982 Quotes About Distance

  • Author Susan Orlean
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    When I was a kid, phone calls were a premium commodity; only the very coolest kids had a phone line of their own, and long-distance phone calls were made after eleven, when the rates went down, unless you were flamboyant with your spending. Then phone calls became as cheap as dirt and as constant as rain, and I was on the phone all the time.

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  • Author Colin Powell
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    I would not presume from this distance, nor would America presume to say who should be the leader of the Iraqi nation.

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  • Author Eugene H. Peterson
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    Sabbath is that uncluttered time and space in which we can distance ourselves from our own activities enough to see what God is doing.

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  • Author Guy Pearce
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    I'm able to lead my life as well as make a film. My wife and my friends and people around me know that I do tend to distance myself a little bit during the making of a film, but I have to, it's a natural part of the process for me because you are indulging in the headspace of somebody else, you are investing in the psychology of somebody else and you are becoming somebody else, and so there isn't enough room for you and that somebody else.

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  • Author Isabel Paterson
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    Money is indispensable to a long-circuit heavy load energy system. It must be used when a sufficient surplus is being produced to allow a margin for exchange, and cost of transport, over a considerable distance. Money represents a storage battery when idle, and a generalized mode of the conversion of energy when it is in motion, with a function of equating time and space.

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  • Author Imogen Poots
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    I think any relationship that is normal - I mean, there's no normal relationship, but in terms of a flawed relationship, there's always gonna be awkward moments within that because you're addressing things that the world is throwing at you, whether that's distance or whether that's where this is going or other people and past relationships, all these factors.

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  • Author James Patterson
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    You can help each other, Max, said the unwelcome voice. You're perfect complements to each other. "Shut up!" I hissed under my breath, and Dylan looked startled. "I didn't say anything." Gritting my teeth, I nodded. "No, I know. It's just-" I decided to take a risk and stare him down. "I hear voices, okay? If you're gonna be here, get used to it. Or else keep your distance.

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  • Author Jean Paul
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    Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.

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  • Author Jerry Paul
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    They will be a lot brighter, which means they'll be easier to see and at a greater distance in all kinds of weather conditions.

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