Distinctive Quotes

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Like navigation markings in unknown waters, definitions of poverty need to be distinctive and unambiguous. A definition that is not precise is as bad as… — Muhammad Yunus
They fought their first action in March of 1775. Embarked on eight small ships, they sailed to the Bahamas and captured a British fort near… — Tom Clancy
Exegetical commentaries on the books of the Bible come in all shapes and sizes. Harold Hoehner's new volume on Ephesians has both a distinctive shape… — Ralph P. Martin
Itâ€™s hard to pin down what makes Weissâ€™ music so distinctive. Perhaps itâ€™s that even in the ballads, the tone is upbeat, the outlook positive.… — Carlo Wolff
There are two distinctive classes of people today, those who have personal computers, and those who have several thousand extra dollars apiece. — Dave Barry
We were wise indeed, could we discern truly the signs of our own time; and by knowledge of its wants and advantages, wisely adjust our… — Thomas Carlyle
The distinctive character of a child is to always live in the tangible present. — John Ruskin
A man has his distinctive personal scent which his wife, his children and his dog can recognize. A crowd has a generalized stink. The public… — Wystan Hugh Auden
A great man need not be virtuous, nor his opinions right, but he must have a firm mind, a distinctive luminous character. — George Santayana
I have not been on any river that has more of a distinctive personality than does the Missouri River. It's a river that immediately presents… — William Least Heat-Moon
A Christian philosophy of literature begins with the same agenda of issues that any philosophy of literature addresses. Its distinctive feature is that it relates… — Leland Ryken
You can see my decision as either a distinctive factor or as a limitation. I don't feel it is a limitation. — Ennio Morricone
The fact that scientists do not consciously practice a formal methodology is very poor evidence that no such methodology exists. It could be said-has been… — Peter Medawar
I really value distinctive movies, movies that feel that they came from a person that was really something that they had conceived and they made… — Roman Coppola
High-consequence risks have a distinctive quality. The more calamitous the hazards they involve, the less we have any real experience of what we risk: for… — Anthony Giddens
It's funny because I think that both France and Britain are known for their distinctive styles, and everyone says that France is so chic and… — Alexa Chung
There is something distinctive about living in New York; over eight million other people are doing it. — Don Herold
The woman's cause is man's. They rise or sink Together. / Dwarf'd or godlike, bound or free; miserable, / How shall men grow? - Let… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
There are some weaknesses that are peculiar and distinctive to generous characters, as freckles are to a fair skin. — Christian Nestell Bovee
I love listening to other musicians and seeing what they do to gain their distinctive respective sounds and edge. — Bill Frisell

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