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One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings inhabiting this globe of earth, consists in the gift of reason. ↗

— William Godwin

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I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead. ↗

— Witold Gombrowicz

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There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism. ↗

— Robert M. Hutchins

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In the perception of a tree we can distinguish the act of experiencing, or perceiving, from the thing experienced, or perceived. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

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Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. ↗

— Steve Jobs

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I further value this gift as it gave me an opportunity to accept this distinguished honor in a country so devoted to this cause and whose history marks a wonderful chapter in world development. ↗

— Frank B. Kellogg

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In a broad systems sense, an organism's environment is indistinguishable from the organism itself. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

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The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it. ↗

— John Ruskin

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The New Testament evinces its universal design in its very, style, which alone distinguishes it from all the literary productions of earlier and later times. ↗

— Philip Schaff

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The economic dimension is very clear. I was at a dinner party, a mother got up, who's a very distinguished scientist, and said she had to get home and help her daughter with her homework. The two waiters, their faces changed. They were working their second jobs, they couldn't get home to help their kids with homework. ↗

— Donna Shalala

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