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The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producing manufactured goods, has not been beneficial to that country alone in which it is concentrated; distant kingdoms have participated in its advantages.

~Charles Babbage

Topics: Accumulate Advantages Alone Been Beneficial Concentrated Country Difficulty Diminish Directed Distant Goods Kingdoms Producing Science Skill Which

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At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world.

~Charles Darwin

Topics: Almost Centuries Certainly Civilized Distant Future Man Measured Period Races Replace Savage Some Throughout Very Will World

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Abraham, a simple farmer, at a word from the Invisible God, marched, with family and stock, through the terrible desert to a distant land to live among a people whose language he could neither speak nor understand! Not bad, that!

~Charles Studd

Topics: Abraham Among Bad Could Desert Distant Family Farmer God He Invisible Land Language Live Neither Nor People Simple Speak Stock Terrible Through Understand Whose Word

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I'll tell you, I've never particularly been a 'Trek' person. I feel about 'Trek' the way one feels about known, vaguely liked, but rather distant members of one's family.

~China Mieville

Topics: About Been Distant Family Feel Feels Known Liked Members Never Particularly Person Rather Tell Trek Vaguely Way You I Feel

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Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals; continued our course in the morning; and as the island was found to be six or seven leagues distant, and the tide was against us, it was noon when we arrived there.

~Christopher Columbus

Topics: Against Anchor Arrived Come Continue Course Determining Distant Fearing Found Island Leagues Meet Morning Night Noon Off Our Seven Six Stood Tide Till Us

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Jack Palance was my distant uncle - that's the family gossip. Growing up, my family knew everything about his face getting burned and scarred in the military and how that mutilation led him to become such a famous 'heavy' in films. I prayed for good scars of my own. Not just acne scars.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: About Acne Become Burned Distant Everything Face Family Famous Films Getting Good Gossip Growing Growing Up Heavy Him His How Jack Just Knew Led Military My Own Own Prayed Scars Uncle Up

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When you really get it right in acting, it's an act of empathy. You feel less distant from others, and that is really exciting.

~Claire Danes

Topics: Act Acting Distant Empathy Exciting Feel Get Less Others Really Right You

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I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior. I am really interested in feelings and think they are what define us as a species. When you really get it right in acting, it's an act of empathy. You feel less distant from others, and that is really exciting.

~Claire Danes

Topics: Act Acting Am Because Behavior Define Distant Empathy Exciting Feel Feelings Get Human Human Behavior Insight Interested Less Like Novels Others Provides Reading Really Right Species Think Us You I Am

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With the royal family, you don't want to see them as people because it takes the sheen off. They're distant; you can idealize them. But there's room to have compassion for people and see them as human beings. Just because they're royalty, it doesn't mean they don't love or feel loss or feel pain.

~Claire Foy

Topics: Because Beings Compassion Distant Family Feel Human Human Beings Idealize Just Just Because Loss Love Mean Off Pain People Room Royal Royal Family Royalty See Sheen Takes Them Want You

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Everyone is related to Africa; everyone comes from Africa. We are all distant relatives.

~Damian Marley

Topics: Africa Distant Everyone Related Relatives

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