#differences

The philosophical idea that there are no more distances, that we are all just one world, that we are all brothers, is such a drag! I like differences. ↗

— Brian Eno

#differences #distances #drag #i #idea

Also, differences of opinion can be creatively stimulating as well as frustrating. ↗

— Jim Coleman

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People have been killing because of racial differences since the time of Adam and Eve, but in this country racism has been primarily aimed at African Americans. ↗

— Bob Cousy

#african #african americans #aimed #because #been

The differences between the sexes are the single most important fact of human society. ↗

— George Gilder

#differences #fact #human #human society #important

It was becoming more and more evident that Salem was a town that celebrated individuality, a real live-and-let-live kind of place. Melody felt a gut punch of regret. Her old nose would have fit in here. "Look!" She pointed at the multicolored car whizzing by. Its black door were from a Mercedes coupe, the white hood from a BMW; the silver trunk was Jaguar, the red convertible top was Lexus, the whitewall tires were Bentley, the sound system was Bose, and the music was classical. A hood ornament from each model dangled from the rear view mirror. Its license plate appropriately read MUTT. "That car looks like a moving Benton ad." "Or a pileup on Rodeo drive." Candace snapped a picture with her iPhone and e-mailed to her friends back home. They responded instantly with a shot of what they were doing. It must have involved the mall because Candace picked up her pace and began asking anyone under the age of fifty where the cool people hung out. ↗

— Lisi Harrison

#differences #individual #new-town #plastic-surgery #regrets

It’s hard to be different,” Scarborough said. “And perhaps the best answer is not to tolerate differences, not even to accept them. But to celebrate them. Maybe then those who are different would feel more loved, and less, well, tolerated. ↗

— Bill Konigsberg

#inspirational-attitude #attitude

Marriage is what you make of it, and God has many versions of what that looks like based on what different souls need, in order to grow. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#different #divorce #everyone-is-different #experiences #love

We were very different, and we disagreed about a lot of things, but he was always so interesting, you know? ↗

— John Green

#love #love

The difference between men and women is this--if you catch a woman butt-naked, she tries to cover the private parts with her hands. A man will sit there just like you found him even if he doesn't have much to be proud of. ↗

— Deb Baker

#differences #embarassment #indifference #men #mentality

Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

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