Distant Quotes

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To abstain from the enjoyment which is in our power, or to seek distant rather than immediate results, are among the most painful exertions of… — Nassau William Senior
The image is a pure creation of the mind. It cannot be born from a comparison but from a juxtaposition of two more or less… — Pierre Reverdy
There's a slope down toward evil, a gentle gradient that can be ignored at each step, unfelt. It's not until you look back, see the… — Mark Lawrence
When all hopes of recognition or honor have faded into distant memory, when purity of heart meets sorrow of mind, when all the world seems… — Franz Schubert
Of the gladdest moments in human life...is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. — Richard Francis Burton
Being concerned about other people is especially relevant in today's world. If we consider the complex inter-connected ness of our modern lives, how we depend… — Dalai Lama
I believe that the totemic image for the future is the octopus. This is because the squids and octopi have perfected a form of communication… — Terence McKenna
Regardless of how distant your dreams may seem, every second counts. — Dean Karnazes
The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ — Oscar Wilde
We are a blessed people and, with God s guidance, our smiles might even become laughter in the not too distant future. — John Kufuor
During their college years the oarsmen put in terrbily long hours, often showing up at the boathouse at 6:00am for preclass practices. Both physically and… — David Halberstam
What we initially conceived as a fairly simple geologic experiment on Mars ultimately turned into humanity's first real overland expedition across another planet. Spirit explored… — Steve Squyres
When I'm awake all night, sometimes I see the people and the city waking up around me. I feel a little bit moody at them… — Burial
No matter how great the script, the actual film will only be a distant relative of it - it will never be an identical twin. — Peter Straughan
If we had better hearing, and could discern the descants of sea birds, the rhythmic tympani of schools of mollusks, or even the distant harmonics… — Lewis Thomas
I do not feel that the West has really become less condescending toward foreign cultures than the Greeks and Romans were: it has only become… — Muhammad Asad
Men's souls are crooked and unsound things, not good materials out of which to build friendships, families, households, cities, civilizations. But good or no, these… — John C. Wright
Freedom is where you can live, as pleases a brave heart; where you can live according to the customs and laws of your Fathers; where… — Ernst Moritz Arndt
Perfectionism and optimalism are not distinct ways of being, an either-or choice, but rather they coexist in each person. And while we can move from… — Tal Ben-Shahar
What I see here, what I feel here is that people in your world believe spirituality isn't distant. It's close and real. Religion seems born… — Barbara Cameron

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