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Elections are always a little bit funny. People start saying things and emphasizing differences. After the election, my hope is, is that people start emphasizing what we have in common.

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I'm oftentimes asked, What difference does it make to America if people are dying of malaria in a place like Ghana? It means a lot. It means a lot morally, it means a lot from a -- it's in our national interest.

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The difference between fiction and nonfiction is that fiction must be absolutely believable.

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If you've got the power to raise prices without losing business to a competitor, you've got a very good business. And if you have to have a prayer session before raising the price by a tenth of a cent, then you've got a terrible business. I've been in both, and I know the difference.

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Always! That is a dreadful word. It makes me shudder when I hear it. Women are so fond of using it. They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever. It is a meaningless word, too. The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

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The future success of our nation depends on our ability to understand the difference between right and wrong and to have the strength of character to make the right choices.

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You think slavery is right and ought to be extended; while we think it is wrong and ought to be restricted. That I suppose is the rub. It certainly is the only substantial difference between us.

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GEOGRAPHER, n. A chap who can tell you offhand the difference between the outside of the world and the inside.

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[T]he unsympathetic assessments we make of others are usually the result of nothing more sinister than our habit of looking at them in the wrong way, through lenses clouded by distraction, exhaustion and fear, which blind us to the fact that they are really, despite a thousand differences, just altered versions of ourselves: fellow fragile, uncertain, flawed beings likewise craving love and in urgent need of forgiveness.

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So long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace, those who promote conflict rather than the cooperation that can help all of our people achieve justice and prosperity. This cycle of suspicion and discord must end.

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Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.

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Reason respects the differences, and imagination the similitudes of things.

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The future success of our nation depends on our ability to understand the difference between right and wrong and to have the strength of character to make the right choices.

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Wit and Humor - if any difference, it is in duration - lightning and electric light. Same material, apparently; but one is vivid, and can do damage - the other fools along and enjoys elaboration.

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Each person has his strong point.

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Basically, therefore, we should approach others openly, recognizing each person as another human being just like ourselves. There is not much difference between us all.

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The difference between Talent and Genius is that Talent says things which he has never heard but once, and Genius things which he has never heard.

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It makes a difference who the treasury secretary is.

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We weren't getting a fair deal on the budget and I wasn't going to have it. There's a great strand of equity and fairness in the British people - this is our characteristic. There's not a strand of equity and fairness in Europe - they're out to get as much as they can. That's one of those enormous differences. So I tackled it on that basis.

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Like all young men, you greatly exaggerate the difference between one young woman and another.

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