quotes about Absent
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I was absent at the moment I took up the most space.
-- Albert Camus -
Though there are times when it may seem like God is silent, he is never absent.
-- Brian Houston -
If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it.
-- Charles Rangel -
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Justice is achieved only when injustice is absent.
-- Frederic Bastiat -
At dramatic rehearsals, the only author that's better than an absent one is a dead one.
-- George S. Kaufman -
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What can be more stupid than to be in pain about future things and absent ones which at present are not felt?
-- Giordano BrunoSource : Giordano Bruno (2013). “Heroic Enthusiasts”, p.122, Simon and Schuster
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My father was absent and he was a hero to me.
-- Greta Scacchi -
From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent.
-- H. P. Lovecraft -
There is no good singing, there is only present and absent.
-- Jeff Buckley -
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Don't be absent from your own life.
-- Jessica LangeSource : "16 Commencement Speeches That'll Change Your Views About Work, Love, and Money" by Jillian Kramer, www.glamour.com.
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A gentleman has his eyes on all those present; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward the absent.
-- Lawrence G. LovasikSource : Lawrence G. Lovasik (1999). “The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a Time”, p.15, Sophia Institute Press
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Every actor has a natural animosity toward every other actor, present or absent, living or dead
-- Louise BrooksSource : 1982 Lulu in Hollywood.
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Friends, though absent, are still present.
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero -
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I doubt I would ever be missed. Noted absent, charged delinquent, reprimanded but never missed.
-- Maria V. Snyder -
When you seek a connection to God, you suffer. God is not absent.
-- Mark Whitwell -
I'm not the greatest boyfriend, but I'm not a creep. It's more like I'm... absent-minded.
-- Matt Dillon -
Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence.
-- Maurice MaeterlinckSource : Maurice Maeterlinck (2015). “Wisdom and Destiny: Works of Maeterlinck”, p.64, 谷月社
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To walk is to lack a place. It is the indefinite process of being absent and in search of a proper.
-- Michel de CerteauSource : Michel de Certeau (2011). “The Practice of Everyday Life”, p.103, Univ of California Press
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At first I was iridescent, then I became transparent, finally I was absent
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Nature soon takes over if the gardener is absent.
-- Penelope Hobhouse -
To be absent from the iPhone is to be present in the moment. Ignore it. Make some friends.
-- Phil Callaway -
The absent are always in the wrong
-- Philippe Nericault DestouchesSource : "L'Obstacle Imprévu" by Philippe Néricault Destouches, translated by Nérine, Act I., Scene VI, 1717.
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Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better.
-- Propertius -
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The absent danger greater still appears less fears he who is near the thing he fears.
-- Samuel DanielSource : Samuel Daniel (1718). “The Poetical Works of Mr. Samuel Daniel, Author of the English History: To which is Prefix'd, Memoirs of His Life and Writings”, p.283
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To Retain those who are present, be loyal to those who are absent.
-- Stephen Covey -
Could I betray my absent heart to save my pathetic life?
-- Stephenie Meyer -
Those who are apparently absent can feel more present than the people right in front of you.
-- Sylvia Brownrigg -
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What living occasion can, Be just to the absent?
-- W. H. Auden -
[Eva Braun] complained when [Adolf Hitler] was absent, she complained that she was deprived of his company.
-- Gretl Braun