Distinction Quotes
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And the distinction between violent and non-violent action is that the former is exclusively bent upon the destruction of the old, and the latter is chiefly concerned with the establishment of something new.
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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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I would reject the distinction between a Keynesian moment and a behavioral moment.
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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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Life is extraordinarily suave and sweet with certain natural, witty, affectionate people who have unusual distinction and are capable of every vice, but who make a display of none in public and about whom no one can affirm they have a single one. There is something supple and secret about them. Besides, their perversity gives spice to their most innocent occupations, such as taking a walk in the garden at night.
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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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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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To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.
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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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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.
