Quotes about difference
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“People who claim they are motivated by the Purpose end up behaving differently—and generally better—than people who serve other masters.”
“So it is like believing in God.”

“Maybe yes. But without the theology, the scripture, the pigheaded certainty.”
Epilogue (p. 860)
Seveneves (2015), Part Three

Lana Condor photo

“When I was a kid, I honestly never thought about race. I didn't see differences.”

Lana Condor (1997) Vietnamese-American actress

As quoted in "The Real Love Story in To All the Boys I've Loved Before Is Between Lana Condor and Jenny Han" in Glamour (24 August 2018) https://www.glamour.com/story/the-real-love-story-in-to-all-the-boys-ive-loved-before

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“I loved being a temp, because I would just go from office to office and be terrible at a different job for a week.”

John Mulaney (1982) American actor and comedian

The Comeback Kid (2015)

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“In a person, charisma is a quality that makes a difference.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: ​(it) In una persona, il carisma è una qualità che fa la differenza.
Source: prevale.net

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“But as an actor you do want to challenge yourself and step outside what you have done in the past and that what I like to do, I like to jump around and try different things and stretch myself.”

Mary Elizabeth Winstead (1984) American actress and singer

"Exclusive Mary Elizabeth Winstead Interview (Page 2)" in Female First (29 July 2008) https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/movies/Exclusive+Mary+Elizabeth+Winstead+Interview-153677-page2.html

“We must walk together, preserving our culture and identifying but paying respect to difference, to the other person. We can work in a way pleasing to God only while respecting, appreciating and helping each other. Let us walk together!”

Gergely Kovács (1968) archbishop of Alba Iulia

Gergely Kovács, the new Archbishop of Transylvanian Catholics https://transylvanianow.com/this-is-my-diocese-i-am-coming-home-says-new-leader-of-transylvanian-catholics-archbishop-gergely-kovacs/ (February 23, 2020)

“Earth had always operated on a continuous-growth model that requires a poverty class. Sustainable models require productive work by all members and are quite different.”

Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) American fiction writer

Source: The Margarets (2007), Chapter 32, “I Am Gretamara/On Mars” (p. 272)

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“Many creative people have a certain degree of dissatisfaction with the status quo, the established way. If you look at things differently, you are thought of as 'different.”

Jim Henson (1936–1990) American puppeteer

In turn, 'different' people are thought to be 'mad.'
Interview with The Boston Globe (1989)

“What I enjoy most about being an entrepreneur is making a difference. By building a business we create jobs, pay taxes, and build families and communities.”

Nina Vaca businessperson

CEO Spotlight: Nina Vaca https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-ceo/2016/june/nina-vaca-pinnacle-group-ceo/, D Magazine (June 2016)

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“Being honest is difficult. Sincerity has its costs. This is why being honest, makes the difference.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Essere sinceri è difficile. La sincerità ha i suoi costi. Per questo, essere sinceri, fa la differenza.
Source: prevale.net

“Marriage is one of those things where people can have different opinions and it has to be decided at the ballot box and not through the courts. It's about who gets to decide not what should be decided.”

John J. Bursch (1972) American politician

Same-sex marriage case in court: Attorney John Bursch https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2015/04/23/sex-marriage-case-court-attorney-john-bursch/26277577/ (April 23, 2015)

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“Another favorite means of arresting the attention was by modulation; not used in a constructive in different keys, but to furnish the ear with a purely sensuous delight, corresponding to that which the eye derives from the kaleidoscopic colors of a sunset.”

Walter Raymond Spalding (1865–1962) American music pedagogue and author

Pages 164–165 https://books.google.com/books?id=pQARAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA164.
Music: An Art and a Language (1920), The Romantic Composers. Schubert and Weber (Ch. XII)

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“I feel it is really different to be there at a show. It is such a great feeling and I hope that doesn’t die with the Internet as so many other things have. Go out, support those bands, have a beer, listen to some live music and don’t forget about it!”

