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title: "Popular Absence Qoutes"
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> [Without dignity, identity is erased. In its absence, men are defined not by themselves, but by their captors and the circumstances in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-hillenbrand/without-dignity-identity-is-erased-in-its-absence-men-are-defined-not/)

[Laura Hillenbrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-hillenbrand/)

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> [I took a leave of absence for a year to coach at San Francisco State under Vic Rowen, fully intending to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-holmgren/i-took-a-leave-of-absence-for-a-year-to-coach-at-san-francisco-state/)

[Mike Holmgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-holmgren/)

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> [it is inconceivable that poverty eradication can make much headway in the absence of major advances in literacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koichiro-matsuura/it-is-inconceivable-that-poverty-eradication-can-make-much-headway-in/)

[Koichiro Matsuura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/koichiro-matsuura/)

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> [Courage isn't the absence of fear, but a decision that what we want is more important than what we are afraid of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-crawford/courage-isn-t-the-absence-of-fear-but-a-decision-that-what-we-want-is/)

[Bill Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-crawford/)

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> [Just as it did when I spoke to you that day from the phone, your face comes into focus more and more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shalini/just-as-it-did-when-i-spoke-to-you-that-day-from-the-phone-your-face/)

[Shalini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shalini/)

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> [This is love, she thought, isn't it? When you notice someone's absence and hate that absence more than anything? More, even, than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/this-is-love-she-thought-isn-t-it-when-you-notice-someone-s-absence/)

[Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/)

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> [ It's so much a part of me that it's almost hard to describe myself in the absence of \[faith\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/condoleezza-rice/it-s-so-much-a-part-of-me-that-it-s-almost-hard-to-describe-myself-in-2/)

[Condoleezza Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/condoleezza-rice/)

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> [When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/when-you-part-from-your-friend-you-grieve-not-for-that-which-you-love-3/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

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> [“The hatred the 'Christian' right wing harbors for the SA Constitution is not htere because of an absence of 'God' in state…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-engela/the-hatred-the-christian-right-wing-harbors-for-the-sa-constitution/)

[Christina Engela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-engela/)

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> [Every age fraught with discord and danger seems to spawn a leader meant only for that age, a political giant whose absence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-simmons/every-age-fraught-with-discord-and-danger-seems-to-spawn-a-leader/)

[Dan Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-simmons/)

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> [Without will, without individuals, there are no heroes. But neither are there villains. And the absence of villains is as prostrating, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-himmelfarb/without-will-without-individuals-there-are-no-heroes-but-neither-are/)

[Gertrude Himmelfarb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-himmelfarb/)

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> [Women need to see ourselves as individuals capable of creating change. That is what political and economic power is all about: having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-m-kunin/women-need-to-see-ourselves-as-individuals-capable-of-creating-change/)

[Madeleine M. Kunin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-m-kunin/)

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> [Britain is leaving and has de facto left the European Union; however, it has not withdrawn from its special relationship with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/britain-is-leaving-and-has-de-facto-left-the-european-union-however/)

[Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/)

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> [Every now and then she looked around for tangible evidence of his having ever been there. Where were the butterflies? the blueberries?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-morrison/every-now-and-then-she-looked-around-for-tangible-evidence-of-his/)

[Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-morrison/)

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> [Peace comes from the absence of fear, from a consciousness of trust, from a deep, underlying faith in the absolute goodness and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-holmes/peace-comes-from-the-absence-of-fear-from-a-consciousness-of-trust/)

[Ernest Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-holmes/)

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> [I relate to that - he inspires me across the board. His music inspires me and reminds me to maintain honesty in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erykah-badu/i-relate-to-that-he-inspires-me-across-the-board-his-music-inspires/)

[Erykah Badu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erykah-badu/)

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> [Masculinity is part of a binary and requires its opposite, since, in the absence of femininity, masculinity would have no meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-jeffreys/masculinity-is-part-of-a-binary-and-requires-its-opposite-since-in/)

[Sheila Jeffreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-jeffreys/)

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> [To know after absence the familiar street and road and village and house is to know again the satisfaction of home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-borland/to-know-after-absence-the-familiar-street-and-road-and-village-and/)

[Hal Borland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-borland/)

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> [Silence has a myriad of meanings. In the theater, silence is an absence of words, but never an absence of meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanford-meisner/silence-has-a-myriad-of-meanings-in-the-theater-silence-is-an-absence/)

[Sanford Meisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanford-meisner/)

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> [The weather was fine and moderate. The hunters all returned, having killed during their absence three elk, four deer, two porcupines, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meriwether-lewis/the-weather-was-fine-and-moderate-the-hunters-all-returned-having/)

