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It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summary rejection by some general order, and the denial of the right of petition. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

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He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be victimized by it. ↗

— Andrea Dworkin

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I try to distinguish my characters from each other. ↗

— Lucy Liu

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It is common to distinguish necessaries, comforts, and luxuries; the first class including all things required to meet wants which must be satisfied, while the latter consist of things that meet wants of a less urgent character. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

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Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want to know more about them. To me, that is what distinguishes good designers from bad designers. ↗

— Alexander McQueen

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I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

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The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; and different beliefs are distinguished by the different modes of action to which they give rise. ↗

— Charles Sanders Peirce

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Admittedly, scientific authority is not distributed evenly throughout the body of scientists; some distinguished members of the profession predominate over others of a more junior standing. ↗

— Michael Polanyi

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People find ideas a bore because they do not distinguish between live ones and stuffed ones on a shelf. ↗

— Ezra Pound

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