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> [I was born in a suburb outside of Philadelphia called Lower Merion. After taking many leaves of absence, I just received my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gideon-glick/i-was-born-in-a-suburb-outside-of-philadelphia-called-lower-merion/)

[Gideon Glick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gideon-glick/)

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> [When the president acts in absence of a congressional grant of authority, he can rely only upon his own independent powers. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlen-specter/when-the-president-acts-in-absence-of-a-congressional-grant-of/)

[Arlen Specter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlen-specter/)

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> [The test of ahimsa is the absence of jealousy. The man whose heart never cherishes even the thought of injury to anyone,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-test-of-ahimsa-is-the-absence-of-jealousy-the-man-whose-heart/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [I, my own damn self, am not a Tea Party supporter. I disagree with them on social liberties, our overseas wars, Obama's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penn-jillette/i-my-own-damn-self-am-not-a-tea-party-supporter-i-disagree-with-them/)

[Penn Jillette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penn-jillette/)

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> [With Charlie Brown, it was about loneliness and isolation. I always thought that the thing about Charlie Brown and those characters was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-groening/with-charlie-brown-it-was-about-loneliness-and-isolation-i-always/)

[Matt Groening](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-groening/)

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> [We know that Las Vegas is junk, but at the same time I think that exactly the same process and ultimately also,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rem-koolhaas/we-know-that-las-vegas-is-junk-but-at-the-same-time-i-think-that/)

[Rem Koolhaas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rem-koolhaas/)

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> [I wish you to inform the Court that my absence, though deliberate, is not intended in any way to be disrespectful. Nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bram-fischer/i-wish-you-to-inform-the-court-that-my-absence-though-deliberate-is/)

[Bram Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bram-fischer/)

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> [After long absence, of return / To my dear home - Oh, happiness! / To lie in blissful consciousness / Of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-anne-southey/after-long-absence-of-return-to-my-dear-home-oh-happiness-to-lie-in/)

[Caroline Anne Southey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-anne-southey/)

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> [We want to see Israel withdraw from our territory. But we don't want to be accountable vis-a-vis Israel on the security basis,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafik-hariri/we-want-to-see-israel-withdraw-from-our-territory-but-we-don-t-want/)

[Rafik Hariri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafik-hariri/)

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> [She said she was neither happy nor unhappy, and that was why she couldn't go on. Each person knows the extent of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/she-said-she-was-neither-happy-nor-unhappy-and-that-was-why-she/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [You feel free in Australia. There is great relief in the atmosphere - a relief from tension, from pressure, an absence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/you-feel-free-in-australia-there-is-great-relief-in-the-atmosphere-a/)

[D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/)

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> [Young men have strong passions and tend to gratify them indiscriminately. Of the bodily desires, it is the sexual by which they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/young-men-have-strong-passions-and-tend-to-gratify-them/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [ \[Six principles that make for a good story:\] 1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of a political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anton-chekhov/six-principles-that-make-for-a-good-story-1-absence-of-lengthy/)

[Anton Chekhov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anton-chekhov/)

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> [The genocide (in Rwanda) was a collective act. What made it possible, what made that final political crime possible, was the absence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-orbinski/the-genocide-in-rwanda-was-a-collective-act-what-made-it-possible/)

[James Orbinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-orbinski/)

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> [People always say to me, 'Well, how can a marriage last when you're away as much as you are?' And I always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-portnoy/people-always-say-to-me-well-how-can-a-marriage-last-when-you-re-away/)

[Mike Portnoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-portnoy/)

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> [We can better see what we don't have. The other man's grass is always greener and now we can actually go and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/we-can-better-see-what-we-don-t-have-the-other-man-s-grass-is-always/)

[Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/)

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> [In the absence of an engaged, diplomatically energized America, others will set the agenda, shape the rules and dominate international institutions -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-blinken/in-the-absence-of-an-engaged-diplomatically-energized-america-others/)

[Antony Blinken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-blinken/)

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> [Banish (the onion) from the kitchen and the pleasure flies with it. Its presence lends color and enchantment to the most modest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-robins-pennell/banish-the-onion-from-the-kitchen-and-the-pleasure-flies-with-it-its/)

[Elizabeth Robins Pennell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-robins-pennell/)

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> [One doesn’t have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient. In fact,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-blow/one-doesn-t-have-to-operate-with-great-malice-to-do-great-harm-the-2/)

[Charles M. Blow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-blow/)

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> [It is against stupidity in every shape and form that we have to wage our eternal battle. But how can we wonder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-booth/it-is-against-stupidity-in-every-shape-and-form-that-we-have-to-wage/)

[William Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-booth/)

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> [I mean she's Cleopatra... shouldn't she and Antony have known better? They were so different..." "Variety is the spice of life" "And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-carter/i-mean-she-s-cleopatra-shouldn-t-she-and-antony-have-known-better/)

