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Source: Crampton Hodnet

“The moments that we have with friends and family, the chances that we have to make a big difference in the world or even to make a small difference to the ones we love, all those wonderful chances that life gives us, life also takes away. It can happen fast and a whole lot sooner than you think.”

Thinking World Giving Whole Moments Bigs Happens Differences Chance Wonderful Family And Friends Small Differences

Author:Larry Page

“One of the most interesting things in the world to me is the vast difference between what people say they are going to do, and what they actually do.”

People World Differences Interesting Most Interesting Interesting Things

Author:Myrtle Reed

“But, Christ, there's a difference between exotic and foreign, isn't there? Exotic means you know how to use your foreignness, or you make yourself a little foreign in order to appear exotic. Real foreign is a little scary, believe me.”

Knows Believe Mean Littles Real Use Order Christ Differences Know How Scary Believe In Me Exotic

Book:The Middleman and Other Stories

Source: The Middleman and Other Stories

“The basic difference between classical music and jazz is that in the former the music is always graver than its performance - whereas the way jazz is performed is always more important than what is being played.”

Way Important Differences Music Music Is Performances Jazz Former Classical Music Being Played

Author:Andre Previn

“Taste is not stationary. It grows every day, and is improved by cultivation, as a good temper is refined by religion. In its most advanced state it takes the title of judgment. Hume quotes Fontenelle's ingenious distinction between the common watch that tells the hours, and the delicately constructed one that marks the seconds and smallest differences of time.”

States Grows Hours Differences Common Watches Taste Judgment Mark Titles Distinction Seconds Temper Smallest Refined Ingenious Cultivation Stationary Hume

Book:Pleasures of Literature

Source: Pleasures of Literature

“I resent like hell that I was maybe eighteen before I ever heard the 'L' word. It would have made all the difference for me had I grown up knowing that the reason I didn't fit in was because they hadn't told me there were more categories to fit into.”

Made Reason Differences Hell Knowing Heard Fit Sexuality Categories Eighteen Resent

Author:Michelle Shocked

“Now is the time... if you want to make a difference in the world, now is the time. Don't be fooled into thinking you should wait until you are older or wiser or more secure because it doesn't work that way. The wisdom will come. The security will come. But first you must begin.”

Ifs Thinking World Way Want Should Firsts Motivational Waiting Differences Security Secure Making A Difference Wiser Fooled

Author:Ron Atchison

“In our lust for measurement, we frequently measure that which we can rather than that which we wish to measure... and forget that there is a difference.”

Wish Differences Forget Lust Statistics Measurement

Author:Udny Yule

“Paint pictures with sound. First, find your white-the deepest, roundest sound you can play on the guitar. Then, find your black-which is the most extreme tonal difference from white you can play. Now, just pick the note where you've got white, pick it where you've got black, and then find all those colors in between. Get those colors down, and you'll be able to express almost any emotion on the guitar.?”

Firsts Play Able Sound Black Differences White Emotion Music Color Picks Down And Notes Paint Guitar Extremes

Author:Les Paul

“If you do not put a difference between justification wrought by the Man Christ without, and sanctification wrought by the Spirit of Christ within, you are not able to divide the word aright; but contrariwise, you corrupt the word of God.”

Ifs Men Able Spirit Christ Differences He Man Divides Word Of God Within You Justification Sanctification

Book:The Riches of Bunyan

Source: The Riches of Bunyan

“The great Tibetan meditator Gungtang Jampelyang once asked 'What is the difference between a wise man and a fool?' The difference lies in their intention. A wise person is someone who has a good intention, not someone who merely possesses knowledge.”

Men Persons Lying Differences Knowledge Wise Fool Intention Good Intentions Tibetan Wise Person

Book:Joyful Path of Good Fortune: The Complete Buddhist Path to Enlightenment

Source: Joyful Path of Good Fortune: The Complete Buddhist Path to Enlightenment

“Time the healer (Time the killer) flies faster here in Rome than anywhere else in the world, I believe ... here in Rome there are or seem to be strange differences in the value of things. For instance, the pound weight, instead of being sixteen ounces, is only twelve; the foot measure, instead of being twelve inches, is only nine; and I think, in some way, this must apply to time as well, so that the hour, instead of being sixty minutes long, is only forty-five!”

“Leaders stand out. Good leaders succeed. Great leaders make a difference in the world.”

World Leadership Differences Leader Succeed Making A Difference Standing Out Great Leader World Leader Good Leader

Author:Cheryl Richardson

“every death diminishes us, but those that leave differences unresolved and things unsaid are the most painful of all.”

