Ludwig van Beethoven

The true artist is not proud: he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal, and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun.

German Composer

Jemele Hill

I think that a lot of people, especially as technology began to speed up and we became more distant, we kind of started to lose our appreciation for human contact and gathering and friendships and a lot of the things that we really took for granted.

American Journalist

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.

American Poet

Helen Keller

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.

American Author

Joseph Butler

Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant from, self-love, than hatred of our neighbour, or than love or hatred of anything else.

English Clergyman

Yves Saint Laurent

I'd really like to be in closer contact with life. I'm a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside.

French Designer

John W. Gardner

It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government.

American Educator

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

American Leader

James Norton

For any actor, it's a great privilege to play a character that is very distant from yourself.

English Actor

Edward Gibbon

Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.

English Historian

Refers to actual space between locations; greater the distance, lesser the interaction.

Physical Distance

When describing time, 'distant' implies a long time ago, often historical.

Time Separation

In family relationships, 'distant' means not closely related, sharing ancestors from far back.

Family Connections

Can be used metaphorically to describe a lack of emotional closeness or familiarity.

Emotional Distance

Indicates a subject's indirect relevance or significant deviation from the primary topic.

Relation to Topic

Often used to suggest that a memory is faint or not easily recalled.

Forgetful Memory

Describes someone who is emotionally reserved or not socially engaged.

Social Withdrawal

May indicate a deliberate attempt to hide emotions or remain enigmatic in interactions.

Concealing Feelings

 is intimately connected to those distant, invisible galaxies. We can think of them as part of our universe. They make up a single, giant edifice obeying the same physical laws and all made from the same types of atoms, electrons, protons, quarks, neutrinos, that make up you and me.

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 is intimately connected to those distant, invisible galaxies. We can think of them as part of our universe. They make up a single, giant edifice, obeying the same physical laws and all made from the same types of atoms, electrons, protons, quarks, neutrinos that make up you and me.

How many universes are...

 And despite the distant relation, convergent evolution has made it remarkably similar to the human brain, with as many neurons and synapses and a highly developed hippocampus and cerebral cortex. It is the hippocampus, strongly associated with emotion, that aids recollection

Why elephants never...

 don't want to get too spiritual but how are we not a miracle we are perfectly positioned to the Sun so we don't burn but not too distant so we don't turn to Goldilocks said it best we are just like this paradise where we are given medicine from trees not coincidentally

His Epic Message Will...

 one of the most distant images of our universe ever observed. Everything you see here is a galaxy, comprised of billions of stars each. And the farthest galaxy is a trillion, trillion kilometers away. As an astrophysicist, I have the awesome privilege of studying

Jedidah Isler: How I...

 Today, doctors and scientists are looking at different eye structures to help design biomechanical implants for the vision impaired. And in the not so distant future, the machines built with the precision and flexibilty of the human eye

The evolution of the...

 additional cost when I say that prof. Scouts are the future of solar I don't mean in the distant future prof Scots are said to make their commercial debut this time next year the challenge we're facing now is the show they can reliably

Uncovering a radical...

 Through our understanding of this relationship between brightness and decline rate, we can use these supernovae to probe distances up to several billions of light years away. But why is it important to see such distant objects anyway?

Light seconds, light...

 it could be rocky and warm enough to have oceans and perhaps life. Astronomers discover these potentially habitable planets, and their eyes get big and wide. Could one of these distant worlds carry the building blocks of life?

Should we be looking for...

 group really does help one animal has a name that you would usually associate with the Outback of Australia but unlike its distant cousins

Distant

Far away in space or time.

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Not close in relationship.

Often appears as...

Not immediately connected with something.

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Not communicating much or avoiding intimacy.

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