[Ally Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-carter/)

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> [No woman need fear the effect of absence upon the man who honestly loves her. The needle of the compass, regardless of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/no-woman-need-fear-the-effect-of-absence-upon-the-man-who-honestly/)

[Myrtle Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myrtle-reed/)

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> [The Jewish people and their fate are the living witness for the absence of redemption. This, one could say, is the meaning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-strauss/the-jewish-people-and-their-fate-are-the-living-witness-for-the/)

[Leo Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-strauss/)

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> [The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tammy-bruce/the-question-we-all-face-is-what-sort-of-culture-we-will-live-in-for/)

[Tammy Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tammy-bruce/)

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> [In religious matters it is now fashionable to define tolerance as the absence of criticism of any standard religion. All too often,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-blanshard/in-religious-matters-it-is-now-fashionable-to-define-tolerance-as-the/)

[Paul Blanshard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-blanshard/)

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> [Anyone who's ever read the lyrics of an already cherished song has most likely encountered that hollow sensation of something missing, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-miles/anyone-who-s-ever-read-the-lyrics-of-an-already-cherished-song-has/)

[Jonathan Miles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-miles/)

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> [The surest way to lose democracy is to take it for granted. Every citizen must contribute to its advancement in some way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-f-h-henry/the-surest-way-to-lose-democracy-is-to-take-it-for-granted-every/)

[Carl F. H. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-f-h-henry/)

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> [In the end, there is no absence of irony: the integrity of what is sacred to Native Americans will be determined by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-laduke/in-the-end-there-is-no-absence-of-irony-the-integrity-of-what-is/)

[Winona LaDuke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-laduke/)

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> [Happiness and strength endure only in the absence of hate. To hate alone is the road to disaster. To love is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-ron-hubbard/happiness-and-strength-endure-only-in-the-absence-of-hate-to-hate/)

[L. Ron Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-ron-hubbard/)

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> [Peace is not just the absence of war and conflict; it goes well beyond that. Peace must be fostered within the individual,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mata-amritanandamayi/peace-is-not-just-the-absence-of-war-and-conflict-it-goes-well-beyond/)

[Mata Amritanandamayi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mata-amritanandamayi/)

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> [Peace is not just the absence of war. True peace depends upon creating the opportunity that makes life worth living. And to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/peace-is-not-just-the-absence-of-war-true-peace-depends-upon-creating/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [Given the ... multidisciplinary philosophy, I was surprised by the absence of alternative pain approaches - the whole spectrum of cranial-sacral massage,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marni-jackson/given-the-multidisciplinary-philosophy-i-was-surprised-by-the-absence/)

[Marni Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marni-jackson/)

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> [For me, the most powerful way to write about something is through the absence of it. Rather than writing about what it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/for-me-the-most-powerful-way-to-write-about-something-is-through-the/)

[Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/)

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> [You try to be faithful And sometimes you're cruel. You are mine. Then, you leave. Without you, I can't cope. And when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-try-to-be-faithful-and-sometimes-you-re-cruel-you-are-mine-then/)

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

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> [Yes, the meeting of dear friends atones for the regret of separation; and like it so much enhances affection, that after absence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/yes-the-meeting-of-dear-friends-atones-for-the-regret-of-separation/)

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

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> ['I Spy' represents the absence of the tension of the black man or black woman or anyone of that color walking in,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cosby/i-spy-represents-the-absence-of-the-tension-of-the-black-man-or-black/)

[Bill Cosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cosby/)

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> [The near cousin of optimism is hope: knowing the steps needed to get to a goal and having the energy to pursue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-goleman/the-near-cousin-of-optimism-is-hope-knowing-the-steps-needed-to-get/)

[Daniel Goleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-goleman/)

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> [I don't necessarily think there's a difference in terms of how the film industry and the ad industry view visual effects. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-rogers/i-don-t-necessarily-think-there-s-a-difference-in-terms-of-how-the/)

[Joshua Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-rogers/)

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> [Whatever sense of professional competence we feel in adult life is less the sum of accomplishment than the absence of impossibility: it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-gopnik/whatever-sense-of-professional-competence-we-feel-in-adult-life-is/)

[Adam Gopnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-gopnik/)

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> [If the portraits of our absent friends are pleasant to us, which renew our memory of them and relieve our regret for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-the-portraits-of-our-absent-friends-are-pleasant-to-us-which-renew/)

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

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                        "text": "You try to be faithful And sometimes you're cruel. You are mine. Then, you leave. Without you, I can't cope. And when you take the lead, I become your footstep. Your absence leaves a void. Without you, I can't cope. You have disturbed my sleep, You have wrecked my image. You have set me apart. Without you, I can't cope.",
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