Death Differences Painful Diminish Unsaid

Book:The Shape of Dread

Source: The Shape of Dread

“We are born in innocence. ... Corruption comes later. The first fear is a corruption, the first reaching for something that defies us. The first nuance of difference, the first need to feel better than the different one, more loved, stronger, richer, more blessed -- these are corruptions.”

Needs Feels Firsts Different Born Differences Stronger Blessed Corruption Innocence Reaching Feel Better Nuance

Book:Gentleman's Agreement

Source: Gentleman's Agreement

“There's a big difference between tolerance and approval, and I have no right to expect or demand the latter from anyone.”

Bigs Differences Demand Tolerance Latter Approval

Author:Norah Vincent

“I was an adult before I began to learn that there is a difference between a conversation and an argument.”

Differences Conversation Adults Argument

Book:A Writer's Story: From Life to Fiction

Source: A Writer's Story: From Life to Fiction

“God hath put no such difference between the Male and Female as man would make.”

Men Differences Female Males Equality

Book:Womens Speaking

Source: Womens Speaking

“music alone can abolish differences of language or culture between two people and evoke something indestructible within them.”

People Two Culture Language Differences Music Evoke Abolish Indestructible

Book:Suite Francaise, a Novel

Source: Suite Francaise, a Novel

“On every level, despite differences in personalities and jobs, every single human being needs recognition and support.”

Needs Humans Jobs Differences Human Beings Levels Support Personality Despite Recognition

Author:Adele Scheele

“The difference between men and women is that women seek power in order to address issues, while men address issues in order to seek power.”

Men Order Differences Power Issues Men And Women Addresses Differences Between Man And Woman

Author:Kathleen Brown

“Differences of power are always manifested in asymmetrical access. The President of the United States has access to almost everybody for almost anything he might want of them, and almost nobody has access to him. The super-rich have access to almost everybody; almost nobody has access to them. ... The creation and manipulation of power is constituted of the manipulation and control of access.”

Want States Might President Differences United Power United States Rich Creation Access Manipulation

Author:Marilyn Frye

“Every day you use dozens of products that have strong chemicals in them, but remember, the only difference between poison and medicine is dosage.”

Use Remember Strong Differences Products Medicine Poison Chemicals Dozen Dosage

Author:Aubrey McClendon

“A final of a grand slam is always a matter of details. Maybe a point here, a point there will make the difference. Maybe someone who is a bit more gutsy than the other player, someone who is having a better day than the others.”

Matter Bits Differences Player Finals Details Slam Better Days

Author:Sabine Lisicki

“Belief in Yahweh doesn't come with your mind. It comes with your heart. When you only believe in things you can see with your eyes and touch with your hands, it is idolatry... To have faith in Yahweh is to know that there is a realm of the spirit beyond the comprehension of our minds... Trusting in Molech... or trusting in your own wisdom and intellect - there's no difference in God's eyes. It's all idolatry.”

Knows Mind Believe Heart Hands Eye Spirit Belief Differences Intellect Realms Have Faith Comprehension Idolatry Yahweh

Author:Lynn Austin

“The difference between Fashion and Style is Quality”

Differences Quality Fashion Style Fashion And Style

Author:Giorgio Armani

“The difference between bitter and better is I.”

Differences Bitter

Author:Jennifer Rothschild

“Marking a book is literally an experience of your differences or agreements with the author. It is the highest respect you can pay him.”

Book Differences Pay Highest Agreement

Author:Edgar Allan Poe

“All my life I've been dogged by guilt because I feel there is this difference between the way I look and the way I feel inside.”

Way Feels Looks Differences Guilt

Author:Robert Redford

“Demonstrate to your customer the difference between price and cost. The price is what it takes to purchase the item. The cost is the amount the customer eventually pays. They are not the same.”

Differences Pay Amount Cost Customers Items

Author:Brian Tracy

“Perhaps we have more in common by virtue of our common humanity than we have differences by virtue of our religions.”

Humanity Differences Common Virtue Common Humanity

Author:Mark Heard

“My own American Dream was to serve my country as best I could and make a difference in America - and in the world.”

World Country Dream America Differences My Own Making A Difference Service American Dream Patriot

Author:Buzz Aldrin

“There can be no difference between same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples anywhere in the USA.”

Sex Differences Couple Opposites Usa

Author:Dahlia Lithwick

“And it is a very important thing to be and do, if not the most important 'cause how you interpret a story can then make the difference. So it is a very powerful thing to be. And when misused, it's very sad.”

