Detached Quotes
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I am a mother with kids in the public schools. People should know that. I’m not just some policy maker who’s totally detached from the rest of the community.
Gina Raimondo -
Heaven and Earth last for ever. Why do Heaven and Earth last for ever? They are unborn, so ever living. The sage stays behind, thus he is ahead. He is detached, thus at one with all. Through selfless action, he attains fulfillment.
Lao Tzu
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I learned that I' have to be detached if I was ever to achieve anything at all.
Iain Pears -
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self - giving is a personal power - releasing factor.
Norman Vincent Peale -
She couldn’t picture anyone falling madly in love with such a person as Fish. What a name, Fish...Fish: think cold, slippery, detached. Benedict: think dry scholarly monk from the Dark Ages. Denniston: think English preparatory school, stolid country squire. Nothing about his name sounded the least bit romantic.
Regina Doman -
I feel alone, free, and detached from everything in the world, and I'm happy.
Isabelle Eberhardt -
Keep a cool surface. Calm. Detached. As inside a part of you has been shattered.
Amy Ephron -
I get the feeling you were a little detached from this. I don't get a sense your heart was in it. It's like Pontius Pilate washing his hands of responsibility.
Chris Shays
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And never have I felt so deeply at one and the same time so detached from myself and so present in the world.
Albert Camus -
For writers, so much is done in isolation. It can be easy to feel detached, or to get a little lost along the way.
Brad Listi -
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
Simone Weil -
I feel completely detached from any country, any group. I am a metaphysically displaced person.
Emil Cioran