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I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might… — Anne McCaffrey
One of the things my career as an artist might say to young artists is: The things that are close to you are the things… — Sally Mann
The things that are close to you are the things you can photograph the best, — Sally Mann
So they were turning, after all - those cameras. Life, which can be strangely merciful, had taken pity on Norma Desmond. The dream she had… — Gloria Swanson
For many of us, sadly, the spirit of Christmas is "hurry". And yet, eventually, the hour comes when the rushing ends and the race against… — Burton Hill
The inspired moment may sometimes be described as a kind of hallucinatory state of mind: one half of the personality emotes and dictates while the… — Aaron Copland
If you're a director, your entire livelihood and your entire creativity is based on your self-confidence. Sometimes that's dangerously close to arrogance. — Trevor Nunn
It is true that not even Christ is seen, but he exists; he is risen, he is alive, he is close to us, more truly… — Raniero Cantalamessa
If you want to stop an argument, close your mouth. — Charles R. Swindoll
A final reminder. Whenever you are in Paris at twilight in the early summer, return to the Seine and watch the evening sky close slowly… — Kate Simon
I cry a lot. My emotions are very close to my surface. I don't want to hold anything in so it festers and turns into… — Nicolas Cage
One of the most important thing in families, both for children and spouses, is never to close off possibilities - particularly never to make demands… — Hazel Hawke
Bravely you jog along with the rope of class distinction drawing closer, close, tighter, tighter around you... I see it and know it, but I… — Miles Franklin
I'm in the dark as to how close to an edge or transition to a new ocean and climate regime we might me. But I… — Unknown Author
I know of no realm of life that can provide more companionship in a lonely world or greater feelings of security and purpose in chaotic… — Charles R. Swindoll
Friendship among nations, as among individuals, calls for constructive efforts to muster the forces of humanity in order that an atmosphere of close understanding and… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
All things issue from it; all things return to it. To find the origin, trace back the manifestations. When you recognize the children and find… — Laozi
What's difficult in life is to stay centered when somebody does or says something that tempts us to close our hearts because their heart was… — Marianne Williamson
Johnny Mercer was my father's best friend and became mine as well. And Harold Arlen, whom I would call Uncle Harry, and Harry Warren: those… — Margaret Whiting
I thought I'd love to be a gardener because I grew up with a vegetable garden and I love being close to the Earth and… — Curtis Stone

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