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Quotes About Difference

Should Hillary Clinton run for president, voters who ignore the difference between the image she seeks to project and the reality will have only themselves to blame if her presidency turns into a disaster.
~ Ronald Kessler
Ohio chose the president in 2000 and 2004. The independent voters, the so-called swing voters, are the ones who make the difference.
~ Rob Portman
Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.
~ Al Franken
You can get somebody to dance and make them jump in the club, but your feet gonna get tired. So when you put it in somebody's heart, it stick with 'em. That's what I come with it. And I can make your feet dance, too. I think that's what separates me from a lot of artists.
~ Boosie
You don't walk like other boys. You don't talk like other boys. But at six, you are not thinking about your sexuality.
~ Boy George
I'm quite different to my brother. As kids, I was his shadow - I always wanted to do things with him. I'm sure I cramped his style a little.
~ Ellyse Perry
In my family, I'm short.
~ Rosario Dawson
The biggest difference in writing a sequel is that now there are expectations. But also - and this is the awesome part - now there are fans, too!
~ Tim Federle
If you think my idea is awful, you should say as much. But there is a difference between attacking an idea and attacking the person behind that idea.
~ Dan Crenshaw
Anything that looks at sport in its entirety is my bag. It's not just about bringing back medals, it's about communities, people's lives, how sport can make a difference.
~ Denise Lewis
Ever since I was a kid, I've been confident of coming out on top in a brawl, but the ring is a lot different from a bar. That's been my problem.
~ Tommy Morrison
There's a difference between batting at number four position and batting in the lower order.
~ Vijay Shankar
This is the biggest misconception about the Bay - people think that we're L.A... Very different stuff. L.A. has its swag.
~ Too Short
Obviously international football is going to be different, I understand that.
~ Danny Drinkwater
I was born in London, and my family is here. America is an interesting place, but it's incredibly different culturally. It doesn't take long being there before I want to get back.
~ Mark Strong
In terms of my belief that one individual can make a difference - that belief comes from my parents.
~ Pierre Omidyar
I don't belong to the straights now - they didn't get me back.
~ Anne Heche
Son," Johnson said, "I've served in the House. And I've been privileged to serve in the Senate, too. And they're both good places to serve. So I wouldn't begin to advise you what to do, except to say this—that the difference between being a member of the Senate and a member of the House is the difference between chicken salad and chicken shit." The former president paused. "Do I make my point?
~ Jon Meacham
There's a societal push for conformity in all ways. There's less tolerance of difference. And so maybe for some people having a label is better. It can confer a sense of hope and direction. (interview with Allen Frances)
~ Jon Ronson
The guiding principle of Martin's personality, the sum of his interior existence, was the desire to be left alone. If all those years he'd sought attention, even novelty, and if he still relished them, then that was because attention proved him different and solitude begins in difference.
~ Jonathan Franzen
It seems not to occur to you that I might have had other very smart patients. The difference between them and me is that I'm a psychologist and they are not. I don't have to be as smart as you to help you. I only have to be smart about one thing.
~ Jonathan Franzen
the difference between him and her was her capacity for self-deception.
~ Jonathan Franzen
Yeah, maybe you look a little less familiar yourself.
~ Jonathan Lethem
The test of faith is whether I can make space for difference. Can I recognize God's image in someone who is not in my image, who language, faith, ideal, are different from mine? If I cannot, then I have made God in my image instead of allowing him to remake me in his.
~ Jonathan Sacks