Close Quotes

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Attention, if sudden and close, graduates into surprise; and this into astonishment; and this into stupefied amazement. — Charles Darwin
He is the way, the truth, and the light, and no one can come back into the presence of our Father in heaven except through… — Ezra Taft Benson
Hence, let us place there, carved high, as close to heaven as we can, the words of our leaders, their faces, to show posterity what… — Gutzon Borglum
As a reader, I want a book to kidnap me into its world. Its world must make my so-called real world seem flimsy. Its world… — Erica Jong
Please think about this as you go on. Breathe on the world. Hold out your hands to it. When morning and evenings roll along, watch… — William Stafford
The goal of a marketing interaction isn't to close the sale, any more than the goal of a first date is to get married. No,… — Seth Godin
You'll never know how close you are to victory if you give up. — Jay Samit
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. — Laozi
Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know. Close your mouth, block off your senses, blunt your sharpness, untie your knots, soften your… — Laozi
Iâ€™m not too keen on talking. I always have the feeling that the words are getting away from me, escaping and scattering. Itâ€™s not to… — Delphine de Vigan
I begin to understand that failure is its own reward. It is in the effort to close the distance between the work imagined and the… — Lewis H. Lapham
I can look at my books with pleasure from a distance. Four feet is close enough. — Jim Bishop
I'm incredibly close to my family. I have two younger brothers; they're both artists and actors, and their work and the way they see the… — Tatiana Maslany
As anyone who has been close to someone that has committed suicide knows, there is no other pain like that felt after the incident. — Peter Green
Sometimes, looking up at Sophiatown... I have felt I was looking at an Italian village somewhere in Umbria. For you do â€˜look upâ€™ at Sophiatown,… — Trevor Huddleston
Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever. — Anthony Doerr
I think if a story has a message it should be incidental and accidental, otherwise it leans too close to indoctrination. — Karen Lord
When I'm writing, I try to have the mask of my character on as I'm walking through the world. When I'm not at my desk,… — Stewart O'Nan
One way you can get really close to God is to sin as hard as you can. — John Darnielle
If you lost your way, just ask somebody. If you lost your dream, just close your eyes again. And some day you will blossom, with… — Miyavi

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