Different Things Quotes - Page 28

• The mind self-edits. The mind airbrushes. It's a different thing to be inside a body than outside. From outside, you can look, inspect, compare. From inside there is no comparison.

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  Self, Mind, Different

  Jeffrey Eugenides (2002). “Middlesex: A Novel”, p.303, Macmillan

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• Pride... is a very common failing, I believe. By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed; that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or the other, real or imaginary. Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.

  Jane Austen

  Real, Believe, Pride

  "Pride and Prejudice". Book by Jane Austen, January 28, 1813.

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• Love and used Subarus were two different things. Weren't they?

  Haruki Murakami

  Two, Different, Used

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• We tend to think human knowledge as progressive; because we know more and more, our parents and grandparents are back numbers. But a contrary theory is possible - that we simply recognize different things at different times and in different ways.

  Robertson Davies

  Thinking, Numbers, Grandparent

  Robertson Davies (1992). “The Cornish Trilogy”, Penguin Group USA

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• Observing and understanding are two different things.

  Mary E. Pearson

  Two, Understanding, Different

  Mary E. Pearson (2009). “The Miles Between”, p.98, Macmillan

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• What I mean and what I say is two different things," the BFG announced rather grandly.

  Roald Dahl

  Mean, Two, Different

  Roald Dahl (2007). “The BFG”, p.45, Penguin

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• Santa Claus has nothing to do with it," the latke said. "Christmas and Hanukah are completely different things." "But different things can often blend together," said the pine tree. "Let me tell you a funny story about pagan rituals.

  Daniel Handler

  Tree, Together, Different

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• Sometimes I remember that I can't always protect those I love." Under his fingers, her hair was soft and silky. She didn't try to tell him that he wasn't God, that he couldn't protect everyone. He knew that. But knowing and believing were two different things. What she did say succeeded in stopping his heart. "I wish you'd love me." Why?" Because then maybe you could protect me, too" Haunting sorrow whispered through her tone.

  Nalini Singh

  Believe, Heart, Hair

  Nalini Singh (2006). “Slave to Sensation”, p.74, Penguin

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• My new apartment might be a place where there are lots of children. They might gather on my porch to play, and when I step out for groceries, they will ask me, "Hi, do you have any kids?" and then, "Why not, don't you like kids?" "I like kids," I will explain. "I like kids very much." And when I almost run over them with my car, in my driveway, I will feel many different things.

  Lorrie Moore

  Running, Children, Kids

  Lorrie Moore (2012). “Anagrams”, p.53, Vintage

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• We are not philosophers, we are sovereigns. The rules that govern our behavior are not the rules for other men, and our honor, I think, is a different thing entirely, difficult for anyone but the historians and the gods to judge.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Men, Thinking, Judging

  Megan Whalen Turner (2010). “A Conspiracy of Kings”, Greenwillow

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• Love meant different things to different people.

  Nora Roberts

  People, Different, Different Peoples

  J. D. Robb, Nora Roberts (2011). “J. D. Robb In Death Collection”, p.207, Penguin

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• Tough toenails, tiger. What you want and what you get are usually two entirely different things.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Two, Different, Want

  Nicholas Sparks, Micah Sparks (2013). “Three Weeks With My Brother”, p.23, Hachette UK

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• There is lust and then there is love. They are related, but still very different things. To indulge in one requires little but honeyed speech and a change of clothes; to obtain the other, by contrast, a man must give up his rib. In return, his woman will undo the sin of Eve, and bring him back into Paradise.

  Anne Fortier

  Giving Up, Men, Indulge In

  Anne Fortier (2010). “Juliet: A Novel”, p.85, Ballantine Books

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• This is a love story. I never knew there were so many kinds of love or that love could make people do so many different things. I never knew there were so many different ways to say goodbye.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Love, Goodbye, People

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Linger”, p.2, Scholastic Inc.

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• That is the saddest part when you lose someone you love - that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the same person I lost? Maybe you lost more maybe less, then thousand different things that come from your memory or imagination - and you do not know which is which, which was true, which is false.

  Amy Tan

  Memories, Imagination, Different

  Amy Tan (2006). “The Kitchen God's Wife”, p.75, Penguin

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• Body and soul. Two different things

  Stephenie Meyer

  Two, Soul, Different

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• The longer you've known someone- the more history there is between you- the longer it will take to establish in their mind that you have truly changed. Remember, forgiveness is an altogether different thing from trust or respect. Forgiveness is about the past. Trust and respect are about the future. Forgiveness will be in the hands of others and cna be given to you, but trust and respect are in your own hands and must be earned.

  Andy Andrews

  Life, Past, Hands

  Andy Andrews (2016). “The Noticer Collection: Sometimes, all a person needs is a little perspective.”, p.56, Thomas Nelson

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• Everybody’s at war with different things…I’m at war with my own heart sometimes.

  Tupac Shakur

  War, Heart, Thug

  Vibe magazine interview, February 1996.

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• Nana...how come being happy and making your dreams come true are two different things? Even now, I still don't know why.

  Ai Yazawa

  Dream, Two, Different

  "Nana". Manga series by Ai Yazawa, July 2000 – June 2009.

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• Knowing and knowing what to do about it were two different things.

  Richard Russo

  Knowing, Two, Different

  Richard Russo (2017). “Mohawk”, p.138, Atlantic Books

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• I was disappointed in Coop. He hated being bored and so did I. He was always looking for different things to do and coming up with new adventures that kept us moving. That was his job. Trolling for girls at the beach was okay by me, but I didn't want it to be our sole focus. Besides, the girls I liked had more interesting things to do than spend every waking moment sitting around at the beach comparing tans.

  D. J. MacHale

  Girl, Beach, Jobs

  D.J. MacHale (2010). “The Light”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

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• Unfortunately, what my head wanted and what my heart wanted were two completely different things.

  Rachel Vincent

  Heart, Two, Different

  Rachel Vincent (2012). “Soul Screamers Volume Two: My Soul to Keep\My Soul to Steal\Reaper”, p.317, Harlequin

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• But a hare, now, that is a different thing altogether. A hare is not a pet but a person. Hares are clever and brave and loving, and they have fairy blood in them. It’s a grand thing to have a hare for a friend.

  Elizabeth Goudge

  Clever, Blood, Brave

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• LSD was an incredible experience. Not that I’m recommending it for anybody else; but for me it kind of – it hammered home to me that reality was not a fixed thing. That the reality that we saw about us every day was one reality, and a valid one – but that there were others, different perspectives where different things have meaning that were just as valid. That had a profound effect on me.

  Alan Moore

  Home, Reality, Profound

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• In the hours that followed, I learned that Ademic hand gestures did not actually represent facial expressions. It was nothing so simple as that. For example a smile can mean you're amused, happy, grateful, or satisfied. You can smile to comfort someone. You can smile because you're content or because you're in love. A grimace or a grin look similar to a smile, but they mean entirely different things. Imagine trying to teach someone how to smile. Imagine trying to describe what different smiles mean and when, precisely, to use them in conversation. It's harder than learning to walk.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Grateful, Mean, Simple

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