Distant Quotes

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I'd really like to be in closer contact with life. I'm a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside. — Yves Saint Laurent
We are the lucky generation. We first broke our earthly bonds and ventured into space. From our descendants- perches on other planets or distant space… — Walter Cronkite
Not one of all the purple host Who took the flag to-day Can tell the definition So clear of victory, As he, defeated, dying, On… — Emily Dickinson
Hail brother, the distant thunder is nothing but hearts beating as one. — Patti Smith
When someone else's safety and acceptance in society is on the line, your personal discomfort comes in a very distant second. — Courtney Milan
Might it be the discovery of a distant civilization and our common cosmic origins that finally drives home the message of the bond among all… — Jill Tarter
My sense of view became tactile not colourful, immediate not distant. Something within arms' reach — Ryan Knighton
The darkness is not so dense as it was; there are faint streaks on the horizon's verge; mist is in the valleys, but there is… — William Morley Punshon
Whatever is placed beyond the reach of sense and knowledge, whatever is imperfectly discerned, the fancy pieces out at its leisure; and all but the… — William Hazlitt
Be patient with all that is unsolved in your life. Learn to love the questions themselves, until some distant day, without your knowing, you will… — Rainer Maria Rilke
It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government. — John W. Gardner
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery. — Edward Gibbon
But, ancient Greece and ancient Rome - people did not happen to believe that creativity came from human beings back then, OK? People believed that… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals; continued our course in the… — Christopher Columbus
I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior. I am really interested in feelings and think they are what define us as… — Claire Danes
At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races… — Charles Darwin
A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places. — Isabelle Eberhardt
It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate. — Eric Hoffer
We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if… — William Ralph Inge
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart. — Washington Irving

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