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Gone Away

41 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

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Jeremiah Wright
Jeremiah Wright Pastor, Author

"In the 21st century, white America got a wake-up call after 9/11/01. White America and the western world came to realize that people of color had not gone away, faded into the woodwork or just 'disappeared' as the Great White West kept on its merry way of ignoring black concerns."

Meister Eckhart
Meister Eckhart Theologian, Philosopher

"To be sure, our mental processes often go wrong, so that we imagine God to have gone away. What should be done then? Do exactly what you would do if you felt most secure. Learn to behave thus even in deepest distress and keep yourself that way in any and every estate of life. I can give you no better advice than to find God where you lost him."

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky Novelist, Philosopher

"At that point I ought to have gone away, but a strange sensation rose up in me, a sort of defiance of fate, a desire to challenge it, to put out my tongue at it. I laid down the largest stake allowe-four thousand gulden-and lost it. Then, getting hot, I pulled out all I had left, staked it on the same number, and lost again, after which I walked away from the table as though I were stunned. I could not even grasp what had happened to me."

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Peter Gabriel Musician
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"I was introduced to lots of great music through my local record store. It was a place where people knew music and they knew me, and could make great suggestions and discoveries. Whether it is in the physical world or on-line, the value of a great and knowledgeable record store has not gone away"

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Malcolm Gladwell Journalist, Author
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"I know it sounds hard to believe, but habits laid down by our ancestors persist even after the conditions that created those habits have gone away."

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Bono Musician, Activist
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"Actually oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope those problems will have gone away."

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Henry Rollins Musician, Writer, Actor
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"All of the jobs have gone away to satisfy the stockholders, so that's where the economy has gone. These major multinational corporations do not see their futures in America."

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Montel Williams Television Host
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"You see the images that the public is demanding. Why more reality-based TV? You'd think that after the first Survivor it would have gone away, but it hasn't. The public demands it because they get all caught up in the personal stories, and want to see more and more."

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