Allison Robertson (1979) American musician

Round and Round with The Donnas: An Interview with Allison Robertson https://www.iconvsicon.com/2008/03/07/round-and-round-with-the-donnas-an-interview-with-allison-robertson/ (7 March 2008)

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“One of the ironies in social climbing is that if you are successful, your children will ultimately belong to a different class from yours. There is something sad in that this was your ambition, yet if you achieve it, you have in a sense alienated yourself from your own children.”

Julian Fellowes (1949) English actor, dramatist, director, novelist, producer and screenwriter

Q&A with Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes https://britishheritage.com/interviews/downton-abbey-julian-fellowes (July 22, 2021)

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“The college must educate for a changing world ... about which we know only that it will be different from anything of which we have now had experience.”

Marion Edwards Park (1875–1960) President of Bryn Mawr College

Marion Edwards Park, 1933, [Marion Edward Park 1922-1942, http://www.brynmawr.edu/president/MarionEdwardsPark1922-1942.html, Bryn Mawr College, 25 April 2013, dead, https://web.archive.org/web/20130416021726/http://www.brynmawr.edu/president/MarionEdwardsPark1922-1942.html, 16 April 2013]

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“Most things around are very similar in every respect, the music and the way people look. In order to be in a band, you have to have certain colors in your hair—still! Our image is striking because it is different, not because it is particularly outstanding.”

Sade Adu (1959) English singer-songwriter

On the appeal of her band in “Sade: Our 1985 Interview” https://www.spin.com/featured/sade-diamond-life-interview-may-1985/ in SPIN (2019 Jul 20)
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“I imagined the structure of the novel like a braid. My job was to blend three strands evenly and neatly. Each piece of the braid represented one of the stories. The characters were very different but they had something in common: they were emotionally wounded by events of their past.”

Isabel Allende (1942) Chilean writer

On her work In the Midst of Winter in “INTERVIEWS: Isabel Allende” https://bookpage.com/interviews/21986-isabel-allende-fiction#.XajuoPlKjcs in BookPage (2017 Oct 31)

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“Sports brings people together. People in all of our countries are tired of ideological differences, of going back into the past all the time.”

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (1968) President of Croatia

"AP Interview: Croatian leader says Trump, Putin key to peace" in Associated Press https://apnews.com/article/7a9da0dd58174bca9a02c9f4d12595bd (15 July 2018)

“When I was growing up, the pain was so sharp, it was like I’d been cut by a knife. As I get older, the pain is different, it is deep in there and stays there.”

Phan Thi Kim Phuc (1963) Child depicted in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken during the Vietnam War on June 8, 1972

"Kim Phuc, the napalm girl: 'Love is more powerful than any weapon'" in Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/kim-phuc-the-napalm-girl-love-is-more-powerful-than-any-weapon-1.2661740 (28 May 1996)

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“Do not be quick in giving fatwa (religious verdict) but exercise restraint in managing your differences of opinions. Such differences shouldn’t be vehicle for the spread of hatred and disunity among the people.”

Salah Al Budair (1971) Imaam at Masjid al-Nabawi

Spilling of innocent blood is against Islam – Saudi Imam https://www.pressreader.com/nigeria/daily-trust/20160330/281616714503807 (30th Mar 2016)

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“And so my belief and my view of these protests is that they are different because they are marked by a period that has been deeply personal to millions of Americans and residents of the United States, and that has them more tender or sensitive to what is going on.”

Opal Tometi (1984) Nigerian–American writer, strategist and community organizer

A Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Explains Why This Time Is Different, By Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, (3 June 2020)

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“It's so hard to be a stranger in a strange land. I don't think most people understand how difficult it is to leave behind what you know and come to a country where everything about you is considered "different."”

Imbolo Mbue (1982) Cameroonian writer

On being a stranger in “Oprah Talks to Behold the Dreamers Author Imbolo Mbue” http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/oprahs-book-club-imbolo-mbue-interview-august-2017-o-magazine#ixzz65IgPILHu in O Magazine

“Idle wishing for circumstances different from what you had was a waste of time.”

