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distance honor observe people rules
There are people who observe the rules of honor as we observe the stars: from a distance Victor Hugo
distance ocean sharks
Between highway sounds I heard waves and thought how the curve of the coastline here had sheltered and nurtured live-born sharks, humans, and migrating whales. Here, at the edge of the continent, time and distance stopped; in the lull between sets of waves I could get a fresh start. Gretel Ehrlich
distance space focus
It is the invariable lesson to humanity that distance in time, and in space as well, lends focus. It is not recorded, incidentally, that the lesson has ever been permanently learned. Isaac Asimov
distance successful years
It's hard to measure success when we're dealing with between 500 and 5,000 years of patriarchy depending on which continent we sit, so I would say feminism has been successful and we have a huge distance to go, huge. Gloria Steinem
distance stupid night
It's stupid, I know, but I care. All the things that meant so much when we were young. Under the blankets late at night, listening to long-distance radio. All those things lost now or broken. Can you remember? Can you remember that feeling? Perhaps I ought to go to a doctor. Grant Morrison
distance few figured five problems ride seven took
I figured there would be five to seven ride clear. We put a few distance problems in, but we also made it very delicate, so it took a lot of riding. Robert Ellis
distance people changed
Distance was a dangerous thing, she knew. Distance changed people. Rohinton Mistry
distance book reading
The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible. Washington Irving
distance organization israel
We have said that Israel has had a very bad history with the United Nations, and whoever cares for himself in Israel distances himself from that Organization. Yitzhak Shamir
opposites people abuse
People always say the abused abuse and it is not true. I am totally the opposite. Michael Jackson
opposites romance want
When I was young, I liked romance. But to me, romance is the opposite of domestic life. I just don't want anyone in the apartment, not for longer than a few hours. Fran Lebowitz
ideas people important
In many ways ideas are more important than people - they are much more permanent. Charles Kettering
ideas common-sense reform
A balanced program for tax reform based upon the common sense idea of lowering taxes out of surplus revenues. Andrew Mellon
ideas facts proof
A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes. Claude Bernard
ideas progress get-better
With capitalism and prosperity came something new: the idea of progress. This is the notion that things are getting better and will continue to get better in the future. Dinesh D'Souza
ideas mind ambitious
Bill and Hillary Clinton have one central idea in their uncluttered, ambitious minds: Hillary in 2008. Let Bush get re-elected, use the '04 primaries and general election to clean out the underbrush of competing Democratic candidates, and proceed unimpeded to the '08 nomination. Dick Morris
ideas revelations grew
I grew up with a lot of Muslim friends, and the whole idea of revelation has been a lifelong interest of mine. Deepak Chopra
ideas world way
For most women, whether you're an actress or whatever you do, there is this pressure in society and within the world to look a certain way, dress a certain way, act a certain way, say certain things, and be this idea as opposed to being a person. Amber Tamblyn
ideas identity kind
There are Muslims of all kinds. The idea of closing them into a single identity is wrong. Amartya Sen
ideas development economy
Human development, as an approach, is concerned with what I take to be the basic development idea: namely, advancing the richness of human life, rather than the richness of the economy in which human beings live, which is only a part of it.