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A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

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What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs. ↗

— Henry Miller

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Yet another thing Canadians and Europeans have in common is an obsession with the United States, and with distinguishing themselves from it, often by crude stereotyping. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

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The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals. ↗

— William Osler

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Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at all seasons, madam: that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals. ↗

— Pierre Beaumarchais

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Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from beasts. ↗

— Heywood Broun

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Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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I've learned, I think, to be able to distinguish between the necessary and the unnecessary as far as my limited outside time is concerned. Saying "no" politely is a necessity if one wants to lead any kind of stable life. ↗

— Richard Chamberlain

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The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all. ↗

— John Updike

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