Distant Quotes

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Abraham, a simple farmer, at a word from the Invisible God, marched, with family and stock, through the terrible desert to a distant land to… — Charles Studd
When I was in middle school, and teachers lectured about World War II, the conflict seemed impossibly distant and irrelevant. And it had only happened… — Don Kardong
We citizens of the affluent countries tend to discuss our obligations toward the distant needy mainly in terms of donations and transfers, assistance and redistribution:… — Thomas Pogge
Like prospecting in the 19th century, reconnaissance of the asteroids would of necessity take place in an arena where trouble is likely and help is… — Seth Shostak
In archaeology, context is the basis of many discoveries that are imputed to the deliberate workings of intelligence. If I find a rock chipped in… — Seth Shostak
Enterprising law-enforcement officers with a warrant can flick a distant switch and turn a standard mobile phone into a roving mic or eavesdrop on occupants… — Jonathan Zittrain
What the fossil record does do is to force us to contemplate our place on the planet. We are but one species of several hominids… — Louise Leakey
Architecture students are generally given theoretical projects, often located at distant locations, and told to come up with a design. — Alan Huffman
I suspect that most people in the world will travel through or at least wish to travel through Miami in their lifetimes. I think it… — Jim Drain
Is it true that the American people are war-weary? Absolutely. We are tired of sending our sons and daughters to distant lands year after year… — Ted Cruz
Lots of science fiction deals with distant times and places. Intrepid prospectors in the Asteroid Belt. Interstellar epics. Galactic empires. Trips to the remote past… — Edward M. Lerner
Kindliness and sympathy, fellowship and understanding, are always good, but best when they come from a distant corner of the world. — Archibald Hill
As the sun outshines the brightest star in the heavens, dispels every vestige of darkness and gives life and light to all beings, so, in… — Max Heindel
I find my earliest memories covering the anachronistic features of a previous incarnation. Clear recollections came to me of a distant life, a yogi amidst… — Paramahansa Yogananda
It seemed like most of the memories faded before they had time to form. And after a while, my life with my father seemed like… — Kara Swisher
I think of art, at its most significant, as a DEW line, a Distant Early Warning system that can always be relied on to tell… — Marshall McLuhan
It is sound judgment to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a… — Arthur Eddington
It is my hope that during my brief passage through this universe, that I may share with you the joy of hearing the music of… — Richard H. Baker
We would fight not for the political future of a distant city, rather for principles whose destruction would ruin the possibility of peace and security… — Neville Chamberlain
Like the winds that we come we know not whence and blow whither soever they list, the forces of society are derived from an obscure… — Adam Ferguson

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