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• The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

  Rebecca West

  Women, Idiot, Lunatic

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• As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it makes all the difference whether we begin or end with the inquiry, 'What is truth?'

  Richard Whately

  Truth, Believe, Inquiry

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• My mother and dad were big animal lovers, too. I just don't know how I would have lived without animals around me. I'm fascinated by them - both domestic pets and the wild community. They just are the most interesting things in the world to me, and it's made such a difference in my lifetime.

  Betty White

  Mother, Dad, Animal

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

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• There is a difference between a book of two hundred pages from the very beginning, and a book of two hundred pages which is the result of an original eight hundred pages. The six hundred are there. Only you don't see them.

  Elie Wiesel

  Book, Writing, Eight

  Elie Wiesel, Robert Franciosi (2002). “Elie Wiesel: Conversations”, p.72, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.

  Oscar Wilde

  Writing, Media, Literature

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• Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.

  Oscar Wilde

  Sarcastic, Sex, Women

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.22, Wordsworth Editions

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• In 2008, Obama won 56 percent of the women's vote to John McCain's 43 percent. It was the critical difference in the race.

  Juan Williams

  Race, Vote, Critical

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• We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It's about conflicts between creation stories.

  E. O. Wilson

  Religious, People, Stories

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• There is a difference between hiring a CEO and turning over control of the business.

  Fred Wilson

  Ceo, Hiring

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• What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Success, Business, Congratulations

  "The Queen of Daytime TV". The Academy of Achievement, www.achievement.org. February 25, 1991.

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• Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Success, Power, Risk

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• In the first weeks of the Obama administration, 'bipartisanship' was the reigning buzzword, and when the Beltway thinks 'bipartisan,' it pictures President Reagan and Democratic Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill putting aside their differences and forging a legislative partnership, a ruddy pair of genial patriarchs bonding over the Blarney Stone.

  James Wolcott

  Thinking, House, President

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• I'm a big believer in debate and difference of opinion.

  Naomi Wolf

  Opinion, Debate, Bigs

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• It makes no difference who or what you are, old or young, black or white, pagan, Jew, or Christian, I want to love you all and be loved by you all, and I mean to have your love.

  Victoria Woodhull

  Christian, Love You, Mean

  Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1974). “The Victoria Woodhull Reader”, Weston, Mass. : M&S Press

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• In the past there was a difference between the conditions in which Hizballah operated in Lebanon and the conditions of resistance operated in Palestine.

  Ahmed Yassin

  Past, Lebanon, Resistance

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• Talent perceives differences; genius, unity.

  William Butler Yeats

  Unity, Genius, Talent

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• I've always seen the Olympics as a place where you could act out your differences on the athletic field with a sense of sportsmanship and fairness and mutual respect.

  Andrew Young

  Athletic, Sportsmanship, Olympics

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• There are cultural issues everywhere - in Bangladesh, Latin America, Africa, wherever you go. But somehow when we talk about cultural differences, we magnify those differences.

  Muhammad Yunus

  Latin, America, Issues

  "Muhammad Yunus, Banker to the World’s Poorest Citizens, Makes His Case". Interview with Linda O’Bryon, knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu. March 9, 2005.

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• Dover's cliffs call to mind the Roman invasion; the Battle of Britain; our proximity to, yet difference from, mainland Europe; and international trade and exploration, both fair and exploitative.

  Julian Baggini

  Europe, Mind, Battle

  "Why the white cliffs of Dover are so special" by Julian Baggini, www.theguardian.com. August 19, 2012.

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• When I did 'Ugly Betty' it was very similar to working on 'Mad Men' - great group of people in their own little world. But I don't really see a lot of difference. Of course, on the cable shows, you can tackle subjects and be more specific, because networks have to appeal to the masses, but that's constantly changing and evolving.

  Bryan Batt

  Men, People, Mad

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• I think that in the realm of commercial, popcorn cinema, the amount of message or smuggling of ideas you can get in there is quite limited. Like, if you think you're going to make a difference or change anything, you're on pretty dangerous thin ice.

  Neill Blomkamp

  Thinking, Ice, Ideas

  "'Elysium' Interview: Neill Blomkamp's Team On Creating A New Sci-Fi World". Interview with Todd Gilchrist, screencrush.com. April 10, 2013.

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• The miracle of unity is being granted to us as we pray and work for it in the Lord's way. Our hearts will be knit together in unity. God has promised that blessing to His faithful Saints whatever their differences in background and whatever conflict rages around them.

  Henry B. Eyring

  Heart, Blessing, Miracle

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• You've got to remember that men are men and women are women. And although a lot of similarities, there are some real differences.

  Helen Fisher

  Real, Men, Remember

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• Women apparently are quite drawn to men who have differences rather than similarities in their histocompatibility system. They pick it up by smell, and they can pick it up from kissing.

  Helen Fisher

  Kissing, Men, Smell

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• When you talk to women who were working as print journalists or in broadcasting in the '50s, and then you talk to women who were working in the late '60s, there's an enormous difference. There had already been a huge transition. Then, of course, you get well into the '70s and there were women with children working.

  Romola Garai

  Children, Get Well, Transition

  "Romola Garai brings modern sense to roles" by David Wiegand, www.sfgate.com. November 26, 2012.

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