The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.


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The shortest distance between two points is a straight line
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The shortest distance between two points is through Hell
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The shortest distance between two points is always under construction.
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A smile is the shortest distance between two people.
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The shortest distance between two people is a smile.
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Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
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The shortest distance between two people is laughter.
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Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
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The shortest distance between two people is TIME.
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Time is the longest distance between two places.
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Time is the Longest Distance Between Two People.
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For time is the longest distance between two places.
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For time is the longest distance between two places.
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It’s amazing how much distance one truth can create between two people.
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The straight line is ungodly.
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The straight line belongs to men, the curved one to God.
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The straight line leads to the downfall of humanity.
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Nature does not proceed in a straight line, it is rather a sprawling development.
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Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.
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There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late.
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The straight line, a respectable optical illusion which ruins many a man.
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Love is not a straight line yet it still gets us to our destination.
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