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• Well, I think most people understand that there's a big difference between who you are and who, you know, you play.

  Christina Ricci

  Thinking, Play, People

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• The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even where geniuses are equal.

  Samuel Richardson

  Men, Giving, Genius

  Samuel Richardson (1755). “A collection of the moral and instructive sentiments, maxims, cautions, and reflexions, contained in the histories of Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison: Digested under proper heads, with references to the volume, ...”, p.5

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• Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.

  Alan Rickman

  Book, Making A Difference, Stage Actors

  "Alan Rickman on 'Nobel Son'". Interview with Aaron Hillis, www.ifc.com. December 04, 2008.

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• Europe will not accept genetically modified foods. It doesn't make any difference in the final analysis what Brussels does, what Washington does, or what the World Trade Organization does.

  Jeremy Rifkin

  Europe, Organization, Gmos

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• I always love it when I hear back from kids who say they discovered Percy Jackson and now wear their learning difference as a badge of honour.

  Rick Riordan

  Kids, Badges, Honour

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• I can't promise that every child with learning differences will become a novelist, but I do think all children can become lifelong readers.

  Rick Riordan

  Children, Thinking, Promise

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• I am cheerful. I don't know if I'm happy. There is a difference, you know.

  Tom Robbins

  Cheerful, Knows, Ifs

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• A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.

  Will Rogers

  Funny, Sarcastic, Horse

  "Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Roosevelt Years, 1933-1935".

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• The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is that the Democrat is a cannibal, they live off each other, while the Republicans live off the Democrats.

  Will Rogers

  Humorous, Political, Politics

  "Will Rogers Speaks". Over 1000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers And Writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers...,

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• The only difference between me and others is that they think they can change something with cute little poems, nice cards or embracing trees and being nice to little lapdogs.

  Henry Rollins

  Cute, Nice, Thinking

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• Multiple Sclerosis is obviously close to my heart and I'm determined to make a difference in the lives of people who suffer from the disease by raising the profile of MS, as well as raising funds for advocacy and research.

  Ann Romney

  Heart, People, Suffering

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• I went to Massachusetts to make a difference. I didn't go there to begin a political career running time and time again. I made a difference. I put in place the things I wanted to do.

  Mitt Romney

  Running, Careers, Romance

  New Hampshire Republican presidential debate sponsored by Meet the Press and Facebook, www.washingtonpost.com. January 8, 2011.

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• People of different faiths, like yours and mine, sometimes wonder where we can meet in common purpose, when there are so many differences in creed and theology. Surely the answer is that we can meet in service.

  Mitt Romney

  Common Purpose, People, Different

  "To Largest Crowd Yet, Romney Speaks Of Faith". Interview with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. May 13, 2012.

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• You know, my dad served in the President's Cabinet after his time as a governor. He told me he enjoyed being governor a lot more. Now, I understand why. If I do my job well, I can make a difference in people's lives and I can help our children realize their dreams.

  Mitt Romney

  Dream, Jobs, Children

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• The average bright young man who is drafted hates the whole business because an army always tries to eliminate the individual differences in men.

  Andy Rooney

  Hate, Army, Men

  Andrew A. Rooney (2010). “Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit”, p.89, PublicAffairs

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• I think one of the major differences between Wonder Woman and Jessica Jones is that Wonder Woman is iconic and much better known, so you get into a lot of ridiculous expectations, like what's her costume going to look like? Well, nobody knows who Jessica Jones is, except for fangirls and boys.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Boys, Thinking, Expectations

  "Twilight Scribe Melissa Rosenberg On Sopranos-esque Penoza and Jessica Jones vs. Wonder Woman". Interview with Jen Yamato, movieline.com. November 17, 2011.

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• Despite our differences, I know that both Republicans and Democrats love America.

  Marco Rubio

  America, Republican, Democrat

  "Rubio: Obama 'obsessed' with tax hikes, spending that will hurt middle class" by Donovan Slack, www.politico.com. February 12, 2013.

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• Human beings, you see, do absolutely two primary things. We see like and unlike. Like becomes, in literature, simile and metaphor. Unlike becomes uniqueness and difference, from which I believe, the novel is born.

  Salman Rushdie

  Believe, Two, Literature

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• The difference between memoir and autobiography, as far as I see it, is that a memoir is there primarily to tell one particular story, whereas an autobiography tries to be a full account of a life.

  Salman Rushdie

  Trying, Stories, Memoir

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• Mitt Romney and I know the difference between protecting a program, and raiding it. Ladies and gentlemen, our nation needs this debate. We want this debate. We will win this debate.

  Paul Ryan

  Winning, Gentleman, Needs

  Republican National Convention VP Nomination Acceptance, delivered 29 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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• In our interconnected world, we must learn to feel enlarged, not threatened, by difference - that is what I have argued.

  Jonathan Sacks

  World, Feels, Threatened

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• Washington couldn't tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth, and Reagan couldn't tell the difference.

  Mort Sahl

  Lying, Apology, Demise

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• I don't pretend there aren't biological differences, but I don't believe the desire for leadership is hardwired biology, not the desire to win or excel. I believe that it's socialization, that we're socializing our daughters to nurture and our boys to lead.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Daughter, Believe, Winning

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• Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the town over for years and years.

  Carl Sandburg

  Years, Cities, Insulting

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• The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.

  James Thurber

  Apathy, Comedy, Decadence

  The Observer, February 05, 1961.

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