Long Distance Quotes - Page 9

• Long distances used to be a moat that both insulated and isolated people from workers on the other side of the world. But every day, technology narrows that moat inch by inch. Every person in the world is on the verge of becoming both a coworker and a competitor to every one of us ... Technological change is going to reach out and sooner or later change something fundamental in your business world.

  Andy Grove

  Distance, Technology, Technological Change

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• Huskies get in trouble. Huskies are well-known to be escape artists. Why? Because they were bred to go long-distance. They're not bred to be in the backyard and just look beautiful because they have blue eyes.

  Cesar Millan

  Beautiful, Distance, Eye

  Interview with David Morris, www.askmen.com. February 27, 2015.

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• I'm a relationship girl. I would rather be long-distance than not have a relationship at all.

  Lea Michele

  Girl, Distance, Long

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• Long distance hiking is not a vacation, it's too long for that. It's not recreation, too much toil and pain involved. It is, we decide, a way of life, a very simplified Spartan way of living ... life on the move ... heavy packs, sweating brow; they make you appreciate warm sunshine, companionship, cool water. The best way to appreciate these things that are precious and important in life it is take them away.

  Cindy Ross

  Pain, Distance, Live Life

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• I swam at school a lot. Long-distance swimming in pools, and diving, then when we moved to Hastings when I was 13 I used to swim in the sea all the time; I loved it out of season and when it was rough.

  Jo Brand

  Distance, School, Swimming

  "Jo Brand: 'National treasure? I'd rather maintain a taint of national disgrace'". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2011.

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• Actually, ambition won't get you that far. You'll shift gears. You'll see something that's shinier. But if you believe... then you're the long-distance runner.

  Sam Abell

  Distance, Believe, Ambition

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• One of the chief reasons for the widespread fear of the Huns rested on their ability to travel very long distances in relatively short periods. This ability may well have been based on their use of horseshoes.

  Carroll Quigley

  Distance, Long, Use

  Carroll Quigley (1979). “The evolution of civilizations: an introduction to historical analysis”, Liberty Fund Inc.

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• The so-called new Russian man is characterized mainly by his complete exhaustion. You may find yourself wondering if he has the strength to enjoy his new-found freedom. He is like a long-distance runner who, on reaching the finishing line, is incapable even of raising his hands in a gesture of victory.

  Ryszard Kapuscinski

  Distance, Men, Hands

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• The novelist is more a marathon runner than long-distance runner and the kind of courage it takes working in such isolation cannot be underestimated. I really respect my fellow writers on this front.

  Tobsha Learner

  Distance, Long, Novelists

  "'Sphinx' by Tobsha Learner". The Australian Women's Weekly Interview, www.nowtolove.com.au. May 11, 2009.

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• My guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled.

  Bill Rodgers

  Distance, Athlete, Drug

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• Call you up in the middle of the night. It's awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.

  Billy Joel

  Distance, Night, Long

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• A landline is an anchor - busy signals, long distance bills, missed connections and all.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Distance, Anchors, Long

  "The Lost Art Of Telephone Conversation" by Rainbow Rowell, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 7, 2014.

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• [Liberty] is a choreand a long-distance race, quite solitary, quite exhausting.

  Albert Camus

  Distance, Race, Long

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• Returning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking; You have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits.

  Cindy Ross

  Distance, Home, Adventure

  Cindy Ross (1987). “Journey On the Crest: Walking 2600 Miles from Mexico to Canada”, p.187, Mountaineers Books

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• And if any of you want some tips on running, don't be in a hurry, and never let any of the other runners know you are in a hurry even if you are. You can always overtake on long-distance running without letting others smell the hurry in you.

  Colin S. Smith

  Running, Distance, Smell

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• Age, like distance lends a double charm.

  Oliver Herford

  Time, Distance, Age

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• Immortality is a long shot, I admit. But somebody has to be first.

  Bill Cosby

  Cute Life, Firsts, Comedy

  Bill Cosby (1987). “Time Flies”

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• We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave us more? How many of us always let them off the hook?

  Ellen Goodman

  Mother, Distance, Father

  Ellen Goodman (1983). “At Large”, Fawcett Books

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• I am waiting for the day when I will see you again and hold your soft hands, touch your sweet lips and hug you tight so that you will never leave me again.

  Mercy Johnson

  Love, Sweet, Distance

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• I believe firmly in plodding. Productivity is more a matter of diligent, long-distance hiking than it is one-hundred-yard dashing. Doing a little bit now is far better than hoping to do a lot on the morrow. So redeem the fifteen minute spaces. Chip away at it.

  Douglas Wilson

  Distance, Believe, Hiking

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• All of us are experts at practicing virtue at a distance.

  Theodore Hesburgh

  Distance, Hypocrite, Hypocrisy

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• We talk about heaven being so far away. It is within speaking distance to those who belong there. Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Distance, People, Heaven

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• Reading is human contact, and the range of our human contacts is what makes us what we are. Just imagine you live the life of a long-distance truck driver. The books that you read are like the travelers you take into your cab. If you give lifts to people who are cultured and profound, you'll learn a lot from them. If you pick up fools, you'll turn into a fool yourself.

  Victor Pelevin

  Distance, Live Life, Book

  "The Sacred Book of the Werewolf". Book by Victor Pelevin, 2004.

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• Jesus said several times, “Come, follow me.” His was a program of “do what I do,” rather than “do what I say.” His innate brilliance would have permitted him to put on a dazzling display, but that would have left his followers far behind. He walked and worked with those he was to serve. His was not a long-distance leadership. He was not afraid of close friendships; he was not afraid that proximity to him would disappoint his followers. The leaven of true leadership cannot lift others unless we are with and serve those to be led.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Leadership, Jesus, Distance

  Spencer W. Kimball (1982). “The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”

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• Evolution has no long-term goal. There is no long-distance target, no final perfection to serve as a criterion for selection, although human vanity cherishes the absurd notion that our species is the final goal of evolution.

  Richard Dawkins

  Distance, Science, Vanity

  Richard Dawkins (2015). “The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design”, p.58, W. W. Norton & Company

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