#distinguishing

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

— John Ruskin

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I know that one of the distinguishing things was I looked like I could hold a gun, even though I'd never held one before and I'm physically able to do the martial arts and all that stuff. ↗

— Yvonne Strahovski

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Circumstances give in reality to every political principle, its distinguishing colour, and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind. ↗

— David Trimble

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Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one. ↗

— Diogenes

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I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive. ↗

— Nora Ephron

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In a government whose distinguishing characteristic should be a diffusion and equalization of its benefits and burdens the advantage of individuals will be augmented at the expense of the community at large. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

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Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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I need a teacher quite as much as Helen. I know the education of this child will be the distinguishing event of my life, if I have the brains and perseverance to accomplish it. ↗

— Anne Sullivan Macy

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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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I had trouble distinguishing art from life. I don't now, and I feel much better! ↗

— Donald Fagen

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