A Quote by John Spence

Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly.

John Spence

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John Spence
American - Musician
February 3, 1969 - December 21, 1987

Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.

Ellen DeGeneres

Fame is a weird one. You need to distance yourself from it. People see a value in you that you don't see yourself.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Photography is a way of putting distance between myself and the work which sometimes helps me to see more clearly what it is that I have made.

Andy Goldsworthy

Sometimes you just need to distance yourself from people. If they care, they'll notice. If they don't, you know where you stand.

Ziad K. Abdelnour

All papas and mammas have exactly that sort of sight which distinguishes objects at a distance clearly, while they need spectacles to see those under their very noses.

Giovanni Ruffini

If you stub your toe, you don't need to dialog yourself to be good to your foot, do you? When you see things that clearly, there's no dialogue or emotional manipulation that you need to do to extend compassion to that being, because that being is a part of you, and if that being hurts, you hurt.

Krishna Das

Sometimes we need to speak oddly to see clearly.

Galen Strawson

God reveals Himself in rearview mirrors. And I've an inkling that there are times when we need to drive a long, long distance, before we can look back and see God's back in the rearview mirror. Maybe sometimes about as far as heaven -- that kind of distance.

Ann Voskamp

But you didn't need me, did you? You'd already got yourself to safety." "Sometimes, I sleep better knowing you . . . and Niall . . ." She faltered. "Love you from a safe distance," he finished. "Yes.

Melissa Marr

I really am a strong believer that with editing, it should take a long time. Even you yourself are not capable of making the right decisions; sometimes you need a distance.

Shirin Neshat

At Tottenham, we are just bombing on as wing-backs, but sometimes on the international stage, where there is so much quality, you need to be more careful about the distance between yourself and the right-sided centre-half.

Kieran Trippier

I think that distance is good for some people for certain projects. I mean this is sort of a dynamic question. Some projects require more distance than others, some don't require it at all. Sometimes you need it and sometimes you don't.

Junot Diaz

Free yourself from all believes, all norms. See that you live completely with beliefs. Free yourself from second hand information. See in you clearly what is beautiful. All that is beautiful in you is right. Look at the situation with an open mind, free from hearsay. The solution is in the situation. So, see the situation clearly with an open mind. Then the choiceless decision comes.

Jean Klein

Sometimes you have to give yourself to somebody in order to see who you are. Sometimes you have to unravel things to get to the core

Cecelia Ahern

Fiction is often a much-needed step back that gives you the distance to see things more clearly; it's very often better at explaining why events happened as opposed to just what happened.