Quotes with departure

  • Right now, they feel they have lost their voice, and their miseries have increased since my departure.

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  • I Ching Change is certain. Peace is followed by disturbances; departure of evil men by their return. Such recurrences should not constitute occasions for sadness but realities for awareness, so that one may be happy in the interim.
    I Ching
    Chinese classical text (Book of Changes)
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  • Billy Collins Humor, for me, is really a gate of departure. It's a way of enticing a reader into a poem so that less funny things can take place later. It really is not an end in itself, but a means to an end.
    Billy Collins
    American poet (1941 - )
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  • Paul De Man Modernity exists in the form of a desire to wipe out whatever came earlier, in the hope of reaching at least a point that could be called a true present, a point of origin that marks a new departure.
    Paul De Man
    In België geboren American literair criticus (1919 - 1983)
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  • Benazir Bhutto Right now, they feel they have lost their voice, and their miseries have increased since my departure.
    Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani politician (1953 - 2007)
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  • Antonio Porchia Set out from any point. They are all alike. They all lead to a point of departure.
    Antonio Porchia
    Argentinian poet (1885 - 1968)
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  • Walt Whitman The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.
    Walt Whitman
    American poet, essayist, and journalist (1819 - 1892)
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  • Socrates The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is better? Only God knows.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • Dag Hammarskjöld The myths have always condemned those who ''looked back.'' Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision.
    Dag Hammarskjöld
    Swedish diplomat (1905 - 1961)
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  • Tennessee Williams There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.
    Tennessee Williams
    American playwright (1911 - 1983)
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel What we call little things are merely the causes of great things; they are the beginning, the embryo, and it is the point of departure which, generally speaking, decides the whole future of an existence. One single black speck may be the beginning of a gangrene, of a storm, of a revolution.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Carol Burnett When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it' s always 'a big breakthrough' or a 'radical departure.' Why is it no one ever says that if a straight actor does comedy? Are they presuming comedy is easier?
    Carol Burnett
    American actress, comedian, singer, and writer (1933 - )
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  • Pablo Picasso An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought.
    Pablo Picasso
    Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor (1881 - 1973)
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