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Since the invention of steamships distant countries have become like those that are near at hand. ↗

— Townsend Harris

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It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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There are many young Americans that are very distant from our political process. ↗

— Kurt Angle

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The art of motion pictures is pictorial and language comes a distant second. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

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My progress was rendered delightful by the sylvan elegance of the groves, chearful meadows, and high distant forests, which in grand order presented themselves to view. ↗

— William Bartram

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One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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A distant enemy is always preferable to one at the gate. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

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It is sound judgment to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a star. ↗

— Arthur Eddington

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I'd really like to be in closer contact with life. I'm a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside. ↗

— Yves Saint Laurent

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Let us cherish the hope that the day is not far distant when we will be in the midst of this next adventure. ↗

— Ernest Lawrence

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