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I wouldn't describe that "position" as "parasitic." I'd describe that experience as "edifying." I don't merely write from a critical intellectual distance. I actually live around here.
by Bruce Sterling (Writer, American , born in 1954) keywords: actually, around, critical, describe, distance, experience, here, intellectual, live, merely, parasitic, position , write The two-piece ball I switched to spun too much. One shot would go the distance I thought it should, then the next one would fall short, and then the next one would go long.
by Payne Stewart (Athlete, American , born in 1957) keywords: ball, distance, fall, go, long, much, next, short, shot, should, spun, switched, then, thought, too , would Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
by Henry David Thoreau (Author, American , born in 1817) keywords: distance, earth, friends, latitudes, make, makes, nothing, seem , spacious You could say that when you introduce humour to your work, you also step back a little from it. You create a distance.
by Lars von Trier (Director, Danish , born in 1956) keywords: also, back, could, create, distance, humour, introduce, little, say, step, work , your The dark shadow we seem to see in the distance is not really a mountain ahead, but the shadow of the mountain behind - a shadow from the past thrown forward into our future. It is a dark sludge of historical sectarianism. We can leave it behind us if we wish.
by David Trimble (Politician, Irish , born in 1944) keywords: ahead, behind, dark, distance, forward, future, historical, into, leave, mountain, our, past, really, sectarianism, see, seem, shadow, thrown, us , wish The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future?
by Jules Verne (Author, French , born in 1828) keywords: accomplished, after, circle, distance, earth, future, going, great, greater, half, having, leagues, months, nautilus, nearly, now, piercing, reserved, sharp, spur, ten, than, thousand, three, water, were , where Upon the whole it was a Glorious day-Our men are in the Spirits-and I am confident we shall give them a total defeat the next Action; which is at no great distance.
by Anthony Wayne (Soldier, American , born in 1745) keywords: action, am, confident, defeat, distance, give, glorious, great, men, next, shall, them, total, upon, which , whole I don't want to leave New York and leave my family. I don't like the distance. I just did a movie in California and it's kind of excruciating to be away from them so I think there is that sense.
by Sigourney Weaver (Actor, American , born in 1949) keywords: away, california, did, distance, excruciating, family, just, kind, leave, movie, new, sense, them, think, want , york To play in the men's tournaments I have to keep getting stronger and get more distance.
by Michelle Wie (Athlete, American , born in 1989) keywords: distance, get, getting, keep, men, more, play, stronger , tournaments We're going in really fresh. We're going to have fresh legs and bodies, we're going to be able to stay the distance, and that's our goal.
by Serena Williams (Athlete, American , born in 1981) keywords: able, bodies, distance, fresh, goal, going, legs, our, really , stay When you practice reporting for as long as I have, you keep yourself at a distance from True Believers. Either conservatives or liberals or Democrats or Republicans.
by Bob Woodward (Journalist, American , born in 1943) keywords: believers, conservatives, democrats, distance, either, keep, liberals, long, practice, reporting, republicans, true , yourself It's true that the war in Iraq opened a distance in relations between part of Europe and the U.S. government, but our basic ties are stronger than that. We share democracy, free markets and a commitment to Western security. We differ on how to guarantee that security.
by Jose Luis Rodr’guez Zapatero (Statesman, Spanish , born in 1960) keywords: basic, between, commitment, democracy, differ, distance, europe, free, government, guarantee, how, iraq, markets, opened, our, part, relations, security, share, stronger, than, ties, true, war , western Distance makes the heart grow fonder, and familiarity breeds contempt. According to this my soul mate should be in Thailand.
by Jason Zebehazykeywords: according, breeds, contempt, distance, familiarity, fonder, grow, heart, makes, mate, should, soul , thailand I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
by Xun Zi (Philosopher , Chinese) keywords: climbing, could, distance, far, farther, found, high, much, once, out, place, see, standing, toes, tried , up The civilizing process has increased the distance between behavior and the impulse life of the animal body.
by Shoshana Zuboff (Educator , American) keywords: animal, behavior, between, body, civilizing, distance, impulse, increased, life , process
