Top 100 Step Away Quotes
#1. I find this kind of folk with guys in Wellington boots and washboards not good to listen to. That music is one step away from barn dancing as far as I'm concerned. Anyone under the age of 60 should not be wearing Wellington boots on stage.
Johnny Marr
#2. Certainly in the arts, in all genres, I think that men should step away. I think men should stop writing books. I think men should stop making movies or television. Say, for 50 to 100 years.
Eileen Myles
#3. We all make mistakes... but it's also a step in the right direction. If nothing else it's a step away from the wrong one.
Adam Silvera
#4. I've always dreamed to win the Champions League with Real Madrid and we are only one step away to win it
Cristiano Ronaldo
#5. Fiction books give the reader a chance to step away from their own reality and into the shoes of the characters, and they show you a world that isn't the one you already know. And sometimes the story's not so different from your own, and it lets you get closer to your own feelings.
Shin Towada
#6. This religion takes away the courage of thinking of unusual things and prohibits self-examination above all as the most egregiousof sins ... It is one step away from protestantism.
Stendhal
#7. So ultimately, it's idealistic to think that artists are able to step away from the power of the media and the way it controls things, and go on doing their own things.
Thom Yorke
#8. Shut your eyes so the heart may become your eye, and with that vision look upon another world. If you can step away from your need for self-approval, all that you do, top to bottom, will be approved.
Rumi
#9. I am not telling men to step away from speaking for women's rights; rather, I am focusing on women to be independent to fight for themselves.
Malala Yousafzai
#10. Some hats can only be worn if you're willing to be jaunty, to set them at an angle and to walk beneath them with a spring in your stride as if you're only a step away from dancing. They demand a lot of you.
Neil Gaiman
#11. Death is an opportunity to shed all guilt; to step away from the dogma and contrivances of mankind; and to finally be unbound from all hindrances to knowledge.
Duane Hewitt
#12. It's not about, 'Let me play as long as I can so I don't have to grow up.' It's about, 'Let me play as long as I enjoy it,' and when it's time to step away, I can step away gracefully even if I'm still good enough to keep playing, because I'm ready for that next phase.
Angela Ruggiero
#13. The new spirituality will step away from dogma, will step away from 'We're right and you're wrong.'
Neale Donald Walsch
#14. He just has to step away from the moment to see it. Which isn't surprising. Lots of parents will tell you that when they aren't fighting with their teenagers about homework or scraping up raisins their toddlers have expertly ground into the kitchen floor, they're quite happy, upon reflection.
Jennifer Senior
#15. It is no misfortune if you do not know where you are going; it is far worse when there is no longer anywhere to go. He who stands on the path of experience cannot step away from it, even when it has come to its end. For the path is without end.
Marina Dyachenko
#16. It takes tough love to order kids to step away from the iPhone or iPad during dinner or to take the devices away if they're interrupting and interfering with everyone else's pleasure at a movie, concert or other public event.
Regina Brett
#18. Playing in the National Football League, you're told, you know, where to be, when to be there, what to wear, how to be there. Being able to step away from that, I have an opportunity to look deeper into myself and look for what's real.
Ricky Williams
#19. Thoughts are just thoughts, and they can't hurt you. My thoughts land in my mind like a butterfly; they stay for a while, then flutter away. The butterfly isn't me. I can step away from it, and watch it, learn from it, enjoy it, without needing to absorb it into my identity.
Julie Farrell
#20. I believe I'm doing the right thing in trying to step away from that and to take chances and work on little independent films and do stuff like that wild dance scene.
Patrick Warburton
#21. I'm sure there's some philosophy that says one of the best ways to deal with any of your problems is to take a deep breath and step away from them for a while, writing does this for me.
Christopher Paul Curtis
#22. For those who do not wish to step away from consensus, the creative is useless at best; at worst, it is dangerous.
