Distance Quotes - page 7

It's not the lie that's the problem; it's the distance the lie forges between you. (Alice Hoffman)
An Oscar means a lot of things because it's like the ultimate award for a filmmaker so it feels great. But I think you have to consider awards with some distance and not get obsessed with it. When you're creating you shouldn't think about it. View quote
Alejandro Amenabar
There is something magical about running; after a certain distance, it transcends the body. Then a bit further, it transcends the mind. A bit further yet, and what you have before you, laid bare, is the soul. View quote
Kristin Armstrong
He no longer represented someday a possibility. He represented a road not taken a road that suddenly shot so far into the distance she couldn't see it anymore. View quote
Ann Brashares
Scarce any problem will appear more hard and difficult, than that of determining the distance of the Sun from the Earth very near the truth: but even this... will without much labour be effected. View quote
Edmond Halley
Freedom is nothing but the distance between the hunter and the hunted. View quote
Bei Dao
When I'm writing, I'm trying to immerse myself in the chaos of an emotional experience, rather than separate myself from it and look back at it from a distance with clarity and tell it as a story. Because that's how life is lived, you know? View quote
Charlie Kaufman
A straight line is not the shortest distance between two points. View quote
Madeleine L'Engle
I want to be a lawyer, a dancer, an actress, a mother, a wife, a children's author, a distance runner, a poet, a pianist, a pet store owner, an astronaut, an environmental and humanitarian activist, a psychiatrist, a ballet teacher, and the first woman president. View quote
Rachel Corrie
Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold. View quote
W. Eugene Smith
As much as I love and respect my brother, Im doing my best to distance myself from him and kind of show people that, even though we do look similar and have similar mannerisms, we are completely different. (Dave Franco)
Become simple and live simply, not only within yourself but also in your everyday dealings. Don't make ripples all around you, don't try to be interesting, keep your distance, be honest, fight the desire to be thought fascinating by the outside world. View quote
Etty Hillesum
When I lived in New York, not only did I have safety locks on the door but I had the music going, keeping the city at a distance, trying to find creative time and peace and so forth. View quote
Ann Beattie
My guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled. View quote
Bill Rodgers
When I left Europe in 1987 I did so with the thought that my relevance as a composition teacher would benefit from a certain cool distance to certain tendencies I had been observing for several years with increasing disquiet. View quote
Brian Ferneyhough
One minute we can be in a small club, the next minute we can be in a coliseum, and the next minute we can be in a small auditorium. It varies, depending on the promoter, the budget, and the travelling distance. View quote
Ben E. King
I guess if you split the difference between the U.K. and the U.S., you would get Canada. But that's just due to proximity. Just because of distance, we get a lot more cultural spillover from America. View quote
Chad Kroeger
The number of medals on an officer's breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duty from the front line. View quote
Charles Edward Montague
At the World Cup, there is a constant risk that you might find a bag or some object that has been left behind, and no one is quite sure what it is. To bring in a full bomb-disposal team for each item can be very time-consuming. The PackBot can go over rough terrain, climb stairs, pick things up, and also be operated from a safe distance. View quote
Colin Angle
My father kept his distance from working-class American blacks. View quote
Constance Baker Motley
I'm an actor, in particular, that likes to have a mask or something that can help me distance myself from the character. Like the moustache or an accent. (Corey Stoll)
We tell stories. We talk about statistics. And in 1978, we added an element of the show that gave it its heartbeat: the long distance dedication. View quote
Casey Kasem
When I was younger I probably didn't understand something basic about tact, but I think it kept faint-hearted people at arm's distance and that's not such a bad thing, because life is short and I know the kind of people I want to work with. View quote
Debra Winger
It's too hard a life for me. I could only do it - check out in that sense - if I checked out somewhere that was luxurious and within hailing distance of civilization. View quote
Derek Jacobi
You have to keep your sanity as well as know how to distance yourself from it while still holding onto the reins tightly. That is a very difficult thing to do, but I'm learning. View quote
Diahann Carroll