Making A Difference Quotes - Page 22

• Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.

  Nolan Bushnell

  Inspirational, Success, Business

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• My motivation for running for Senate was not for the stature of being a senator, but because I wanted to make a difference on issues I feel passionate about.

  Herman Cain

  Motivational, Running, Differences

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• I hope telling stories though 'Making a Difference' - as in my academic work and nonprofit work - will help me to live my grandmother's adage of 'Life is not about what happens to you, but about what you do with what happens to you.'

  Chelsea Clinton

  Grandmother, Differences, Stories

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• I know it shouldn't make a difference, but crossing the dateline, we weren't sure what day it was - it was very strange. Now, I seem to cope with it better.

  Phil Collins

  Differences, Strange, Crossings

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• It's interesting when I jog, how much the music makes a difference. You can pretty much count on the Foo Fighters to get your heart rate up.

  Sheryl Crow

  Heart, Differences, Interesting

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• I have my new food line in the works - I think it's over 200 items. Hopefully I can make a difference; it's delicious food that's just so easy. I think it'll help people enjoy their lives... it's good!

  Paula Deen

  Thinking, Differences, People

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• If you feel rooted in your home and family, if you're active in your community, there's nothing more empowering. The best way to make a difference in the world is to start by making a difference in your own life.

  Julia Louis-Dreyfus

  Fun, Home, Differences

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• As a GM Goodwrench Service Plus dealer, I understand how good service makes a difference to our customers.

  Dale Earnhardt

  Differences, Plus, Good Service

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• What happened after Katrina is that people were stirred to action; there were an enormous number of contributions by people trying to make a difference. But then we forget. We've forgotten Katrina victims, we've forgotten the face of poverty.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Differences, Numbers, People

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• There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women.

  Vera Farmiga

  Differences, Want, Make Things Happen

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• If you believe you can make a difference, then you will make a difference. Believe in yourself, your family and your community and you will win.

  Lindsay Fox

  Believe, Winning, Differences

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• I mean, I enjoy my work as an actor. But to make a difference in people's lives through advocacy and through supporting research - that's the kind of privilege that few people will get, and it's certainly bigger than being on TV every Thursday for half an hour.

  Michael J. Fox

  Mean, Differences, People

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• In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Positive, New Year

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• I waited and worked, and watched the inferior exalted for nearly thirty years; and when recognition came at last, it was too late to alter events, or to make a difference in living.

  Ellen Glasgow

  Years, Differences, Events

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• Of course I believe imaginative architecture can make a difference to people's lives, but I wish it was possible to divert some of the effort we put into ambitious museums and galleries into the basic architectural building blocks of society.

  Zaha Hadid

  Block, Believe, Differences

  "I don't do nice" by Jonathan Glancey, www.theguardian.com. October 9, 2006.

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• I definitely love that all these car brands are coming out with hybrid forms of every car that they have. It's very awesome because I think it does make a difference, and it doesn't hurt that you save a lot of money on gas.

  Lucy Hale

  Hurt, Thinking, Differences

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• Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.

  Herbie Hancock

  Differences, Tools, Music Is

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• In a cornball way, I think being a celebrity is about making a difference, too.

  David Hasselhoff

  Thinking, Differences, Way

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• Art and activism seem to go together naturally, the idea being that if you're an entertainer, you can have a voice, and if you have a voice, you can make a difference. But if I were not an actress, I would still try to extend myself beyond my little micro-universe of my job, family and personal joy.

  Salma Hayek

  Art, Jobs, Ideas

  "Salma on Her Lifesaving Work (and Brand-New Baby)". Interview with Eve Ensler, www.glamour.com. March 2, 2008.

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• I'm not the same person I was. I used to act dumb. It was an act. I am 26 years old, and that act is no longer cute. It is not who I am, nor do I want to be that person for the young girls who looked up to me. I know now that I can make a difference, that I have the power to do that.

  Paris Hilton

  Cute, Girl, Who I Am

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• Everything in high school seems like the most important thing that's ever happened in your life. It's not. You'll get out of high school and you never see those people again. All the people who torment and press you won't make a difference in your life in the long haul.

  Mark Hoppus

  School, Differences, Long

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• The Old Testament teaches us that if we humble ourselves and pray, God will hear from heaven and heal our land. And the New Testament assures us that the fervent prayers of righteous men can make a difference.

  David Jeremiah

  Prayer, Humble, Men

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• Optimistic people play a disproportionate role in shaping our lives. Their decisions make a difference; they are inventors, entrepreneurs, political and military leaders - not average people. They got to where they are by seeking challenges and taking risks.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Military, Optimistic, Average

  "Bias, Blindness and How We Truly Think (Part 1): Daniel Kahneman". www.bloomberg.com. October 25, 2011.

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• If you're an entrepreneur and you think that the president makes a difference to your business, you should stay at your current job.

  Guy Kawasaki

  Jobs, Thinking, Differences

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• I've always had a burning desire to help people and make a difference in the world. I didn't know how I could do that in modelling when it can be such a fake world. But my dad told me I could make a difference by being true to myself and teaching people what I've learnt about spirituality, health and nutrition.

  Miranda Kerr

  Dad, Teaching, Fake World

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