#whereas

The essential quality of an animal is that it seeks its own living, whereas a vegetable has its living brought to it. ↗

— Henry Mayhew

#brought #essential #living #own #quality

It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier. ↗

— Ian Mckellen

#among #assumed #become #foot #gay

In Canada you grow up - we're next to the United States. We're watching whatever you're watching. We're following your news. It's obvious that we are inundated with American cultural information and political information. Whereas the opposite is not true. ↗

— Rick Mercer

#canada #cultural #following #grow #grow up

Mine was an apparent forward movement whereas Burley's was a continuous serpentine movement. ↗

— Archie Moore

#continuous #forward #mine #movement #whereas

When people see an actor speak, they think they know him or her, whereas I'm just a face or a body to them. ↗

— Kate Moss

#body #face #her #him #i

You can spend an entire day walking around in New York, whereas in L.A., it always ends at some point because you have to find a way to get home. ↗

— Carey Mulligan

#around #because #day #ends #entire

Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen. ↗

— Pliny the Elder

#fear #grief #grieve #happen #happened

I definitely think that females have a harder time. It's a lot harder to be a girl because you're always in your head. I've heard my brother go and take it out on the football as he says. Whereas girls would rather sit down and over think things. ↗

— Nikki Reed

#because #brother #definitely #down #females

Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance, whereas in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice. ↗

— David Elkind

#adolescence #chance #childhood #choice #friendships

Whereas you have someone like Houdini, who works really, really hard to get really, really famous, and then has actual intellectual ideas that he puts into the culture that stay there. ↗

— Penn Jillette

#culture #famous #get #hard #houdini