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“Every victory of man over man has in itself a taste of defeat.... There is no essential difference between the various human groups, creatures whose bones and brains and members are the same; and every damage we do there is a form of mutilation, as if the fingers of the left hand were to be cut off by the right.”

Ifs Men Humans Hands Form Winning Left Differences Brain Cutting Groups Victory Taste Creatures Members Essentials Fingers Defeat Various Bones Damage Left Hand Mutilation

Book:the zodiac arch

Source: the zodiac arch

“I can only think seriously of trying to live up to an ideal, to improve myself, if I am split in two pieces. There must be a good “I” who is going to improve the bad “me.” “I,” who has the best intentions, will go to work on wayward “me,” and the tussle between the two will very much stress the difference between them. Consequently “I” will feel more separate than ever, and so merely increase the lonely and cut-off feelings which make “me” behave so badly.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Trying I Can Two Feelings Differences Pieces Cutting Ideals Lonely Increase Stress Intention Behave Splits Prove Myself Best Intentions

Author:Alan Watts

“It's not something to complain about, but just the major difference between college and the pros is that in college you're guaranteed four to five years so long as you don't do anything criminally and in the pros you're guaranteed one day because you can be cut the next.”

Years Long Next Differences Five Four Cutting College One Day Majors Complaining Five Years

Author:Robert Griffin III

“There are always differences when you adapt a novel to a film. A novel is longer so you're automatically cutting out elements and introspection but this is actually a film that stays very close to the novel.”

Film Differences Novel Cutting Elements Introspection

Author:Nicholas Sparks

“One of the differences between HBO and other television is that they demand the same coverage that you would have in a feature film. We need to have all the shots in order to make it as rich and as stunning as it looks. We can't cut any corners.”

Needs Looks Film Order Differences Rich Cutting Television Demand Shots Corners Features Coverage Stunning Hbo

Author:Mark Addy

“Our ape-like and arboreal ancestors entered upon the first of many short cuts. To crack a marrow-bone with a rock was the act which fathered the tool, and between the cracking of a marrow-bone and the riding down town in an automobile lies only a difference of degree.”

Firsts Lying Differences Cutting Rocks Degrees Tools Towns Bones Cracks Ancestor Riding Automobile Apes Marrow Short Cuts

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Jack London (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Jack London (Illustrated)

“What's the difference between obsolete and cutting edge? Obsolete works.”

Differences Cutting Edges Obsolete Cutting Edge

Author:Nicholas Negroponte