Distant Quotes

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There are charms made only for distant admiration. — Samuel Johnson
It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a… — Helen Keller
War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. — John F. Kennedy
Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
When distant and unfamiliar and complex things are communicated to great masses of people, the truth suffers a considerable and often a radical distortion. The… — Walter Lippmann
Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A gentleman has his eyes on all those present; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward the absent. — Lawrence G. Lovasik
Everyone is related to Africa; everyone comes from Africa. We are all distant relatives. — Damian Marley
Art at its most significant is a Distant Early Warning System that can always be relied on to tell the old culture what is beginning… — Marshall McLuhan
Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream. — Iris Murdoch
I don't know what marriages are like in general, but there are many things which I don't talk about with my husband. We discuss practical… — Joyce Carol Oates
As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our… — Jean Paul
Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, once a distant outpost of the… — Pope John Paul II
Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring. — S. J. Perelman
The door might not be opened to a woman again for a long, long time, and I had a kind of duty to other women… — Frances Perkins
Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers. — Rainer Maria Rilke
I think it is a good thing to have woman friends at every stage of life. We confide in each other, we support each other,… — Anne Roiphe
Death is a distant rumor to the young. — Andy Rooney
If terrorism is to be defeated, the world of Islam must take on board the secularist-humanist principles on which the modern is based, and without… — Salman Rushdie

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