Difference Quotes

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In a word, acts of any kind produce habits or characters of the same kind. Hence we ought to make sure that our acts are… — Aristotle
I am mindful of the difference between the executive branch and the legislative branch. I assured all four of these leaders that I know the… — George W. Bush
Where the principle of difference [between political parties] is as substantial and as strongly pronounced as between the republicans and the monocrats of our country,… — Thomas Jefferson
The difference between science fiction and fantasy â€¦ is simply this: science fiction has rivets and fantasy has trees. — Orson Scott Card
There was a solemn article in the local paper seriously advocating systematic exterminating of the entire German nation as the only proper course after military… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Theres a bunch of Elvis Costello records that made all the difference between feeling like a total freak and feeling like ... only a freak.… — Elliott Smith
Certainly it does make the greatest possible difference what we think about God; the knowledge of God is the very basis of religion. — John Gresham Machen
What's the difference between a communist or socialist and a progressive? Revolution or evolution? One requires a gun and the other eats away slowly. — Glenn Beck
It's a defining difference, curiosity. I've never known a stupid person who was curious, or a curious person who was stupid. — Mark Helprin
We make each other alive; it doesnâ€™t make a difference if it hurts. — Ingmar Bergman
If he [the Talib] comes, what would you do Malalala? If you hit a Talib with your shoe, then there will be no difference between… — Malala Yousafzai
Neither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference. — Swami Vivekananda
One great difference between a wise man and a fool is, the former only wishes for what he may possibly obtain; the latter desires impossibilities. — Democritus
Be present - and see what a difference it makes in your lives and in the world. — Deval Patrick
There is a huge difference between being tolerant and tolerating intolerance — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
In missionary work, as in all else, preparation precedes power. Encouragement to prepare while still very young can make a tremendous difference. — Gordon B. Hinckley
I think that each of us inhabits a private world that others cannot see. The only difference between the writer and the reader is that… — John McGahern
When one has seen something of the world and human nature, one must conclude, after all, that between people in like stations of life there… — James Weldon Johnson
Happiness has this essential difference from what is commonly called pleasure, that virtue forms its basis, and virtue being the offspring of reason, may be… — Ann Radcliffe
If you place the imperfect next to the perfect, people will see the difference between the one and the other. But if you offer the… — Alfred Stieglitz

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