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In most books, the I, of first person, is omitted; in this it will be retained; that, in respect to egotism, is the main difference.
I think a man and a woman, on a whole array of issues, including raising children, have differences, and then you work them through.
There is only a half step difference between the champions and those who finish on the bottom. And much of that half step is mental.
You always have to come from the element of 'What do you have in common?' first. It makes it easier to work through your differences.
If you've a story, make sure it's a whole one, with details close to hand. It's the difference between a good lie and getting caught.
A guy like myself wants to make a play and be the difference, but the thing is I have to keep saying to myself to just do what I can.
I don't think global warming is to do with us, I think it's a natural circle. I don't think a few Ferraris make that much difference.
Aloneness is a state of being, whereas loneliness is a state of feeling. It's like the difference between being broke and being poor.
The difference between authorized and unauthorized biographies is the difference between riding in carriage or squatting in steerage.
Political differences will always generate a healthy debate, but over time the dialogue has become more hateful and at times violent.
The words a leader speaks are important, of course. But how they're delivered can make all the difference, especially in tough times.
I think we as human beings need to be able to appreciate each other's differences and I think jazz really takes us in that direction.
The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which is unknown.
Science does not have a moral dimension. It is like a knife. If you give it to a surgeon or a murderer, each will use it differently.
I especially worry about the ways Canadians can be glib about our supposed difference from the US in our "acceptance" of "diversity."
What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions; life is plurality, death is uniformity.
As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between fact and what most people call fiction is about fifteen pages in the dictionary.
Diverse groups of countries can do a lot by trading amongst themselves, exploiting differences in costs, resources, and technologies.
The difference between where you are today and where you'll be five years from now will be found in the quality of books you've read.
There are no sick people in North Oxford. They are either dead or alive. It's sometimes difficult to tell the difference, that's all.
It took me years to work out the difference between net and gross. In meetings I just used to say, 'Tell me if it's good or bad news.
It's important that I make a difference in some way. It's not necessarily how I make a difference, but I want to make sure that I do.
I hate the word gothic but I would like to try doing something like that. A gothic sound, not rock, but gothic. There's a difference.
One of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while the juvenile never does.
The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.
When each thing is unique in itself, there can be no comparison made.... There is only this strange recognition of present otherness.
The French are true romantics. They feel the only difference between a man of forty and one of seventy is thirty years of experience.
Young people, when informed and empowered, when they realize that what they do truly makes a difference, can indeed change the world.
If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice, have recognition for difference without attaching difference to privilege.
There's a big difference between falling in love and being in love. There's a big difference between infatuation and falling in love.
Reading has made such a profound difference to my life. I'm sure I became a writer because of the power of literature in my own life.
In Zen we strive to bring both the mind and the body into perfect combination, so that there is no intrinsic difference between them.
As long as possible live free and uncommitted. It makes but little difference whether you are committed to a farm or the county jail.
The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even where geniuses are equal.
After years of doing it, you learn the difference between your ego and your opinion. When you're married you have to cut through that.
Pity is like lust ... both like to masquerade as love and it's powerfully hard to know the difference when you're in the throes of it.
I have encountered thousands of value investors over the years and am constantly struck by their differences - and their similarities.
The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior.
I was needed, but I myself did not need. I had followers, but not allies, and only now do I understand the difference. And it is vast.
You are not the mind. If you know you are not the mind, then what difference does it make if it's busy or quiet? You are not the mind.
The truth in acting is that we are all hired help. We are a commodity. There is no difference between being an actor and pork bellies.
I ached for the difference between Carlisle and me - that he could touch her so gently, without fear, knowing he would never harm her.
That's what the American odyssey is really about: Leaving home. Leaving home and coming home, and trying to understand the difference.
You know the difference between news and gossip, don't you? News tells you what people did. Gossip tells you how much they enjoyed it.
If you can just see all the children of the world as your own, all the mothers of the world as you are, we can make a huge difference.
When you're a kid, you have these big ideas and these big dreams to make a change, or maybe you feel like you can't make a difference.
When I ask teachers why they teach, they almost always say that it is because they want to make a difference in the lives of children.
The government deficit is the difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect.
We think that a powerful and vigorous movement is impossible without differences - "true conformity" is possible only in the cemetery.
The old emphasis upon superficial differences that separate peoples must give way to education for citizenship in the human community.