[Meriwether Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meriwether-lewis/)

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> [The desire of representation exists only insofar as the original is always deferred. It is only in the absence of the original…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-crimp/the-desire-of-representation-exists-only-insofar-as-the-original-is/)

[Douglas Crimp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-crimp/)

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> [It is exceedingly difficult to maintain a sense of absence without turning that absence into some kind of presence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-epstein/it-is-exceedingly-difficult-to-maintain-a-sense-of-absence-without/)

[Mark Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-epstein/)

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> [Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. What we have missed long enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/friendship-like-love-is-destroyed-by-long-absence-though-it-may-be-2/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [Creating a world that is truly fit for children does not imply simply the absence of war... It means having primary schools…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-bellamy/creating-a-world-that-is-truly-fit-for-children-does-not-imply-simply/)

[Carol Bellamy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-bellamy/)

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> [In my experience, God rarely makes our fear disappear. Instead, He asks us to be strong and take courage. What is courage?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-wilkinson/in-my-experience-god-rarely-makes-our-fear-disappear-instead-he-asks-2/)

[Bruce Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-wilkinson/)

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> [When you find inner peace, neither the presence nor absence of any person, place or thing, condition, circumstance, or situation can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neale-donald-walsch/when-you-find-inner-peace-neither-the-presence-nor-absence-of-any/)

[Neale Donald Walsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neale-donald-walsch/)

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> [I close my eyes, thinking that there is nothing like an embrace after an absence, nothing like fitting my face into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/i-close-my-eyes-thinking-that-there-is-nothing-like-an-embrace-after/)

[Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/)

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> [Although I am an anarch, I am not anti-authoritarian. Quite the opposite: I need authority, although I do not believe in it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/although-i-am-an-anarch-i-am-not-anti-authoritarian-quite-the/)

[Ernst Junger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/)

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> [One of the best known, and one of the least intelligible, facts of literary history is the lateness, in Western European Literature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saintsbury/one-of-the-best-known-and-one-of-the-least-intelligible-facts-of/)

[George Saintsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saintsbury/)

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> [According to true military art, one should never push one's enemy to the point of despair, because such a state multiplies his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-rabelais/according-to-true-military-art-one-should-never-push-one-s-enemy-to/)

[Francois Rabelais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-rabelais/)

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> [If wine were to disappear from human production, I believe it would cause an absence, a failure in health and intellect, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-baudelaire/if-wine-were-to-disappear-from-human-production-i-believe-it-would/)

[Charles Baudelaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-baudelaire/)

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> [Arming domestic police forces with paramilitary weaponry will ensure their systematic use even in the absence of a terrorist attack on US…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-greenwald/arming-domestic-police-forces-with-paramilitary-weaponry-will-ensure/)

[Glenn Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-greenwald/)

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> [Ronald Reagan's biographer wrote of the former president's final days: "for all the intimate familiarity of that face and body, I did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-morris/ronald-reagan-s-biographer-wrote-of-the-former-president-s-final-days/)

[Edwin Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-morris/)

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> [I went to Berlin for a year and a half, and that's where I learned about culture and art and everything. Before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lea-seydoux/i-went-to-berlin-for-a-year-and-a-half-and-that-s-where-i-learned/)

[Lea Seydoux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lea-seydoux/)

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> [Take a shot in front of D.L. Probing for a vein in my dirty bare foot... Junkies have no shame... They are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/take-a-shot-in-front-of-d-l-probing-for-a-vein-in-my-dirty-bare-foot/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

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> [In the absence of organized religion, the only vehicle for redemption is art - not just the fragmentary arts of painting or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/in-the-absence-of-organized-religion-the-only-vehicle-for-redemption/)

[Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/)

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> [I was surprised at the silence and the absence of movement which our departure caused among the spectators, and believed them to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-laurent-d-arlandes/i-was-surprised-at-the-silence-and-the-absence-of-movement-which-our/)

[Francois Laurent d'Arlandes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-laurent-d-arlandes/)

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> [I actually had kind of one of those crazy experiences where when I hit, it was black out excruciating pain, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brooke-burns/i-actually-had-kind-of-one-of-those-crazy-experiences-where-when-i/)

[Brooke Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brooke-burns/)

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> [The alarming thing in China is the almost total absence of primary care. Even in cities, there are no independent doctors' offices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-travis/the-alarming-thing-in-china-is-the-almost-total-absence-of-primary/)

[Nancy Travis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-travis/)

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> [Most thoughtful people would agree that morality in the absence of policing is somehow more truly moral than the kind of false…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/most-thoughtful-people-would-agree-that-morality-in-the-absence-of/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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