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- Nov 07, 2020
Distance Quotes
How distance changes what we see and feel.
Several of these quotes treat distance as a matter of perspective - a fairy-land view of literature that loses its charm on closer approach, and a photographer describing every horizon as revealing another beyond it. See Far quotes for a related angle.
- Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People tend to keep their distance.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never bought this idea of taking a therapeutic distance. If I see a student or house staff cry, I take great faith in that. That's a great person; they're going to be a great doctor.
- Driving
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have developed my most meaningful relationships online. None of them live within driving distance. None of them are about my own age.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a windstorm in L.A., and the morning after there was no smog, and I could see the mountains. And I was like... 'There's mountains? Snowcap mountains?' That's insane; I've been there for thirteen years, and I've never seen that view before, seeing the mountains in the distance.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
- Hill
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- Nov 07, 2020
While we were at work there came nine or 10 of the natives to a small hill a little way from us, and stood there menacing and threatening of us, and making a great noise. At last one of them came towards us, and the rest followed at a distance.
- Limits
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- Nov 07, 2020