"In order to travel far you have to…" — Ralph Ellison
"In order to travel far you have to be detached."
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83 Quotes by Ralph Ellison
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Our task, then always, is to challenge the apparent forms of reality-that is, the fixed manner and values of the…
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It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow.
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Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it." Stephen Covey "It takes a…
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Commercial rock 'n' roll music is a brutalization of the stream of contemporary Negro church music an obscene looting of…
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The blues is an art of ambiguity, an assertion of the irrepressibly human over all circumstance whether created by others…
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I suspect that all the agony that goes into writing is borne precisely because the writer longs for acceptance-but it…
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If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also the power to bind, imprison…
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America is woven of many strands; I would recognize them and let it so remain. It's 'winner take nothing' that…
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And while the ice was melting to form a flood in which I threatened to drown I awoke one afternoon…
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I denounce because though implicated and partially responsible, I have been hurt to the point of abysmal pain, hurt to…
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We don't all dig Shakespeare uniformly, or even 'Little Red Riding Hood.' The understanding of art depends finally upon one's…
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I am one of the most irresponsible beings that ever lived. Irresponsibility is part of my invisibility; any way you…
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More Detached Quotes
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You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves…
— Bono
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Ultimately spiritual awareness unfolds when you're flexible, when you're spontaneous, when you're detached, when you're easy on yourself and easy…
— Deepak Chopra
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People in America, of course, live in all sorts of fashions, because they are foreigners, or unlucky, or depraved, or…
— Margaret Mead
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Happiness is yours in the here and now. The painful states of anxiety and loneliness are abolished permanently. Financial affairs…
— Vernon Howard
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Only the idea of death makes a warrior sufficiently detached so that he is capable of abandoning himself to anything.…
— Carlos Castaneda
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Meditation simply means a discipline that makes you capable of being aloof and detached from your mind. So even if…
— Rajneesh
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I want my team to be more detached from the wins and losses and be more focused on doing the…
— Sue Enquist
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I remain detached and distant, but it is under my eyes and my orders that the work of art must…
— Yves Klein
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Transcendence or detachment, leaving the body, pure love, lack of jealousy-that's the vision we are given in our culture, generally,…
— Robert Bly
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I've always felt you don't have to be completely detached, emotionally uninvolved to make precise observations. There's nothing wrong with…
— Jane Goodall
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A saint is Christ's bride, totally attached, faithful, dependent. A saint is also totally independent, detached from idols and from…
— Peter Kreeft
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I may be flying a complicated airplane, rushing through space, but in this cabin I'm surrounded by simplicity and thoughts…
— Charles Lindbergh
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