Distant Quotes

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O you who complain to people about your misfortunes, what good will it do you to complain to creatures? They can bring you neither benefit… — Abdul-Qadir Gilani
If you let some time go by before considering work that you have done, you move toward a more objective position in judging it. The… — Henry Wessel, Jr.
The bookis a distant relative of the truth, and the film is a distant relative of the book, — Danny Porush
We do not have it out there as a distant dream. This could actually be reality. — Maggie Dixon
The thing about being a songwriter, once you realize you are one, is that to provide ammo, you start to become an observer. ... You're… — Keith Richards
I care," he said in a trembling voice. "I care so much that I do not know how to tell you without it seeming inconsequential… — Aimee Carter
No matter the style, the farther one goes the more obstacles increase, and the more distant appears the object it is desired to attain. Again,… — Jean-Georges Noverre
With one eye on today's blessings you will have more staying power for the distant goal. — Henry B. Eyring
Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant from, self-love, than hatred of our neighbour, or than love… — Joseph Butler
In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like a distant army.… — Jean Paul
The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producing manufactured goods, has not been beneficial to that country… — Charles Babbage
Be happy when you reach the top: cry, clap your hands, shout to the four winds that you did it, let the wind - the… — Paulo Coelho
Home is home even for those who aspire to serve wider interests and who have established their home of choice in distant regions. — Nelson Mandela
We do believe in setting goals. We live by goals. In athletics we always have a goal. When we go to school, we have the… — Spencer W. Kimball
The advanced levels which the democratic world has attained at the end of lengthy processes may have created the perception in the region that democracy… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan
The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking. — Alexander Graham Bell
In crime the egoist has hitherto asserted himself and mocked at the sacred; the break with the sacred, or rather of the sacred, may become… — Max Stirner
Let your joy be in your journey, not in some distant goal. — Tim Cook
There must be a certain look of availability in the women I photograph. I think the woman who gives the appearance of being available is… — Helmut Newton
Men are not only together when they are with each other; even the distant and the dead live with us. — Ludwig van Beethoven

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