Differences Quotes

• It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

  Audre Lorde

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Equality

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• The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation.

  Charles Babbage

  Tools, Machines, Limits

  Charles Babbage (1841). “On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures”, p.12

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• Whether they are defending the Soviet Union or bleating for Saddam Hussein, liberals are always against America. They are either traitors or idiots, and on the matter of America's self-preservation, the difference is irrelevant.

  Ann Coulter

  America, Self, Hussein

  Ann Coulter (2003). “Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism”, p.28, Crown Forum

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• The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

  Charles Dickens

  Love, Creativity, Problem Solving

  Charles Dickens (1906). “Works, ed. by G.K. Chesterton and W. Jerrold. 22 vols.”

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• It is sometimes hard to grasp the difference between identifying with one's own roots, understanding people with other roots, and judging what is good or bad.

  Umberto Eco

  Roots, People, Judging

  "The roots of conflict" by Umberto Eco, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2001.

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• Under the administration of George W. Bush, you will recall, federal spending grew pretty significantly. At the same time, the number of people directly employed by the federal government shrank. One of the factors that explained the difference was contracting.

  Thomas Frank

  Government, Numbers, People

  "Obama Takes On Market-Based Government" by Thomas Frank, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 11, 2009.

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• Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.

  Thomas Fuller

  Men, Sin, Repentance

  Thomas Fuller (1812). “The Cause and Cure of a Wounded Conscience”, p.31

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• The biggest difference between England and America is that England has history, while America has geography.

  Neil Gaiman

  England And America, Geography, America

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Football is football and talent is talent. But the mindset of your team makes all the difference.

  Robert Griffin III

  Sports, Football, Team

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• Yeah, we have our differences, but we put those aside, and now we're making music. It's great.

  Alex Van Halen

  Yeah

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• It seems to me that socialists today can preserve their position in academic economics merely by the pretense that the differences are entirely moral questions about which science cannot decide.

  Friedrich August von Hayek

  Today, Moral, Academic

  "A Conversation with Friedrich A. Von Hayek: Science and Socialism". Talk at American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington, D.C., 1979.

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• Ping-pong was invented on the dining tables of England in the 19th century, and it was called Wiff-waff! And there, I think, you have the difference between us and the rest of the world. Other nations, the French, looked at a dining table and saw an opportunity to have dinner; we looked at it an saw an opportunity to play Wiff-waff.

  Boris Johnson

  Opportunity, Thinking, Play

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• My own personal preference is that the consumer, the individual person should be protected because individual people and the difference between individual people and the diversity we have between people on the planet is so important.

  Tim Berners-Lee

  People, Diversity, Important

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• In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true gives legitimacy to the entire work. That's the only difference, and it lies in the commitment of the writer. A novelist can do anything he wants so long as he makes people believe in it.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Lying, Believe, Commitment

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• Did you know there's a difference between being busy and being fruitful? Did you ever stop to think that just being busy - running around in circles all day but not accomplishing anything - is the same as wasting your time? It's frustrating to expend so much energy and time and not have any fruit from your effort!

  Joyce Meyer

  Running, Thinking, Circles

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• The cloning procedure is similar to IVF. The only difference is that the DNA of sperm and egg would be replaced by DNA from an adult cell. What law or principle - secular, humanist, or religious - says that one combination of genetic material in a flask is OK, but another is not?

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Religious, Ivf, Dna

  "Human Clones: Why Not?" by Nathan Myhrvold, www.slate.com. March 14, 1997.

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• To me, it's OK to have differences. But we don't have to be mad about it. You know? And I think that's where sometimes we get so passionate that we - you know, it turns into anger.

  Joel Osteen

  Thinking, Mad, Passionate

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• I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.

  Harper Lee

  Thinking, Tkam, People

  Harold Bloom, Harper Lee (2010). “Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird”, p.44, Infobase Publishing

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  We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

  Stevie Wonder

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  "The Story of Stevie Wonder". Book by James Haskins, 1976.

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• There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.

  W. Clement Stone

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Napoleon Hill, W. Clement Stone (1960). “Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude”, p.282, Simon and Schuster

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• It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

  Tom Brokaw

  Inspirational, Appreciation, Motivation

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Strength lies in differences, not in similarities

  Stephen Covey

  Teamwork, Lying, Inspiration

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• Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

  William James

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

  Dalai Lama

  Happiness, Happy, Buddhist

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• In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Strength, Beauty

  Maya Angelou (2014). “Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wit and Wisdom of Maya Angelou”, p.9, Hachette UK

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