- Laughter
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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 May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started you were more in touch with the people you were playing to. There wasn't the distance or the separation that there is now.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started with paragliding. Paragliding is taking off from mountains with a paraglider, with the possibility to fly cross-country, distance, just with the use of thermals to soar. Also, different aerobatic maneuvers are possible with a paraglider. From there, I started with skydiving.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to be the poster boy for head injury. I shouldn't be the poster boy for head injury. I have really tried to distance myself from that.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
So much of my poetry begins with something that I can describe in visual terms, so thinking about distance, thinking about how life begins and what might be watching us.
- Heavens
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think humans have always felt watched back by whatever is out there flickering in the distance. What excites me is what the imagination creates, not simply in explanation of what is there but also to explain or justify the feeling of awe and attachment that the heavens inspire.
- Better Understanding
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd love to be an astronaut. I bet you get a better understanding of our planet seeing it from a distance.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most centrist Democrats... try to distance themselves from controversies that recall the 1960s. There are journalistic centrists as well, who avoid hard truths for the sake of acceptance and legitimacy.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Invoking Nature always measures the distance we have yet to travel to achieve real progress on environmental issues.
- Historical
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- Nov 07, 2020
In wider spaces, people bearing historical grudges with each other were separated by the muting qualities of distance.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought that if you come across as a freak, there will be some kind of distance. Maybe the distance became excessive. I realized that people were afraid of me without knowing me.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Several technological and political forces have converged, and that has produced a global, Web-enabled playing field that allows for multiple forms of collaboration without regard to geography or distance - or soon, even language.
- Cheaper
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a difference between being able to make long distance phone calls cheaper on the Internet and walking around Riyadh with a PDA where you can have all of Google in your pocket. It's a difference in degree that's so enormous it becomes a difference in kind.
- Hand
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- Nov 07, 2020