of neither the candid smile nor the amicable friendship that exists between the mentor and the mentee and much more of the impacts. The indelible great footprints the mentor live on the mind of the mentee in a life changing way. How the mentor changes the mentee from ordinariness to extra-ordinariness; the seed of purposefulness that is planted and nurtured for great fruits; the payer from afar from the mentor to the mentee; and the great inspirations the mentee takes from the mentor to dare unrelentingly to face the storms regardless of how arduous the errand may be with or without the presence of the mentor.”",
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                        "text": "We grew up creating this whole world view for ourselves because it's not there in the culture. What am I? And I have to build this world view in the absence of books, radio and television, anything, even conversation, Mom or Dad or brother or sister or friends. I have to build a world view of who I am or I go stark, raving mad. Every transsexual in the past has had to do this.",
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                        "text": "“The surest test of discipline is it's absence.”",
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