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"The difference between those who fail to achieve their goals in life and those who succeed is the difference between those who cannot put themselves in a supportive state and those who can consistently put themselves in a state that supports them in their achievements."
"Connect, create meaning, make a difference, matter, be missed."
"True universalists are not those who preach global tolerance of differences and all-encompassing unity, but those who engage in a passionate struggle for the assertion of the Truth which compels them."
"There is a great difference between mind and body insomuch as body is by nature always divisible, and the mind is entirely indivisible."
"I don't want to make money; I want to make a difference."
"It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well."
"We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone."
"If you hit a Talib, then there would be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat others with cruelty. You must fight others through peace and through dialogue and through education."
"They don't stand for anything different in South Africa than America stands for. The only difference is over there they preach as well as practice apartheid. America preaches freedom and practices slavery."
"Everything is worth precisely as much as a belch, the difference being that a belch is more satisfying."
"My family never missed a visit in eight months, ever. I cried coming out. I didn't cry coming in. There's a big difference. I believe that God put me there for a reason, Incarceration is serious"
"I had to tell about my colonic, which expresses the fact why I'm so neat today as opposed to a few years ago. I never knew that the weight made that much difference."
"One of the main differences between silent meditation and chanting is that silent meditation is rather dependent on concentration, but when you chant, it's more of a direct connection with God."
"I've been doing this work [ambassador of VDay]for a long time, and there are so many ways that we have to work to eradicate domestic violence and violence against women, this felt like such a tangible way to make a difference."
"I believe these words came from the Pokemon movie. Life can be a challenge. Life can seem impossible. It's never easy when there's so much on the line."
"Doesn't make any difference who we are or what we are, there's always somebody to look down on."
"But that's always the way; it don't make no difference whether you do right or wrong, a person's conscience ain't got no sense, and just goes for him anyway. If I had a yaller dog that didn't know no more than a person's conscience does I would pison him. It takes up more room than all the rest of a person's insides, and yet ain't no good, nohow."
"People don't believe that their actions really and truly are going to make a difference. But kids get it. They know. And they get all excited about the difference they're making."
"Cumulatively small decisions, choices, actions, make a very big difference."
"In inorganic chemistry the radicals are simple; in organic chemistry they are compounds—that is the sole difference."
