Quotes by Breathing Space To understand one's world, one must sometimes turn away from it! To serve better, one must briefly hold it at a distance. Where can the necessary solitude be found, the long breathing space in which mind gathers its strength and takes stock of its courage. Albert Camus breathing-space distance long I think her friends were worried that the bulimia might come back, about some psychological slide, and she was given breathing space to some extent by the media as much as she ever has been. Anthony Holden breathing-space media thinking Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means. Arthur Koestler breathing-space mean history That's the purpose of old age... To give us a breathing space before we die, in which to see why we did what we did. Colleen McCullough breathing-space age giving Of men eternally dear! happy indeed Giacomo Leopardi breathing-space pain ifs Words become meaningless, the mind cuts itself off from reality for a little while, a necessary breathing space until one is ready to cope. Jack Higgins breathing-space cutting reality A cigarette is a breathing space. It makes a parenthesis. The time of a cigarette is a parenthesis, and if it is shared, you are both in that parenthesis. Its like a proscenium arch for a dialogue. John Berger arches breathing-space cigarette What, really, is wanted from a neighborhood? Convenience, certainly, an absence of major aggravation, to be sure. But perhaps mostof all, ideally, what is wanted is a comfortable background, a breathing space of intermission between the intensities of private life and the calculations of public life. Joseph Epstein breathing-space aggravation absence Work before eating, rest after eating. Eat not ravenously, filling the mouth gulp after gulp without breathing space. Maimonides breathing-space eating mouths All she wanted was a breathing space in which to hurt. Margaret Mitchell breathing-space hurt wanted [The public lands represent] in a sense, the breathing space of the nation. Richard M. Nixon breathing-space nations land I like the work hanging free in the frame. I don't like too much frame around it but I like a little breathing space around the piece. Robert Barry breathing-space pieces littles The time in between my clapping is ma. If you just have non-stop action with no breathing space at all, it's just busyness, But if you take a moment, then the tension building in the film can grow into a wider dimension. If you just have constant tension at 80 degrees all the time you just get numb. Roger Ebert breathing-space degrees dimensions The eighteen years he has lived seem but a moment, a breathing space in the long march of humanity. Already he hears death calling. With all his heart he wants to come close to some other human, touch someone with his hands, be touched by the hand of another. Sherwood Anderson breathing-space heart hands We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it confers and the burden it imposes. We learn how it can delight, give breathing space and protect. Sissela Bok breathing-space childhood giving In the future, I will make certain that I commit to projects so there's enough breathing space for me to have an emotional life. Twyla Tharp breathing-space emotional enough
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