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> [Sin and grace, absence and presence, tragedy and comedy, they divide the world between them and where they meet head on, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/sin-and-grace-absence-and-presence-tragedy-and-comedy-they-divide-the/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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> [Indeed, the human mind appeared to suffer from a crippling need to fabricate in the absence of concrete proof.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-ward/indeed-the-human-mind-appeared-to-suffer-from-a-crippling-need-to/)

[J.R. Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-ward/)

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> [The housing and financial crisis could not have occurred in the absence of government housing and monetary policies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-richman/the-housing-and-financial-crisis-could-not-have-occurred-in-the/)

[Sheldon Richman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-richman/)

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> [My solitude doesn’t depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate who steals my solitude without, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/my-solitude-doesn-t-depend-on-the-presence-or-absence-of-people-on/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/never-part-without-loving-words-to-think-of-during-your-absence-it/)

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

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> [Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willa-cather/of-all-the-bewildering-things-about-a-new-country-the-absence-of/)

[Willa Cather](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willa-cather/)

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> [It is most important that top management be quality-minded. In the absence of sincere manifestation of interest at the top, little will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-m-juran/it-is-most-important-that-top-management-be-quality-minded-in-the/)

[Joseph M. Juran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-m-juran/)

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> [“Your brand is your personal lawyer... It defends and speaks for you even in your absence. Keep calm and maintain a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/your-brand-is-your-personal-lawyer-it-defends-and-speaks-for-you-even/)

[Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/)

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> [Becoming more flexible, open-minded, having a capacity to deal with change is a good thing. But it is far from the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eda-leshan/becoming-more-flexible-open-minded-having-a-capacity-to-deal-with/)

[Eda LeShan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eda-leshan/)

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> [I'm passionate about politics, but when it comes to political parties, I'm despondent. I'm disappointed at the absence of a sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-murray-abraham/i-m-passionate-about-politics-but-when-it-comes-to-political-parties/)

[F. Murray Abraham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-murray-abraham/)

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> [Six is the hardest number for me to experience, the smallest. It's the absence of something - it's cold, dark, almost like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-tammet/six-is-the-hardest-number-for-me-to-experience-the-smallest-it-s-the/)

[Daniel Tammet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-tammet/)

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> [We have everywhere an absence of memory. Architects sometimes talk of building with context and continuity in mind, religious leaders call it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-mansfield/we-have-everywhere-an-absence-of-memory-architects-sometimes-talk-of/)

[Howard Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-mansfield/)

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> [Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-kushner/our-souls-are-hungry-for-meaning-for-the-sense-that-we-have-figured/)

[Harold S. Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-kushner/)

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> [That a great battle must soon be fought no one could doubt; but, in the apparent and perhaps real absence of plan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-everett/that-a-great-battle-must-soon-be-fought-no-one-could-doubt-but-in-the/)

[Edward Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-everett/)

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> [Businesses succeed when societies themselves succeed. When countries are affected by violence and the absence of the rule of law, business can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ban-ki-moon/businesses-succeed-when-societies-themselves-succeed-when-countries/)

[Ban Ki-moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ban-ki-moon/)

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> [The absence of political personalities in the government will help rather than hinder a solid base of support for the government in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-monti/the-absence-of-political-personalities-in-the-government-will-help/)

[Mario Monti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-monti/)

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> [Praying is what confirms our true belief that we cannot succeed without God, and its absence confirms the exact opposite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-macdonald/praying-is-what-confirms-our-true-belief-that-we-cannot-succeed/)

[James MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-macdonald/)

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> [He had no idea of how long his life would one day seem to have gone on; how daily present the absence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/he-had-no-idea-of-how-long-his-life-would-one-day-seem-to-have-gone/)

[Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/)

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> [Silence is not the absence of sound. It's a physical place, a destination with value and meaning in a chaotic world, somewhere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-turan/silence-is-not-the-absence-of-sound-it-s-a-physical-place-a/)

[Kenneth Turan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-turan/)

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> [Life is like a football game, you get excited for that one day but when the one you're supporting lets you down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-like-a-football-game-you-get-excited-for-that-one-day-but/)