Deena Metzger
#23. Do you have someone watching her house?" (Stephanie)
"That kind of surveillance only happens in the movies. We're so underbudgeted we're one step away from
holding bake sales to pay for toilet paper. (Morelli)
Janet Evanovich
#24. Allow yourself the freedom to step away from perfection because it is only then that you can find success.
Chase Jarvis
#25. Other acting opportunities had come along, but nothing that was tantalizing enough to me to step away from what I found most interesting.
Fred Savage
#26. When success is one thought away, think it.
When success is one word away, speak it.
When success is one deed away, perform it.
When success is one step away, take it.
When success is one moment away, seize it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#27. Recently, Lady Gaga was motivated to take the helm of the creative direction of her career and as such I decided to step away. I am extremely proud of her, and in stepping away I wish her all the best.
Laurieann Gibson
#28. Step away from the banana chair, Maribeth texted back.
Gayle Forman
#29. He appreciated all beautiful things. As she stood before him poised, scrutinizing every inch of his face, liable to strike him, he thought she was the most incredible thing he had seen in his life. She didn't step away from fear, she walked up to it.
Nicki Salcedo
#30. Life and death; there is no bridge between the two; they are stuck to each other! Death is only a step away from us, no more, only one step!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
#31. A walk is only a step away from a story, and every path tells.
Robert Macfarlane
#32. In a way, when TV went digital, we lost a foothold in reality. Now, we'll never truly know if what we're watching is real or has been altered and transmitted to us. Digital culture brought a step away from truth.
The RZA
#33. I needed to step away from music because the truth was I couldn't be the dad I wanted to be to my kids. My truth was that I could not reconcile the two worlds - the entertainment world and being the dad I wanted to be in the present. You can't substitute time, you just can't.
Corey Hart
#34. Beau's arms slipped around my waist. I knew I should step away but I couldn't make myself. This was home. Being in his arms like this was where I found peace.
Abbi Glines
#35. When there is conflict, it's good to step away, even for five minutes, because you could say terrible things that you can't take back, so it's best to walk away.
Viggo Mortensen
#36. If you look back through history, most visionaries are one step away from madmen." I
Rysa Walker
#37. It's the little things you do that can make a big difference. What are you attempting to accomplish? What little thing can you do today that will make you more effective? You are probably only one step away from greatness.
Bob Proctor
#38. Every book that you pick up takes you a step away from your real world, but if you read a book about magic, it takes you an extra two steps.
Jenny Nimmo
#39. Sometimes, I feel like I'm just a step away from that, just one breakdown away from chopping my own dick off and slapping somebody with it. The only thing stopping me is that I happen to like my dick. It gives me some of the only pleasure I get out of this life I've been given.
J.M. Darhower
#40. Growing up, for years and years I had no idea what the plots of operas were, and that's part of what fascinated me - I could make them up and learn bits and pieces of what was going on over time. There's something about it being always a step away that makes it more fun to chase.
Rufus Wainwright
#41. One of my biggest heroes and people I was fortunate enough to be around is David Bowie. I look at his career, and he always had the balls to break things that weren't broken, to step away from something and try something new, at risk of failing.
Trent Reznor
#42. Sometimes you have to step away from what you love in order to learn how to love it again.
Damien Rice
#43. I feel fortunate that I was able to step away from it when I wasn't interested.
Boz Scaggs
#44. Any step away from the cross is a step in the wrong direction.
Greg Laurie
#45. Jace karate chopped his wrist, and Eric's fingers went numb. Step away from the eggs, Sticks.
Olivia Cunning
#46. Agree with an idiot and you're only one step away from turning into one yourself.
Dave Courtney
#47. I just told you to be quiet. That's one step away from asking you to wash my laundry and make me a sandwich.
Richelle Mead
#48. Be still," he said, voice harsh. "I might not be able to control myself if you step away.
Deborah Harkness
#49. Ty." It was only one word, but a gruff plea that said everything. I lifted my gaze from his lips to his eyes and saw the hurt in them, the miss, the need. Need that I couldn't step away from. Need that I felt in every part of my body. "Take me somewhere, Chase.
