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Quotes About Difference

Science fiction constantly interrogates the limits of identity and the nature of difference. The latter is frequently described through a quasi-allegorical displacement of the alien on to other countries and planets, following a strategy of encounter whereby readers are encouraged to re-examine their self-conceptions as a result of confrontation with the Other, with beings whose culture is rarely explored in its own right, but rather to highlight the markers of difference.
~ David Seed
Money is a headache for both rich and poor people. They're simply different types of headaches.
~ David Standish
Research confirms what we intuitively know: aligned, innovative, and integrated HR practices make a dramatic difference in individual and organizational performance.
~ David Ulrich
I am no minister of malice," he said, "I would not repel the repentant, but . . . may my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I forget the difference between the parties to that . . . bloody conflict. . . . I may say if this war is to be forgotten, I ask in the name of all things sacred what shall men remember?
~ David W. Blight
By ignoring how white people's racial habits have been shaped by the racial practices of a nation deceived by the narrative of racial difference, white Christianity has failed to disciple men and women into the kingdom of God.
~ David W. Swanson
I've noticed that once you leave London you do kind of become a bit more famous. People in London are a bit too cool for school. It's not so unusual to see someone from London in the street. But outside of London people are a bit more excited to see you and come out and support you.
~ David Walliams
Work is freighted with difficulty and possibility of visible failure, failure to provide, to succeed, to make a difference, to be seen and to be seen to be seen. Work, therefore is robust vulnerability, and a good part of the time, a journey leading us through very unbeautiful private and public humiliations.
~ David Whyte
Yes. That, right there, is the difference between the heroes and the nobodies. The difference between people like you and people like me. People like me know that there is no magic. There is only the grind. Work looks like magic to those unwilling to do it.
~ David Wong
It's not that I don't like my mum's face; it's just that it belongs on her, not me.
~ Dawn French
I was in relationship with a guy who was much older than me - either he was past his prime and I was coming into mine. There was nothing I could do to keep his attention.
~ Deana Carter
I am interested in justice, not the law. There is an unfortunate difference.' " He
~ Deanna Raybourn
The age measured from the date of birth is just a number, The mental age always makes the difference
~ Ramy El-Mahdy
Knowledge comes from learning - Ignorance is born from not wanting to know the difference!
~ Robbie Thomas
Knowledge comes from leaning - Ignorance is born from not wanting to know the difference!
~ Robbie Thomas
Kindness can transform someone's dark moment with a blaze of light. You'll never know how much your caring matters. Make a difference for another today.
~ Amy Leigh Mercree
But we were different now. I wanted only his pain, and judging from the girl he'd come home with last night, Madoc was still the same. A user.
~ Penelope Douglas, Rival
No difference, good or bad. Thoughts like birds in mind. Some fly in. Some fly out. Some stay at water hole to drink. Beware of birds that linger.
~ Natalie Wright, Emily's House
At the end of the day, what makes the biggest difference in your success is the action you take. By Mestar Digital 2017
~ Mestar Digital
The difference between what you expect and what you get is the problem.
~ Err:509
I actually think that the most efficacious way of making a difference is to lead by example, and doing random acts of kindness is setting a very good example of how to behave in the world.
~ Misha Collins
To say that on a daily basis you can make a difference, well, you can. One act of kindness a day can do it.
~ Betty Williams
Loving-kindness and compassion are the basis for wise, powerful, sometimes gentle, and sometimes fierce actions that can really make a difference - in our own lives and those of others.
~ Sharon Salzberg
I just think the reassurance and the steadiness and the hands-on kindness can make a huge difference.
~ Dar Williams
One difference between savagery and civilization is a little courtesy. There's no telling what a lot of courtesy would do.
~ Cullen Hightower