Distinctive Quotes

148 quotes by 142 authors

On the distinctive principles of the Government ... of the U. States, the best guides are to be found in ... The Declaration of Independence,… — James Madison
There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous. — Nelson Mandela
Part of it has to do with this business of being approached in public. I have a distinctive look - it's partly the glasses I… — Todd Solondz
To this day, H.R. Giger's work remains distinctive in every sense. He is frighteningly unique. — Keith Emerson
The search for the symbolic value of phonemes, each taken as a whole, runs the risk of giving rise to ambiguous and trivial interpretations because… — Roman Jakobson
Its, the gum tree, main appeal to me has been its combination of mightiness and delicacy - mighty in its strength of limb and delicate… — Hans Heysen
The obese is in a total delirium. For he is not only large, of a size opposed to normal morphology: he is larger than large.… — Jean Baudrillard
Let us remember that every worldview-not just Christianity's-must give an explanation or an answer for evil and suffering...this is not just a problem distinctive to… — Ravi Zacharias
If you are not yourself, if you surrender your personality, you have nothing left to give the world. You have no pleasure, no use, nothing… — Edward Wilmot Blyden
My signature line of clothing for Satya Paul will showcase a distinctive aspect of my own personal style. Co-creating and endorsing a line for one… — Gauri Khan
Probably the most distinctive characteristic of the successful politician is selective cowardice. — Richard Harris
That's not how most of Hollywood does it-which helps to explain why Pixar does so well. How are you changing the game in your field?… — Bill Taylor
It must be clearly understood that Soviet players do not seek simple systems in the opening, but try to formulate opening systems in which everything… — Mikhail Botvinnik
This is the kernel of the problem, as we see it: the Jews comprise a distinctive element among the nations under which they dwell, and… — Leon Pinsker
I think our failure in the production of good town churches of distinctive character must have struck you often, as it has me, when contrasted… — George Edmund Street
An absolutely different and distinctive character. — George Edmund Street
We must consider the distinctive characters and the general nature of plants from the point of view of their morphology , their behavior under external… — Theophrastus
And all over the countryside, he knew, on every crest and hill, where once the hedges had interlaced, and cottages, churches, inns, and farmhouses had… — H.G. Wells
An excess of development can undermine the most ephemeral but distinctive tool a writer possesses: authorial voice. A writer's voice is as individual and marked… — David Wright
Night was falling. Birds were singing. Birds were, it occurred to me to say, enacting a frantic celebration of day's end. They were manifesting as… — George Saunders

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