Ray Conniff Quotes
Don't make art for other artists or for 'intellectuals', make art for people - and if you can touch just one person in a lifetime and make a difference - you have succeeded.
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The difference between a bland tomato and great one is immense, much like the difference between a standard, sliced white bread and a crusty, aromatic sourdough.
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We are all Adam's children - it's just the skin that makes all the difference.
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The main distinction for fresh chillies is whether they are red or green, the difference being one of ripeness.
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I want to go where I'm the difference. I want to make something out of nothing. I want to be the reason someone is great.
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I think it was just an opera. Now, you go to opera, you expect to see and hear what the opera is. So, it was Catfish Row. It was singers. Marvelous voices. It didn't make no difference what color they were.
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Shame on me if I don't try to do more with what I have. It would be... a terrible thing to waste this opportunity to try to make a difference.
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My mom once lost track of me at the zoo and when she found me I was lecturing a man about the difference between dromedary and Bactrian camels. I was about 3 1/2.
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If there's one perk, it's being the quarterback of America's team and being able to make a difference off the field.
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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
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The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter - 'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.
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What's unique about Washington is that no one's from here. Almost everybody came here to change the world, to make a difference.
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There's no difference between a pessimist who says, "Oh it's hopeless, so don't bother doing anything." and an optimist who says, "Don't bother doing anything, it's going to turn out fine anyways. Either way, nothing happens."
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Actions speak louder than words. There is a big difference between what people say and what they do. People might tell you they are excited about your new product, but when they are in a buying situation their behaviour might be totally different.
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I can be vilified. I can be misunderstood. I didn't come here to be liked. I came here to make a difference.
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The happiest people are those with the fewest regrets. It is not because they have succeeded in everything they've tried; rather, they're happier because they at least put forth the effort - win or lose -and tried to make their thoughts and dreams a reality.
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Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!
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But the difference between the little pieces and the big pieces - I'm not actually sure which are the little pieces. With some of the big pieces, it's a lot of musical running around, whereas the little pieces, you can say everything you want to say.
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There is the greatest difference between presuming an opinion to be true, because, with every opportunity for contesting it, it has not been refuted, and assuming its truth for the purpose of not permitting its refutation.
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There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while.
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People who make a difference never wait for just the right time. They know that it will never arrive.
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The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.
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I still have highs and lows, maybe I don't cry salty tears as much.
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Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.
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Don't make art for other artists or for 'intellectuals', make art for people - and if you can touch just one person in a lifetime and make a difference - you have succeeded.