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

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> [Silence is not an absence of sound but rather a shifting of attention toward sounds that speak to the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-moore/silence-is-not-an-absence-of-sound-but-rather-a-shifting-of-attention/)

[Thomas Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-moore/)

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> [The truth is there's so many great TV shows out there now that none of us take absence of awards personally. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-anne-hurd/the-truth-is-there-s-so-many-great-tv-shows-out-there-now-that-none/)

[Gale Anne Hurd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-anne-hurd/)

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> [I used to say, 'There is a God-shaped hole in me.' For a long time I stressed the absence, the hole. Now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/i-used-to-say-there-is-a-god-shaped-hole-in-me-for-a-long-time-i/)

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

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> [We prefer to think that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a thought, whereas it may be merely that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifton-fadiman/we-prefer-to-think-that-the-absence-of-inverted-commas-guarantees-the/)

[Clifton Fadiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifton-fadiman/)

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> [Sometimes, taking a break and going somewhere else and, almost, for both parties, absence makes the heart grow fonder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edge/sometimes-taking-a-break-and-going-somewhere-else-and-almost-for-both/)

[Edge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edge/)

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> [Mind is the absence of meditation. The moment meditation arises in you, mind is found nowhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/mind-is-the-absence-of-meditation-the-moment-meditation-arises-in-you/)

[Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/)

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> [Just as darkness is born of the absence of light, the shadow side of our collective experience is born of ignorance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hagelin/just-as-darkness-is-born-of-the-absence-of-light-the-shadow-side-of/)

[John Hagelin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hagelin/)

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> [You say, The sensed absence of God and the sensed presence amount to much the same thing, only in reverse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/you-say-the-sensed-absence-of-god-and-the-sensed-presence-amount-to/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-james-bailey/there-is-no-surer-mark-of-the-absence-of-the-highest-moral-and/)

[Philip James Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-james-bailey/)

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> [The youth of Punjab is directionless in the absence of job opportunities which drag them deep into the drug net.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gurpreet-ghuggi/the-youth-of-punjab-is-directionless-in-the-absence-of-job/)

[Gurpreet Ghuggi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gurpreet-ghuggi/)

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> [Over the last couple of decades, the personalization of the office changed dramatically... there's an informality people often take for the absence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-martin/over-the-last-couple-of-decades-the-personalization-of-the-office/)

[Judith Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-martin/)

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> [Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/absence-is-to-love-what-wind-is-to-fire-it-extinguishes-the-small-it/)

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

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> [“(On duality) Nothing can exist for us without its opposite—for even absence itself becomes a presence through the contrast of what is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alyssa-skyes/on-duality-nothing-can-exist-for-us-without-its-opposite-for-even/)

[Alyssa Skyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alyssa-skyes/)

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> [I'm so voracious with books, movies, TV, and I'm always interested in the way that different cultural values are presented or, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martine-syms/i-m-so-voracious-with-books-movies-tv-and-i-m-always-interested-in/)

[Martine Syms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martine-syms/)

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> [In the absence of touching and being touched, people of all ages can sicken and grow touched starved. Touch seems to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ackerman/in-the-absence-of-touching-and-being-touched-people-of-all-ages-can/)

[Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ackerman/)

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> [It is a tragedy that religion for us means, today, nothing more than restrictions on food and drink, nothing more than adherence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/it-is-a-tragedy-that-religion-for-us-means-today-nothing-more-than/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [The Killing Fields, my character's teachings frame the movie and the argument of his lectures is the challenge of dealing with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-waterston/the-killing-fields-my-character-s-teachings-frame-the-movie-and-the/)

[Sam Waterston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-waterston/)

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> [It is partly the absence of recorded history which sends women now to the lives of women past for the detailed documentation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-spender/it-is-partly-the-absence-of-recorded-history-which-sends-women-now-to/)

[Dale Spender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-spender/)

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> [A man in a desert can hold absence in his cupped hands, knowing it is something that feeds him more than water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ondaatje/a-man-in-a-desert-can-hold-absence-in-his-cupped-hands-knowing-it-is/)

[Michael Ondaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ondaatje/)

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> [If you love someone, you are always joined with them--in joy, in absence, in solitude, in strife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/if-you-love-someone-you-are-always-joined-with-them-in-joy-in-absence/)

[Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/)

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