Quotes with distinguishes

  • What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations... is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one's own efforts.
  • What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.
  • There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.

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  • Romain Rolland I know at last what distinguishes man from animals; financial worries.
    Romain Rolland
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1915) (1866 - 1944)
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  • Octavio Paz What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.
    Octavio Paz
    Mexican Poet, Essayist (1914 - 1998)
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  • Bertrand Russell Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which achieved its most spectacular triumphs in the seventeenth century.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Alexander McQueen Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want to know more about them. To me, that is what distinguishes good designers from bad designers.
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  • George V. Higgins Data is what distinguishes the dilettante from the artist.
    George V. Higgins
    American author, lawyer and newspaper columnist (1939 - 1999)
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  • Henry David Thoreau He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Jules Renard I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.
    Jules Renard
    French writer (1864 - 1910)
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  • Steve Jobs Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
    Steve Jobs
    American entrepreneur, business magnate, inventor, and industrial (1955 - 2011)
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  • Armstrong Williams My point is, if you want to achieve anything in life, it is not enough to merely wish for it. You must develop that kind of 4:30 AM discipline that distinguishes you from others.
    Armstrong Williams
    American political commentator, entrepreneur and author (1962 - )
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  • Thomas Carlyle Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Studs Terkel Something was still there, that something that distinguishes an artist from a performer: the revealing of self. Here I be. Not for long, but here I be. In sensing her mortality, we sensed our own.
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  • Arthur Middleton The Church's note must be a supernatural note which distinguishes incarnation from immanence, redemption from evolution, the Kingdom of God from mere spiritual process.
    Arthur Middleton
    American politician (1742 - 1787)
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  • Sir William Osler The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.
    Sir William Osler
    Canadian Physician (1849 - 1919)
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  • Alan K. Simpson The word liberal distinguishes whatever nourishes the mind and spirit from the training which is merely practical or professional or from the trivialities which are no training at all.
    Alan K. Simpson
    American politician (1931 - )
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson There is a time when a man distinguishes the idea of felicity from the idea of wealth; it is the beginning of wisdom.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • John Ruskin What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness; second, their imagination, and third, their industry.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Henry Miller What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.
    Henry Miller
    American writer (1891 - 1980)
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  • Hannah Arendt What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations... is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one's own efforts.
    Hannah Arendt
    German-born American political theorist (1906 - 1975)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Ardor, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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