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Distance Quote by Rollo May

“Humor is the healthy way of feeling "distance" between one's self and the problem, a way of standing off and looking at one's problem with perspective.” quote by Rollo May — Download Open image

“Humor is the healthy way of feeling "distance" between one's self and the problem, a way of standing off and looking at one's problem with perspective.”

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I raised another shot. "That sound you hear is the heads of moral conservatives spontaneously exploding in the distance.

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Distance sometimes endears friendship, and absence sweeteneth it.

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Prison experience puts distance between me and any person who hasn't been there, done that.

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At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight.

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