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Real life is, to most men, a long second best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible. — Bertrand Russell
The best of life is conversation, and the greatest success is confidence, or perfect understanding between sincere people. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in. — Sydney J. Harris
It takes a vice to check a vice, and virtue is the by-product of a stalemate between opposite vices. — Eric Hoffer
Success seems to be that which forms the distinction between confidence and conceit. — Charles Caleb Colton
Thanks to the circus between my ears, I can seize upon the smallest disquieting observation and from it extrapolate a terror of cataclysmic proportions. — Dean Koontz
Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father is… — Andrew Carnegie
The difference between famous creators and struggling artists is that the creators know that improving the lives of others deserves the highest reward. — Alan Cohen
There are some remarkable parallels between basketball and politics. Michael Jordan has already mastered the skill most needed for political success: how to stay aloft… — Margaret Thatcher
Lord help the mister that comes between me and my sister... — Irving Berlin
The Nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by… — Thucydides
The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent,… — Primo Levi
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. — Mark Twain
At the end of the day...if your army won't fight, it's because they don't trust their incompetent, corrupt generals, they don't trust each other. This… — Barry McCaffrey
What's the difference between a three-week-old puppy and a sportswriter? In six weeks, the puppy stops whining. — Mike Ditka
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not. — Charles Barkley
Sport is the best means of communication between people from different religions and countries. — Yao Ming
There is a lot of difference at McDonald's between the guy in the back making the fries and the manager up front who is running… — Don Meyer
When I go in for heart surgery, I want a full-time surgeon. I don't want some guy who just does it part-time between rounds of… — Don Meyer
We painted a beautiful picture, but we just didn't finish it. Finishing is the difference between a beautiful picture and a masterpiece. — Don Meyer

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