Ifs Important Stories Causes Differences Powerful Wonderful Important Things Journalist Very Powerful Very Sad Misused

Author:Angelina Jolie

“The right way to deal with healthcare reform is not to have a one-size-fits-all plan that's imposed on all the states, but recognizing the differences between different states' populations, states should be able to craft their own plans to get all their citizens insured, and to make sure that preexisting conditions are covered.”

Way Should Different States Able Differences Deals Plans Conditions Citizens Fit Size Population Crafts Reform Covered Healthcare Right Way Recognizing One Size Fits All Healthcare Reform

Author:Mitt Romney

“One of the primary differences for me between fiction and poetry is that fiction uses every sort of tool that poetry does but hides it much, much more. Fiction doesn't necessarily reveal what it's doing with rhythm and sound and patterning.”

Doe Use Sound Differences Fiction Tools Rhythm Primaries Poetry Is

Author:Brian Evenson

“I never heard the expression, "A strong man," unless somebody was in the gym lifting a heavy barbell. Why is there a difference between being an ambitious, driven woman or passionate woman and a passionate man? That is something that has come up a lot.”

Men Strong Differences Heard Expression Passionate Come Up Heavy Driven Gym Ambitious Lifting Strong Man Passionate Woman Barbell

Author:Megan Griffiths

“I don't really think that audiences are that much different. I think that a fan is the same whether you are from here or from Japan - you come to a show because you like the music. I don't really see much of a difference anywhere.”

Thinking Different Shows Differences Audience Fans Japan

Author:Jason Aldean

“The Islamophobia phobes, (ph) the writers and the editors and the talking heads who deny an existence of evil while blaming those who speak up. There no difference - different than the apologists for communism. As communism killed millions, they, they denied it.”

Different Evil Speak Differences Existence Talking Millions Blame Deny Communism Editors Denied Islamophobia Talking Heads

Author:Greg Gutfeld

“Confidence: It's the difference between the girl with the perfect body in a one-piece bathing suit, pulling at it and thinking she's not thin enough or doesn't have big enough boobs - and the girl who people call a bit overweight, but meanwhile, she's wearing a bikini and guys are saying, "God, she's sexy." It all has to do with how you feel about yourself - it's about projecting the attitude, I'm OK with who I am.”

“There's a huge difference between being a replaceable cog on the assembly line and being the one who is missed, the one with a unique contribution, the one who made a difference.”

Made Differences Lines Huge Unique Contribution Assembly Cogs Assembly Line

Author:Seth Godin

“Making money has always been pretty easy for me, but today I don't need any more money. I still work, because money is important, but my work is more important than the money, now. And that's a very big difference. I just work because I enjoy my work.”

Needs Stills Important Bigs Today Easy Enjoy Differences Making Money More Money

Author:Robert Kiyosaki

“I know what people want to hear is the connection with the son, Roger, when you have a child. I would love to tell that there was an epiphany as to what it is to be a mom, but I didn't feel any difference there.”

People Knows Want Feels Children Differences Son Mom Connections Roger Epiphany

Author:Laura Linney

“Where I did feel a difference is learning to just work in a different way so that your resources are not completely depleted so that you don't have anything to give to your child when you go home, and fortunately I've been working long enough that I know how to make that shift so that I don't compromise my work or compromise my relationships; not compromising parenting is really the biggest difference.”

Knows Way Giving Feels Children Long Different Enough Home Differences Know How Resources Our Children Compromise Your Children Different Ways

Author:Laura Linney

“I find that things don't bother me as much. If I had a bad day on set, it sort of just rolls of my back in a way that it didn't before. So that's where the biggest difference is, stuff that used to get under my skin or that I would worry about or be anxious about just isn't a problem. So in some ways, having a child has been very liberating. I found it very liberating.”

Ifs Way Children Has Beens Problem Used Found Stuff Differences Worry Skins Bother Anxious Liberating Bad Day Had A Bad Day

Author:Laura Linney

“When you look at all of the great players who ever played the game, they all had that other gear that they could go to, and it makes a world of difference.”

World Looks Games Differences Player Gears

Author:Tiger Woods

“I don't like jokes about sex or bodily functions or drug use or the difference between New York and L.A. I never do any of that.”

Use Sex Differences New York Drug Jokes Function Drug Use Bodily Functions

Author:David Letterman

“Too many people think that reconciliation means you soft-pedal differences.”

People Thinking Mean Differences Reconciliation Pedals

Author:Desmond Tutu

“The Southerners are the only cooks in the United States. The real difference between the South and the North is that one enjoys itself getting dyspepsia and the other does not.”

Doe Real States Enjoy Differences United United States Cooking South Cooks Southerner

Book:Senator North

Source: Senator North

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