Quotes with away

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  • E. B. White A man who publishes his letters becomes a nudist - nothing shields him from the world's gaze except his bare skin. A writer, writing away, can always fix himself up to make himself more presentable, but a man who has written a letter is stuck with it for all time.
    E. B. White
    American writer (1899 - 1985)
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  • Nelson Mandela A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness.
    De lange weg naar vrijheid
    Nelson Mandela
    South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and political leader (1918 - 2013)
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  • Charles M. Schwab A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.
    Charles M. Schwab
    American industrialist (1862 - 1939)
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  • William Wycherley A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away.
    William Wycherley
    British drama writer (1640 - 1715)
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  • John Berger A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult for the urban stranger to understand, is that the two statements are connected by an and not by a but.
    John Berger
    English art critic, novelist, painter and poet (1926 - 2017)
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  • Murray Kempton A political convention is not a place where you can come away with any trace of faith in human nature.
    Murray Kempton
    American journalist
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  • Ramsey Clark A right is not what someone gives you, it's what no one can take away from you.
    Ramsey Clark
    American lawyer and activist (1927 - )
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  • Caroline Norton A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was a lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears; But a comrade stood beside him, while his lifeblood ebbed away.
    Bingen on the Rhine l. 1 (1850)
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  • Edward. E. Cummings A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. I think, I too, have known autumn too long.
    Edward. E. Cummings
    American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright (1894 - 1962)
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  • Tacitus Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
    Tacitus
    Roman senator and historian (56 - 117)
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  • Bono Actually oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope those problems will have gone away.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Bennet Omalu Actually, I'm for football. But I'm for intelligent football that enhances us rather than football that steals away who we are.
    Bennet Omalu
    Nigerian-American physician and neuropathologist (1968 - )
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  • Arthur Golden Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.
    Arthur Golden
    American writer (1956 - )
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  • William S. Burroughs After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.
    William S. Burroughs
    American writer and artist (1914 - 1997)
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  • Henry Miller After all, most writing is done away from the typewriter, away from the desk. I'd say it occurs in the quiet, silent moments, while you're walking or shaving or playing a game, or whatever, or even talking to someone you're not vitally interested in.
    Henry Miller
    American writer (1891 - 1980)
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  • Butch Trucks After being away from it for so long, it's really nice to go out and have 10- or 15,000 people show up and enjoy it. It leaves you with a very good feeling.
    Butch Trucks
    American musician (1947 - 2017)
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  • Bob Peterson After my wife and I were married, we obtained a rescue dog from a family that didn't want her anymore. She was a beautiful Collie/Shepherd mix named 'Precious.' It then came to pass that our first marital 'debate' was whether we should change the dog's name away from the same name used by the wacky villain in 'Silence of the Lambs.'
    Bob Peterson
    American filmmaker, animator and screenwriter
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  • Virgil Age carries all things away, even the mind.
    Virgil
    Roman poet (70 - 19)
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  • Bill Withers Ain't no sunshine when she's gone, It's not warm when she's away, Ain't no sunshine when she's gone, And she's always gone too long, Anytime she goes away.
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  • Scott Alexander All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.
    Scott Alexander
    American professional baseball pitcher (1989 - )
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