Acquaintances Quotes

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When we were only acquaintances, you let me be myself, but now you're always protecting me... I won't be protected. I will choose for myself… — E. M. Forster
They thrived on the rapid turnover of acquaintances, the lack of involvement with others, and the total self-sufficiency of lives which, needing nothing, were never… — J. G. Ballard
When I began writing these pages I believed their subject to be children, the ones we have and the ones we wish we had, the… — Joan Didion
our acquaintancesâ€”not our friendsâ€”are our greatest source of new ideas and information. the internet lets us exploit the power of these kinds of distant connections… — Malcolm Gladwell
After I go out this door, I may only exist in the minds of all my acquaintancesâ€¦I may be an orange peel. — J D Salinger
Cross the street to avoid making aimless chitchat with random acquaintances. — Susan Cain
I saw my earlier selves as different people, acquaintances I had outgrown. I wondered how I could ever have been some of them. — Roger Zelazny
Love is essential; gregariousness is optional. Cherish your nearest and dearest. Work with colleagues you like and respect. Scan new acquaintances for those who might… — Susan Cain
Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to. Stay home on New Year's Eve if that's what… — Susan Cain
Money brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends. — Henrik Ibsen
We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast. — Logan Pearsall Smith
Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends. — Seneca the Younger
We and others have done a bunch of work to show that if your real friends online say or do something, it affects you. But… — Nicholas A. Christakis
Acquaintances we meet, enjoy, and can easily leave behind; but friendship grows deep roots. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Occasionally, family members treat each other with less courtesy and kindness than they do acquaintances or even strangers. — Joseph B. Wirthlin
The mere process of growing old together will make our slightest acquaintances seem like bosom friends. — Logan Pearsall Smith
According to FBI statistics for 2008, only 22 percent of murder victims were killed by strangers. More than 30 percent were slain by family members,… — Alafair Burke
A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends. — Chinese Proverbs
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone; one should keep his friendships… — Dr Samuel Johnson
Make your life an adventure, because every task leads you to new discoveries, new acquaintances and new experiences. — Anil Sinha

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