- Men
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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
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
In all of my work, I think I'm exploring the idea that we are aliens to each other, how there is a huge distance that separates us all.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one's origins and one's final achievement.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020
While all democratic systems are works in progress, ours started rather late and therefore has a longer distance to cover. But democratic transformation for us is not mimicking some facets of Western governance. The focus has been on building institutions of democratic governance.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not sure I can write about America for the same reason I'm not sure I can write about adults - I have no critical distance on either place.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a firm believer in the connection between the body and the mind: feed one, feed both. I like to run, but only short distances, and fast. I'm no good at long distance. More than six miles, and the knees start to go.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
In most specials, the performer's up - not only not surrounded, but up on a stage - and there's a distance between them and the audience, and I think my comedy doesn't work as well in that way.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.
- Exhilaration
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- Nov 07, 2020
I ran over 10 years without missing a day, averaging close to 15 miles. I loved being able to run a long distance and get that feeling of strength and exhilaration from being in good shape. There was a meditative quality about it. Almost effortlessness. That's a special feeling.
- Crank
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- Nov 07, 2020
At Penn State, I ran distance and cross country as a walk-on. I wound up running a lot of marathons, 30-plus. I was okay. I won one in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. I think it was around 2:30. I could crank those out all day.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When young people see movies like 'Gandhi 'or 'JFK,' there is an element of romanticization of these powerful people, and young people often feel a huge distance between their own lives and the lives of these social-change heroes. But the Panthers were flawed-up people from the streets, so it's easier to identify with them.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
Be able to back up a car for a considerable distance in a straight line and back out of a driveway.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, an individual could be electronically stimulated to fear, anger, or euphoria from a distance. However, the procedure is complicated, not always accurate, and far too tedious and expensive as a method for taking over control of the world.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020