Alessandra Torre
#50. Chasing your dreams is like running a race in the dark, you may quit disheartened, not knowing you were one step away from the finish line.
Prerna Kumar
#51. Humanity is creating an extinction event that will make every war ever fought a footnote to history. We belong to the only generation in history that can turn this around - we're one step away from greatness or the biggest disaster since the meteor wiped out the dinosaurs.
Louie Psihoyos
#52. No ... Andrew,' I step away from him, crossing my arms, 'you can't make me sing in front of people. That's just cruel.'
'To you or the audience?'
He grins.
I stomp on his foot.
J.A. Redmerski
#53. There is a madness, yes, this is true. Few mortals possess it, the willingness to step away from the protection of sanity. To walk into the wild wood of madness ...
Neil Gaiman
#54. revolution was just a short step away from counterrevolution.
Yu Hua
#55. Every time you express a complaint about how difficult and tiresome it is to be creative, inspiration takes another step away from you,
Elizabeth Gilbert
#56. The key to creating the mental space before responding is mindfulness. Mindfulness is a way of being present: paying attention to and accepting what is happening in our lives. It helps us to be aware of and step away from our automatic and habitual reactions to our everyday experiences.
Elizabeth Thornton
#57. I decided to take my foot off the pedal with all the detail. I'm sure after 'Animalia' and 'The Eleventh Hour,' readers thought that's what to expect from Graeme Base. With 'The Sign of the Seahorse,' I took a step away from the puzzle-book genre - that was more of an adventure story.
Graeme Base
#58. When you step away from doing something that you have always been doing and then you return to it, you have a different perspective. You get that desire and the will to strike at everything.
Preity Zinta
#59. You're able to make a real difference. If a woman's able to step away financially, she's able to begin to do all the other work.
Kerry Washington
#60. I grew up loving horror films. But I had to step away since I didn't want all that negative stuff in my psyche. I didn't want to conceptualize those thoughts into my life.
Keke Palmer
#61. It's an old principle, as old as the Buddha or Marcus Aurelius: We need at times to step away from our lives in order to put them in perspective. Especially if we wish to be productive.
Pico Iyer
#62. I can't afford to step away from acting, but the one thing I've learnt after all these years is that I don't fit in. It's very difficult to be at the mercy of other people's whims and visions.
Paddy Considine
#63. People didn't want to disturb norms. If one looked like they fit into the greater scheme of things, then it took a kind of courage to step away from the herd and stand out, challenging that.
Wildbow
#64. The Watchers eye us like they know what we've been up to. As soon as we land, I hop off and step away from Raffe. I'm glad it's so hot that I won't have to explain why my face is so red.
Susan Ee
#65. I watched you roll off me and step away from the bed in silence, but when the heat of your body was gone, I wanted it back.
Julio Alexi Genao
#66. Avoiding the doctrine of Hell is one step away from denying it altogether.
Mark Dever
#67. I wish my life was a John Grisham novel. His heroes always seem to be one step away from death but come up with a brilliant plan. Unfortunately, real life can't be wrapped up with a nice little bow
Simone Elkeles
#68. There are those who say that heaven and hell are not so far apart. They are not at opposite ends of the world beyond ours, only a step away from one another.
Alice Hoffman
#69. She was short, and even in a good mood she talked like she was half a step away from picking a fight.
Haruki Murakami
#70. But in the hours that were really minutes, he didn't beg me not to leave. He didn't say he hadn't meant it. When I stood, his gaze just followed me up. Then I was a shattered blown-glass blue rose, and every step away from him made my shards clatter and chime.
Jodi Meadows
#71. Even when people are so judgmental about what you wear or your weight you just have to step away and be like, 'I'm a normal, fine human being.'
Leighton Meester
#72. Stupid thumb! Stupid boy! Step away Fallon, step away!
Toni Aleo
#73. I have lived one step away from losing my mind for years. I am quick and accurate in spotting unstable streaks in others.
