#near

When people start asking you to do the same thing over and over again, that's when you know you're way too close to something that you don't want to be near. ↗

— Neil Young

#asking #close #know #near #over

In the studios days, the public's perception of movie stars was much different, because the stars were so much less exposed. This made them seem more special, more unearthly. Today they're no longer perceived as different - they've become human, so to speak. ↗

— Richard D. Zanuck

#become #days #different #exposed #human

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain? ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#awe-inspiring #clearly #far #far away #friend

What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you? ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#come #difference #dream #fears #follows

We are as near to heaven by sea as by land. ↗

— Humphrey Gilbert

#land #near #sea

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#care #come #end #just #many

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#comes #enough #his #insight #limitations

There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others. ↗

— Nikolai Gogol

#certain #dearer #man #nearer #others

There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

#eradicating #excellence #faults #nearly #out

I've run for office, and I've stood on street corners, while people walked by me and didn't want to talk to me, and did not think I was a credible candidate. And then four years later, I was nearly elected mayor of San Francisco, so I know what it takes. ↗

— Matt Gonzalez

#corners #credible #did #elected #four