Distant Quotes

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The brain, which operates on electromagnetic impulses, is as much an activity of the universe as are the electromagnetic storms in the atmosphere or on… — Deepak Chopra
I've been accused of being cold, snobbish, distant. Those who know me well know that Iâ€™m nothing of the sort. If anything, the opposite is… — Grace Kelly
I am in awe, in admiration of the man who Gaius Julius Caesar was. I don't actually do him as the man himself. He is… — Karl Urban
For all we know, at this very moment, somewhere far beyond all those distant stars, Benny Russell is dreaming of us. — Avery Brooks
Like all mothers, mother nature is delighted to keep in touch with you when you're appearing in hit tv shows like BJ and the bear… — Greg Evigan
The Ojibways have great respect for the Bear. According to their legends, in the distant past the Bear had a human form and was in… — Norval Morrisseau
The essence of art that is at all noble is the DREAM, and this dream dwells only upon what is distant, absent, vanished, unattainable. — Georges Rodenbach
Philosophy is a bully that talks loud when the danger is at a distant; but, the moment she is pressed hard by an enemy, she… — Charles Caleb Colton
We are like dwarfs sitting on the shoulders of giants. We see more, and things that are more distant, than they did, not because our… — John of Salisbury
But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word… — J.R.R. Tolkien
What beauty. I saw clouds and their light shadows on the distant dear earthâ€¦. The water looked like darkish, slightly gleaming spotsâ€¦. When I watched… — Yuri Gagarin
Imagination doesnâ€™t just mean making things up. It means thinking things through, solving them, or hoping to do so, and being just distant enough to… — Diana Wynne Jones
Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains or in yonder seas; they are in your own backyard, if you but dig for them. — Russell Conwell
I confess, without shame, that I am sick and tired of fighting â€” its glory is all moonshine; even success the most brilliant is over… — William Tecumseh Sherman
People who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream… — Charles R. Swindoll
Dreaming of a tomorrow, which tomorrow, will be as distant then as 'tis today. — Lope de Vega
This whole earth which we inhabit is but a point in space. How far apart, think you, dwell the most distant inhabitants of yonder star,… — Henry David Thoreau
As to the fable that there are Antipodes, that is to say, men on the opposite side of the earth where the sun rises when… — Saint Augustine
I think my soul never was in such an agony before. I felt no restraint, for the treasures of divine grace were opened to me.… — David Brainerd
Inherent in the impulse to be free, is insecurity. The impulse to be free comes from outside of the mind, and because of this, it… — Adyashanti

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