Differences Quotes - Page 9

• There's a difference between describing and evoking something. You can describe something and be quite clinical about it. To evoke it, you call it up in the reader. That's what writers do when they're good.

  Margaret Atwood

  Evoke, Reader, Clinicals

  "Double bluff". Interview with Katharine Viner, www.theguardian.com. September 16, 2000.

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• Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage.

  Sri Aurobindo

  Dog, Philosophical, Cat

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• The only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Suicide, Literature, Martyrdom

  Chuck Palahniuk (1999). “Survivor: A Novel”, Anchor

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• I love those hockey moms. You know what they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull is? Lipstick.

  Sarah Palin

  Funny, Mom, Mother

  Palin’s Speech at the Republican National Convention, www.nytimes.com. September 03, 2008.

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• What libertarians assert is simply that differences among normal adults do not imply different fundamental rights.

  Tom G. Palmer

  Rights, Adults, Different

  Tom G. Palmer (2009). “Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice”, p.35, Cato Institute

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• The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.

  Blaise Pascal

  Men, Ordinary, Funny Basketball

  Blaise Pascal (2010). “Thoughts, Letters and Minor Works”, p.10, Cosimo, Inc.

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• To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.

  Danica Patrick

  Lap, Honest, Driven

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• If the White House could do more to tell parents that getting children reading is their business too, we'd see a big difference. Hollywood and the NBA or NFL could step in, too. In England they have an event called Book Day, where every child receives a pound to use at any bookstore.

  James Patterson

  Children, Book, Reading

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• There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Attitude, Real, Enthusiasm For Life

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• I'm really critical of my posture, it makes a big difference. And I try to suck my belly in. Everyone should do that whether you're on a red carpet or not. Even if you're just going out to dinner with your boyfriend you should try and suck it in.

  Katy Perry

  Your Boyfriend, Trying, Going Out

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• I mean, Dodd-Frank is strangling small community banks. It doesn't make any difference what the interest rate is. They're not - they're not going to loan the money because they can't make any money for one thing plus the cost of compliance.

  Rick Perry

  Mean, Community, Cost

  "SQUAWK BOX" with John Harwood, www.cnbc.com. October 25, 2011.

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• People know there is a difference between what you do and what you accept. There is a difference between me knowing that people swear, me hearing people swear and me swearing, and everyone accepting that this is something you can do as much as you like.

  Steven Pinker

  Knowing, People, Hearing

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• It doesn't make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something has been said. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.

  Jackson Pollock

  Art, Mean, Long

  Jackson Pollock, Gagosian Gallery (1990). “Jackson Pollock: black enamel paintings, April-May 1990”

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• The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.

  Alexander Pope

  Nice, Vices, Literature

  Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles, William Warburton, Joseph Warton (1806). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Essay on man. Moral essays. An essay on satire”, p.87

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• Foe means enemy. Now, will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad at us from time to time, and we get mad at them? That's part of the normal diplomatic relations.

  Colin Powell

  Mean, Mad, Enemy

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• In these difficult times, when tough decisions are required, the differences between Labour and the Tories are becoming much clearer. One party believes in intervention to reduce social and economic costs and the other believes in market forces and letting things take their course.

  Lucy Powell

  Party, Believe, Decision

  "Fiscal policy announcements show Labour and the Tories are diverging at last" by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. November 21, 2008.

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• What is normal? Normal was yesterday. If you lose a leg, one day you're hopping around on one leg, so you know the difference.

  Terry Pratchett

  Yesterday, One Day, Legs

  "Terry Pratchett: 'I'm open to joy. But I'm also more cynical'" by Aida Edemariam, www.theguardian.com. September 1, 2010.

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• If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is worse than useless.

  Dennis Prager

  Evil, Useless, Teach

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

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• The only difference between your local college and a Christian seminary is that the latter is more honest.

  Dennis Prager

  Christian, College, Honest

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• Negative feedback is better that none. I would rather have a man hate me than overlook me. As long as he hates me I make a difference.

  Hugh Prather

  Hate, Cocky, Men

  Hugh Prather, James Baldwin (1983). “Notes to Myself”

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• Since the beginning, it was just the same. The only difference, the crowds are bigger now.

  Elvis Presley

  Crowds, Bigger

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• The difference between an amateur and a professional is in their habits. An amateur has amateur habits. A professional has professional habits. We can never free ourselves from habit. But we can replace bad habits with good ones.

  Steven Pressfield

  Habit, Bad Habits

  "Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life's Work". Book by Steven Pressfields, 2012.

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• What I find is that we're all human beings and that it's all very similar, what we believe. At the bottom, there's really not that much difference between Christians and Muslims and Hindus and Buddhists. We all worship God.

  Dennis Quaid

  Christian, Buddhist, Believe

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• Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.

  Ronald Reagan

  Veterans Day, Marine, People

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• I don't really think there's much difference between a character actor and a leading man besides aesthetics.

  Jeremy Renner

  Character, Men, Thinking

  "The Bourne Legacy's Jeremy Renner, action hero at last". Interview with Andrea Hubert, www.theguardian.com. August 10, 2012.

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