982 Quotes About Distance

  • Author John Boyne
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    The people I see from my window. In the huts, in the distance. They're all dressed the same.' 'Ah, those people,' said Father, nodding his head and smiling slightly. 'Those people...well, they're not people at all, Bruno.' Bruno frowned. 'They're not?' he asked, unsure what Father meant by that.

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  • Author John Brady
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    He made them in a timely way. And certainly, I know he made two, and one of them was really a remarkable distance from where I was sitting.

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  • Author Lewis Black
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    It's a big thing now: A lot of people want to be assistants to celebrities. If you're pursuing that, you're an idiot. You're a moron. The shortest distance between two points is not a celebrity, or being next to a celebrity.

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  • Author Maria Bamford
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    If you're ever if you're ever thinking, “Oh, but I'm a waste of space and I'm a burden,” remember: that also describes the Grand Canyon. Why don't you have friends and family take pictures of you from a safe distance? Revel in your majestic profile?

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  • Author Marie Brenner
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    To be able to go the distance with a brother or sister, to have them turn into your ally, is about the greatest thing that can ever happen to you.

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  • Author Marianne Bichsel
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    It's quite a distance for people. They may not want to be separated that long from their families, Some may say they don't want to go back.

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  • Author Peter Brook
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    The closeness of reality and the distance of myth, because if there is no distance you aren't amazed, and if there is no closeness you aren't moved.

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  • Author Raymond Bonner
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    I've gradually gained more confidence swimming for distance in the open sea, but I still return to the rock pools.

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