“I like the character roles. Somewhere back there I really came to the conclusion in my mind that the difference between acting and stardom was major. And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in.” PeopleIfsMindCharacterStoriesActorsStarsDifferencesActingRolesMajorsConclusionStardom Author:Morgan Freeman
“On private transactions, I'll just go very quickly now, a major difference between the United States and Euroland is that in Europe banks are much more important in financial transactions than in the United States.” ImportantStatesDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesMajorsEuropeFinancialTransactions Author:Robert C. Solomon
“Corruption is a major cause of poverty as well as a barrier to overcoming it. The two scourges feed off each other, locking their populations in a cycle of misery. Corruption must be vigorously addressed if aid is to make a real difference in freeing people from poverty.” PeopleIfsWellsTwoRealCausesDifferencesPovertyMajorsOvercomingMiseryPopulationCorruptionAidsBarriersCyclesScourgeCauses Of Poverty Author:Peter Eigen
“By the year 1982 the graduated income tax will have practically abolished major differences in wealth.” YearsDifferencesWealthTaxesMajorsIncomeIncome Tax Author:Irwin Edman
“Regimented minds cannot grasp the concept of confrontation as an open exchange of major differences with a view to settlement through genuine dialogue.” MindDifferencesViewsMajorsConceptsGenuineDialogueConfrontationSettlement Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“I don't really see a conflict between the church and the movies, the sacred and the profane...there are major differences, but I could also see great similarities...Both are places for people to come together and share.” PeopleTogetherDifferencesChurchShareConflictMajorsSacredSimilarityProfane Author:Martin Scorsese
“We're all a bunch of badminton birdies who just got batted from the Republican side of the court to the Democrat side. We'll eventually get batted back again, of course, unless libertarians can manage to do something about it. If your principal concern, like mine, is freedom, there's absolutely no discernable difference between the two 'majors,' and for all practical purposes, they're one big party - the Boot On Your Neck party - pretending to be two.” IfsTwoBigsPurposeCoursesSidesDifferencesPartyMinesRepublicanMajorsConcernCourtDemocratLibertarianPracticalsBunchManageNecksPretendingBootsPrincipalBack AgainBadminton Author:L. Neil Smith
“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.” YearsLongNextDifferencesFiveFourCuttingCollegeOne DayMajorsComplainingFive Years Author:Robert Griffin III
“Today's secular libertarians, who want to remove biblical religion from public life, have trouble making sense of the civil rights movement because it was so clearly a religiously inspired movement that entered the public arena and made a major difference in American life.” WantMadeTodayChristianDifferencesReligiousRightsTroubleMovementMajorsInspiredLibertarianCivil RightsMake SenseRemoveBiblicalSecularArenaPublic LifeCivil Rights MovementAmerican LifeTrouble Making Author:Bruce L. Shelley
“I think there is a very subtle shift from the metal I grew up on to Weezer. I think the big shift was from a minor key to a major key. That made a huge difference in how it was perceived.” ThinkingMadeBigsDifferencesHugeKeysGrewMajorsGrew UpSubtleMetalsMinors Author:Rivers Cuomo
“NBC was trying to convert all of their local programming to color right away to encourage the sale of the sets, so I barely remember working in black and white, although I do know that I did do it, but there was not a major difference, though.” KnowsTryingRememberBlackDifferencesWhiteColorMajorsLocalsProgrammingBlack And WhiteConvertingNbc Author:Jim Henson
“It's not an accident that the U.S. ranks lowest of all major donor countries in the world - that is the share of our income that goes to development aid. Americans will ask whether, because were so generous privately, that makes up the difference. But it doesn't. We still rank far below other countries.” WorldStillsCountryAsksDifferencesShareDevelopmentMajorsAccidentsAidsIncomeGenerousOther CountriesLowestDonorsDevelopment Aid Author:Jeffrey Sachs
“There's no difference in dealing with the music business with the majors than any other competition. The music business is way more cutthroat than any other business.” WayDifferencesMajorsCompetitionMusic Business Author:Suge Knight