982 Quotes About Distance
- Author Steve Almond
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But something occurred to me as I sped through that dirty shroud of fog, something Vonnegut has been trying to explain to the rest of us for most of his life. And that is this: Despair is a form of hope. It is an acknowledgment of the distance between ourselves and our appointed happiness. At certain moments, it is reason enough to live.
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- Author Theodor Adorno
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Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people.
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- Author Theodor Adorno
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The straight line is regarded as the shortest distance between two people, as if they were points.
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- Author Tori Amos
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People can travel great distances on a computer, so why can't we travel that way emotionally?
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- Author Alain de Botton
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Curiosity might be pictured as being made up of chains of small questions extending outwards, sometimes over huge distances, from a central hub composed of a few blunt, large questions.
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- Author Ambrose Bierce
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Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
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- Author Ann Brashares
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He no longer represented someday a possibility. He represented a road not taken a road that suddenly shot so far into the distance she couldn’t see it anymore.
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- Author Bill Bryson
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Every twenty minutes on the Appalachian Trail, Katz and I walked farther than the average American walks in a week. For 93 percent of all trips outside the home, for whatever distance or whatever purpose, Americans now get in a car. On average the total walking of an American these days - that's walking of all types: from car to office, from office to car, around the supermarket and shopping malls - adds up to 1.4 miles a week, barely 350 yards a day.
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- Author Bipasha Basu
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I keep my distance from politics. Lots of money has been offered to me for campaigning over the years, and I have always refused. I used to be very politically aware and very opinionated, but I don't want to involve myself.
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