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distance character order
That politeness which we put on, in order to keep the assuming and the presumptuous at a proper distance will generally succeed. But it sometimes happens that these obtrusive characters are on such excellent terms with themselves that they put down this very politeness to the score of their own great merits and high pretensions, meeting the coldness of our reserve with a ridiculous condescension of familiarity, in order to set us at ease with ourselves. Charles Caleb Colton
distance men law
The law shows the distance that exists between God and man; the Gospel bridges that awful chasm and brings the sinner across it. Charles Spurgeon
distance joy mind
The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is it to his mind to see one before him, than joy to leave thousands at a distance Akhenaton
distance book writing
God did not write a book and send it by messenger to be read at a distance by unaided minds. He spoke a Book and lives in His spoken words, constantly speaking His words and causing the power of them to persist across the years. Aiden Wilson Tozer
distance small-moments looks
Life is filled with small moments that seem prosaic until one has the distance to look back and see the chain of large moments they unleashed. Chris Bohjalian
distance thinking white
All power within the microcosm of my world was held and wielded by people who look like me. Plus, I think Nigerians all have this sense that they are better than everyone, including white people. So I have the privilege of a certain distance. It may just be that. So in a sense, I can't claim that as any ability that I have, simply a matter of circumstance. Chris Abani
distance journey practice
Our life is an endless journey; it is like a broad highway that extends infinitely into the distance. The practice of meditation provides a vehicle to travel on that road. Our journey consists of constant ups and downs ... Chogyam Trungpa
distance earth sun
Scarce any problem will appear more hard and difficult, than that of determining the distance of the Sun from the Earth very near the truth: but even this... will without much labour be effected. Edmond Halley
distance giving warning
The turnings of life seldon show a sign-post; or rather, though the sign is always there, it is usually placed some distance back, like the notices that give warning of a bad hill or a level railway-crossing. Edith Wharton
earth stage magnet
The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth. Al Pacino
earth beautiful-earth
We are a part of the earth and it is part of us. Chief Seattle
earth radio
I knew that God put me on this earth to be on the radio. Ed Bradley
earth rebel needs
The Earth needs rebels! David Icke
earth-day survival environmental
We are in an environmental crisis which threatens the survival of this nation, and of the world as a suitable place of human habitation. Barry Commoner
earth-day use conquer
The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it.
earthly lady stripped talking
We're talking about a lady having all her earthly possessions stripped from her house. She's destitute, put out on the street, and she's smiling. Bart Tucker
earth fart
We're here on Earth to fart around Kurt Vonnegut
earth surface fertile
The surface of Earth heaved and seethed in fecund restlessness. Earth was most fertile where the most death was.
sunset opposites littles
We moved leisurely towards Mount Foster, on the 22nd, and arrived opposite to it a little before sunset. Charles Sturt
sunday church judgmental
I rejected the God that was portrayed as masculine and judgmental and cruel at times. The concept of us bring not worthy to receive him is something I used to say every Sunday in church, and eventually I just couldn't say it with any conviction. Alanis Morissette
sunday people afternoon
The majority of people perform well in a crisis and when the spotlight is on them; it's on the Sunday afternoons of this life, when nobody is looking, that the spirit falters. Alan Bennett
sunday men winning
On any given Sunday you're gonna win or you're gonna lose. The point is -- can you win or lose like a man?
sundance
Sundance is just a great place for your work to be seen. Not much more to say about it than that. David Wain
sun selfless tomorrow
That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies no more contradiction, than the affirmation, that it will rise. David Hume
sunshine reflection light
The thinker requires exactly the same light as the painter, clear, without direct sunshine, or blinding reflection, and, where possible, from above. August Wilhelm von Schlegel
sunday community territory
Sunday afternoons at a parish center - or a community center - is familiar territory for me. Denis McDonough
sun warmth
The sun burnt on, drugging everything with warmth. Beryl Bainbridge