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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.

— Yves Saint Laurent

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I like being outside and seeing a lot of new things.

— Max Charles

I feel particularly close to them, because I am now out in the universe. I'm in a position to see nature from another point of view, to be outside the earth and see the big picture.

— Story Musgrave

I'd much rather be in the expanse of the wilderness because it feels like part of my world. It's a unique perspective. You're this tiny speck in a huge environment, and it's nice to be reminded of that.

— Sarah McLachlan

Go out there and see where the world needs your touch. That kind of meaning not only makes you feel more connected to your environment on a local scale, but also to yourself - whether you can operate from something beyond the definition that others might place on you.

— Sharon Lawrence

I like to be on the edge, on the cutting edge, or be into the unknown, into the territory where I have to depend on being in the moment and depending on my instincts.

— Herbie Hancock

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

✗Opposing Perspectives

I live a very secluded life, a very contemplative life and a very meditative one. That is my ideal life.

— Alice Walker

I like to connect to people in the virtual world, exchanging thoughts and ideas, when in the physical world we might never have the opportunity to cross paths.

— Demi Moore

What a world we live in. I want to be incredibly close to the heart of it all. To live honestly, truthfully and to be completely present is the ultimate enterprise.

— Dianna Agron

I really would like to be involved in things and to understand things, and in some ways you've got to be careful what you wish for because I feel very, very blessed to have such an interesting life and to be able to have little snapshots of lives of people from many different parts of the world.

— Yo-Yo Ma