Distinction Quotes
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It is in vain that we search for an essential difference between good and evil, for their constituents are the same. The crucial distinction lies in their structure, i.e., the manner in which the pieces are assembled. Evil is disintegration, an angry juxtaposition of alienated opposites, with parts always striving to repress other parts. Good is the synthesis and reconciliation of these same pieces.
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Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.
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We shall use the terms morality, behavior, conduct, or constructive action in the same broad way. It may sound strange to speak of the morals of an atom, or of the way in which a molecule conducts itself. But in the last analysis, science can draw no fundamental distinction between the conduct of an animal, a bullet, or a freshman, although there may be more unknown factors involved in one case than in the other.
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It sounds sweet when, after a long time, people talk good about you, especially when you have done a lot for the country and played with distinction. It's good; it's a good feeling.
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I would reject the distinction between a Keynesian moment and a behavioral moment.
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There's been a false and negative distinction that's been made between joy and happiness. Unfortunately, the message we send to those both inside and outside the church is, "Seeking happiness is superficial and shallow. Go out and get it in the world, but you won't find happiness in God." But all people seek happiness, and because they do, we're basically telling them, "Stop seeking what God Himself wired you to seek." What we should be saying is, "Seek your happiness in the right place - in God Himself."
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I feel as though we're living in a time where there is very little distinction paid between the personal and the professional.
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Public interest has been subordinated to private interest, and when there is no clear distinction between them, it opens the door to endless opportunities for corruption.
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We take as given the idea of distinction and the idea of indication, and that one cannot make an indication without drawing a distinction. We take therefore the form of distinction for the form.
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Only where there is pecuniary equality can the distinction of merit stand out.
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Was not the arbitrary distinction between illusion and reality the ultimate illusion itself?
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Is the distinction between living for Christ and dying for Him so great? Is not the second the logical conclusion of the first?
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To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.
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The bear would have to be stopped. Stan is just making the distinction that you wouldn’t blame the bear the same way you would blame a responsible person.
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Morality knows nothing of geographical boundaries, or distinctions of race.
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There are good books and there are bad books, period, that's the distinction.
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There is a right and a wrong in the universe, and the distinction between the two is not that difficult to make.
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Twenty-three is said to be the prime of life by those who have reached so far and no farther. It shares this distinction with every age, from ten to three-score and ten.
