Mark Twain Quotes, Differences Quotes, Focus Quotes

It is impossible that a genius - at least a literary genius - can ever be discovered by his intimates; they are so close to him that he is out of focus to them and they can't get at his proportions; they can't perceive that there is any considerable difference between his bulk and their own.

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In the history of the human race, those periods which later appeared as great have been the periods when the men and the women belonging to them had transcended the differences that divided them and had recognized in their membership in the human race a common bond.

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Elections are always a little bit funny. People start saying things and emphasizing differences. After the election, my hope is, is that people start emphasizing what we have in common.

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There is a world of difference between facts and the truth. You can have so many facts that you don't deal with the truth. You never get to the truth. You have the places where, the people who, the times when, the reasons why, the methods how - blah blah. And never get to the human truth. The human truth is as elusive as the air. And as important as the air.

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So long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace, those who promote conflict rather than the cooperation that can help all of our people achieve justice and prosperity. This cycle of suspicion and discord must end.

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People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

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You may sometimes be tempted to say, ‘Will my influence make any difference? I am just one. Will my service affect the work that dramatically?’ I testify to you that it will. You will never be able to measure your influence for good.

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There is really no difference between matter, mind and Spirit. They are only different phases of experiencing the One.

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War is not the best way of settling differences; it is the only way of preventing their being settled for you.

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The only difference is now more young black men are in the spotlight.

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The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act.

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Yet even differences prove helpful, where there are tolerance, charity and Truth.

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Men know life too early. Women know life too late. That is the difference between men and women.

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If you don't acknowledge differences, it's as bad as stereotyping or reducing someone.

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Killing myself was a matter of such indifference to me that I felt like waiting for a moment when it would make some difference.

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There is a difference between responsible criticism that aims for success and defeatism that refuses to acknowledge anything but failure. Hindsight alone is not wisdom, and second-guessing is not a strategy.

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The future success of our nation depends on our ability to understand the difference between right and wrong and to have the strength of character to make the right choices.

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The strongest democracies flourish from frequent and lively debate, but they endure when people of every background and belief find a way to set aside smaller differences in service of a greater purpose.

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A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises is, the more different kinds of things it relates, and the more extended is its area of applicability. Therefore the deep impression which classical thermodynamics made upon me. It is the only physical theory of universal content concerning which I am convinced that within the framework of the applicability of its basic concepts, it will never be overthrown.

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The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does.

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