Closest Quotes - Page 24

• So much of this world is based on illusion, temporaries, and disposability that I think it's essential that our closest relationships reflect what is real.

  Gillian Anderson

  Relationship, Real, Thinking

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• You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you can't visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally.

  Barack Obama

  Insulting, Allies, Olympics

  Second Democratic Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 6 September 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina

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• There’s an economic theory out there that if you take the incomes of your five closest friends and average them, the resulting number will be pretty close to your own income.
  I think the same thing is true of idea incomes. You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.

  Austin Kleon

  Thinking, Numbers, Average

  Austin Kleon (2012). “Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative”, p.13, Workman Publishing

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• No man has ever been a perfect ballplayer. Stan Musial, however, is the closest to being perfect in the game today.

  Ty Cobb

  Men, Games, Perfect

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• I was a voracious reader and the library fed my curiosity, imagination and my soul. I read by the shelf - biographies, fantasy - all and everything fed my dreams. Then as an adult whenever I would go on location the first thing we would do as a family is sign up at the closest library. Not only would we find books, but what was happening in that town, because the library is the head of the community.

  Susan Sarandon

  Dream, Book, Imagination

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• Every country in the world loved the folklore of the West--the music, the dress, the excitement, everything that was associated with the opening of a new territory. It took everybody out of their own little world. The cowboy lasted a hundred years, created more songs and prose and poetry than any other folk figure. The closest thing was the Japanese samurai. Now, I wonder who'll continue it.

  John Wayne

  Country, Song, Cowboy

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.33, Taylor Trade Publications

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• You must do the asana with your soul. How can you do an asana with your soul? We can only do it with the organ of the body that is closest to the soul - the heart. So a virtuous asana is done from the heart and not from the head. Then you are not just doing it, but you are in it. Many people try to think their way into an asana, but you must instead feel your way into it through love and devotion

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Heart, Thinking, People

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.63, Rodale

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• There is reason to believe that voluntary activity, more than highly developed intellect, distinguishes humans from the animals which stand closest to them.

  Lev S. Vygotsky

  Believe, Animal, Reason

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• Look carefully at the closest associations in your life, for that is the direction you are heading.

  Kevin Eikenberry

  Looks, Association, Headings

  Kevin Eikenberry (2005). “Vantage Points on Learning and Life”, p.55, Dog Ear Publishing

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• I just devoured all of his [Buster Keaton’s] films because his sense of comic timing was amazing. He’s the closest a human being has ever come to a cartoon character. And I was just amazed at his sense of character and timing, the humor. It's all just so…sophisticated, even when you watch it today.

  John Lasseter

  Character, Cartoon, Watches

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• No one who has not had the responsibility can really understand what it is like to be President, not even his closest aides or members of his immediate family. There is no end to the chain of responsibility that binds him, and he is never allowed to forget that he is President.

  Harry S. Truman

  Family, Responsibility, Understanding

  Harry S. Truman (1956). “Years of trial and hope”

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• A man who goes into a restaurant and blatantly disrespects the servers shows a strong discontent with his own being. Deep down he knows that restaurant service is the closest thing he will ever experience to being served like a king.

  Criss Jami

  Strong, Kings, Food

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.55, Criss Jami

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• Senses of humor define people, as factions, deeper rooted than religious or political opinions. When carrying out everyday tasks, opinions are rather easy to set aside, but those whom a person shares a sense of humor with are his closest friends. They are always there to make the biggest influence.

  Criss Jami

  Best Friend, Religious, Political Opinions

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.117, Criss Jami

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• I won't go into a big spiel about reincarnation, but the first time I was in the Gucci store in Chicago was the closest I've ever felt to home.

  Kanye West

  Home, Chicago, Firsts

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• I grew up babysitting and always enjoyed it. I love family. A couple of my closest friends have kids, and I'm their godfather, and that's one of my greatest pleasures in life, just picking them up from school and hanging out with them.

  Matthew Perry

  Couple, School, Kids

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• I think we need to grow in our self-assurance that is not scared of being challenged, that the truth we uphold can stand up to the closest possible scrutiny.

  Desmond Tutu

  Thinking, Self, Needs

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Subsidiarity is the principle that government works best most responsibly and responsively when it is closest to the people it serves and the needs it addresses. Fiscal accountability is the principle that institutions collecting and disbursing taxes work most responsibly when they are transparent to those providing the money.

  Jane Jacobs

  Government, People, Accountability

  Jane Jacobs (2007). “Dark Age Ahead”, p.103, Vintage

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• As soon as we abandon ourselves to God and do the task He has placed closest to us, He begins to fill our lives with surprises.

  Oswald Chambers

  Tasks, Surprise, Abandon

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.258, Discovery House

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• I like vocal word stuff. But I don't always write with an instrument, I usually write a capella. It's more like drawing in the air with your fingers. It's closest to the choreography of a bee. You're freer.

  Tom Waits

  Writing, Air, Drawing

  Interview with Amanda Petrusich, pitchfork.com. November 27, 2006.

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• My little self-analysis is that consumer technology is the closest thing we have to magic. You push a button and something happens at your command. The things that get me fired up the most have always been the things that seem the most magical.

  David Pogue

  Technology, Self, Magic

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• Plants were bound for good or ill to their places. They expressed not only beauty but also the thoughts of God's world, with an intent of their own and without deviation. Trees in particular were mysterious and seemed to me direct embodiments of the incomprehensible meaning of life. For that reason, the woods were the places where I felt closest to its deepest meaning and to its awe-inspiring workings.

  Carl Jung

  Tree, Meaning Of Life, World

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• The closest natural area to you is the wild, naturally intelligent biological community within you.

  Michael J Cohen

  Intelligent, Community, Intelligence

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• For Christians this present life is the closest they will come to Hell. For unbelievers, it is the closest they will come to Heaven.

  Randy Alcorn

  Christian, Heaven, Life Is

  Randy Alcorn (2012). “Eternal Perspectives: A Collection of Quotations on Heaven, the New Earth, and Life after Death”, p.84, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• What is an angel? The two words that come closest to a true biblical answer are "manifestation" and "servant".

  Charlie W Shedd

  Angel, Biblical, Two

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• Marriage may be the closest thing to Heaven or Hell any of us will know on this earth.

  Edwin Louis Cole

  Wedding, Heaven, Literature

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