Quotes with not-too-distant

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  • Horace Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Confucius Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Woodrow Wilson You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • Alexander Herzen You can no more bridle passions with logic than you can justify them in the law courts. Passions are facts and not dogmas.
    Alexander Herzen
    Russian journalist and political thinker (1812 - 1870)
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  • Jerry Garcia You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only ones who do what you do.
    Jerry Garcia
    American singer-songwriter and guitarist (1942 - 1995)
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  • Kahlil Gibran You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
    Kahlil Gibran
    Libian painter and writer (1883 - 1931)
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  • Walt Disney You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.
    Walt Disney
    American producer (1901 - 1966)
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  • Robert Anthony You were placed on this earth to create, not to compete.
    Robert Anthony
    American psychologist and self-help writer
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  • Buddha You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Marilyn Ferguson Your past is not your potential. In any hour you can choose to liberate the future.
    Marilyn Ferguson
    American author, editor and public speaker (1938 - 2008)
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  • Erik Pepke Any society that needs disclaimers has too many lawyers.
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  • Leo Tolstoy Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.
    Leo Tolstoy
    Russian writer (1828 - 1910)
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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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  • Bernard Bailyn The full bibliography of pamphlets relating to the Anglo-American struggle published in the colonies through the year 1776 contains not a dozen or so items but over four hundred;
    The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution FOREWORD, p. v
    Bernard Bailyn
    American historian, author, and academic (1922 - 2020)
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  • Barbara Sher ''Doing your own thing'' is a generous act. Being gifted creates obligations, which means you owe the world your best effort at the work you love. You too are a natural resource.
    Barbara Sher
    American speaker, lifestyle coach, and author (1935 - 2020)
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  • W. H. Auden ''Healing,'' Papa would tell me, ''is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.''
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • William Blake ''When the sun rises, do you not see a round disc of fire somewhat like a guinea?'' O no, no, I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host crying ''Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty.''
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard '50/50' is a comedy. I shouldn't say it's a buddy comedy because it's not farcical, and it's based on a true story, but it's viewing that experience through a very truthful lens of humour.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Ben Foster 'A Streetcar Named Desire' is one of the best, if not the best, modern American plays. It deals with family dynamics, mental health, PTSD, war, and love. It's hard to beat.
    Ben Foster
    American actor (1980 - )
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  • C. S. Lewis 'Are the gods not just?'
    'Oh no, child. What would become of us if they were?'
    Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold (1956) Orual & The Fox
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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