#difference

There is no essential difference between the material of comedy and tragedy. All depends on the point of view of the dramatist, which, by clever emphasis, he tries to make the point of view of his audience. ↗

— George P. Baker

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I think… that love encompasses the experience of the possible transition from the pure randomness of chance to a state that has universal value. Starting out from something that is simply an encounter, a trifle, you learn that you can experience the world on the basis of difference and not only in terms of identity. And you can even be tested and suffer in the process. In today’s world, it is generally thought that individuals only pursue their own self-interest. Love is an antidote to that. Provided it isn’t conceived only as an exchange of mutual favours, or isn’t calculated way in advance as a profitable investment, love really is a unique trust placed in chance. It takes us into key areas of the experience of what is difference and, essentially, leads to the idea that you can experience the world from the perspective of difference. In this respect it has universal implications: it is an individual experience of potential universality, and is thus central to philosophy, as Plato was the first to intuit. ↗

— Alain Badiou

#difference #identity #love #otherness #philosophy

A fruit salad is delicious precisely because each fruit maintains its own flavor. ↗

— Sean Covey

#fruit-salad #originality #teen

The difference between playing the stock market and the horses is that one of the horses must win. ↗

— Joey Adams

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The one endorsement that makes the most difference is from the constituents in the district. ↗

— Sandy Adams

#difference #district #endorsement #makes #most

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

— Mort Sahl

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Yes, across the board, these gentlemen understand they have the power to make a difference and even educate people to injustices that are occurring in their worlds. ↗

— Alexis Arguello

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I love this country, I love these people, though I can't say I love their politicians. People are always nicer than politicians, but here, you can mark that difference up a hundredfold. ↗

— Paddy Ashdown

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I don't think global warming is to do with us, I think it's a natural circle. I don't think a few Ferraris make that much difference. ↗

— David Bailey

#difference #few #global #global warming #i

My hope is that people will be repulsed by the character's complete lack of ethics and obsession with consumerism - that's what I was saying about the difference between the character's message and the film's message. ↗

— Christian Bale

#between #character #complete #consumerism #difference