Charlaine Harris
#74. To love and admire anything outside yourself is to take one step away from utter spiritual ruin
C.S. Lewis
#75. I got hard and he was there and the next thing I knew he was on his knees. I mean, I was going to step away, but he licked me.
Anne Tenino
#76. Ending a series is a difficult one ... where should a story that you have followed for so long end? When do you step away from the characters and let the readers decide their fate from there? When they can stand on their own is my only answer for that.
Shandy L. Kurth
#77. Almost religiously, I step away from everything and close my eyes and breathe deeply for a few moments. It helps solidify my focus and aligns everything in my body to take care of the task at hand - which is winning, of course.
Amanda Beard
#78. My main aim is getting set up so that when I do quit, I can step away and re-evaluate what I want to do in life. Do I want to get to 50 years old and come back? Or will I just want to go home and be fishing, hunting and working around the house?
Boo Weekley
#79. I think most people, and I'm talking vamp or human, are shitty. They put on an act. They pretend to be all nicey-nice, but are really just one step away from showing their true asshole-ness.
P.C. Cast
#80. isn't telling a girl you just loooooove eating horsemeat one step away from saying you haven't lived 'til you've eaten puppy skewers?
Rachel Dratch
#81. The fascinating is only a step away from the freakish.
Terry Eagleton
#82. I've changed my mind. Stop inadequately playing human," I say. "Drop her hand and step away. Take a very big step.
Elizabeth May
#83. I'm never gonna step away from stand-up. I can't. That's what got me where I am, and that's also my muse. That's how I stay level-headed. That's what keeps me going.
Kevin Hart
#84. I looked at game show hosting as the bottom of the totem pole, one step away from infomercials. I never watched them myself. However, it's been a lot of fun.
Drew Carey
#85. I love doing accents because it takes you one step away from yourself and allows you to embody someone else's character.
Mia Wasikowska
#86. Recently, there's been a trend in America that I find very disturbing ... rewarding immoral and illegal behavior ... For example, we now give free needles to junkies, which seems to me to be only a step away from giving condoms to rapists.
Bill Maher
#87. In a sense, I had to step away from the job to become the fuller man my family needed me to be.
Chris Kyle
#88. Your self-esteem won't come from body parts. You need to step away from the mirror every once in a while, and look for another reflection, like the one in the eyes of the people who love you and admire you.
Stacy London
#89. Fanaticism is just one step away from barbarism.
Denis Diderot
#90. Maybe if you'd worn a shirt - "
"They said they didn't have a shirt!"
"Then I have nothing for you, my friend. You're trapped. I, however - "
"Take one step away from me, you Mr. Darcy wannabe, and I'll snap your spine.
Shelly Laurenston
#91. My father raised us to step toward trouble rather than to step away from it.
Justin Trudeau
#92. I placed my hands on his chest and took a step away. "Sometimes I really don't like you."
"Key word to what you just said is sometimes, meaning not all the time, meaning most of the time you like me, and that's good enough for me.
Joddie Zeng
#93. I want to hit him, step away and watch him hurt. I want his heart.
Joe Frazier
#94. To step toward your destiny, you have to step away from your security.
Craig Groeschel
#95. I have come one step away from everything.
And here I stay, far from everything,
one step away.
Antonio Porchia
#96. To step away from the world isn't to draw back; it's actually a way to tune in.
Pico Iyer
#97. The Mavericks and I have mutually agreed that it's in the best interest of both parties for me to step away from the team.
Lamar Odom
#98. Craig, he says, in that tone that's like, I'm one step away from middle-naming you.
Hannah Moskowitz
#99. Song-writing is therapy for me. I'm a very moody person, very difficult to live with. There's a lot going on and a lot of contradictions. My life is always one step away from disaster.
Gary Numan
#100. Acting is a weird profession. It's very disquieting, and at the time it just made me so confused. It's only when you step away from a movie for several weeks or months that you start to put things in perspective.
Jesse Eisenberg
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