Source: The Heritage Universe, Resurgence (2002), Chapter 20, “Tally on Down” (p. 245)

“Trouble comes in a thousand different ways. Not usually anything you expect, either. That’s why it’s trouble.”

Source: The Heritage Universe, Convergence (1997), Chapter 13 (p. 381)

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“I feel that now I can’t always reach an understanding with someone, especially with people of an older generation. I find it difficult in this situation, because they think differently. Naturally, people cannot think alike, but they must understand each other. That's why they are people.”

Viktor Tsoi (1962–1990) Soviet rock musician (1962-1990)

As quoted in an interview with newspaper Youth of Estonia (1988), " 'Almost everyone can forgive us for honesty': the rules of life of Viktor Tsoi, who passed away 29 years ago" in Forum Daily https://www.forumdaily.com/en/nam-za-chestnost-mogut-prostit-prakticheski-vse-pravila-zhizni-viktora-coya-ushedshego-29-let-nazad/ (15 August 2019)

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“Twenty years ago, we all found in different ways, in different places, but all at the same moment, that our lives would be changed forever.”

George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States

2020's, Speech during a 9/11 commemoration at the Flight 93 National Memorial

“[I]t would be unfortunate if, for all the talk of celebrating differences and diversity, we ultimately came to insist that justice requires sameness.”

Source: Not Biology or Culture Alone: Response to El-Hout et al. (2021) (with Lewis G. Halsey; 2021), p. 5

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“No one can predict the future exactly, but we know two things: it’s going to be different, and it must be rooted in today’s world.”

Peter Thiel (1967) American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and hedge fund manager

Source: ZERO to ONE

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“Erotica is as different from pornography as love is from rape, as dignity is from humiliation, as partnership is from slavery, as pleasure is from pain.”

Gloria Steinem (1934) American feminist and journalist

Erotica and Pornography: A Clear and Present Difference. Ms. November 1978, p. 53. & Pornography—Not Sex but the Obscene Use of Power. Ms. August 1977, p. 43. Both retrieved November 16, 2014.

Jet Li photo

“I think the most important is when I was young, I learnt martial arts, that is my special key. I can use my unique martial arts in the film. But after a few years, I really want to do something different... like using martial arts to talk about peace.”

Jet Li (1963) Chinese martial artist and actor

As quoted in Jet Li Interview Transcript https://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/01/29/talkasia.li.script/ in CNN (January 29, 2003)

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“We all have different aspects of ourselves, and who we are to different people in our lives, at different stages of our lives.”

Lulu Wang (1983) Asian-American filmmaker

As quoted in "The Farewell writer-director Lulu Wang on the joys of laughing at human nature" in The Verge (17 July 2019) https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/17/20696611/the-farewell-writer-director-lulu-wang-interview-awkwafina

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“Poems have helped me figure out a lot about queer sexuality – it is a big hill to climb. The ability to transform myself in poetry helps me imagine myself differently in the real world.”

Danez Smith American poet

On how poetry has given him insight into his sexuality in “‘Every poem is political’: Danez Smith, the YouTube star shaking up poetry” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/28/danez-smith-interview-poetry-dont-call-us-dead-dear-white-america in The Guardian (2018 Jan 28)

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“Science books go out of date. We throw the old one away when a newer one comes out, when we have new theories. But we don't throw away our old data; we merely interpret them differently. New theories try to account for old data (and new data) in new ways.”

Guy Consolmagno (1952) American Jesuit, Catholic Priest, research astronomer and planetary scientist at the Vatican Observatory.

[Consolmagno, Guy, Mueller, Paul, https://www.google.com/books?id=lf5vDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA16, 9780804136952, Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial?: And Other Questions from the Astronomers' In-Box at the Vatican Observatory, 16, 2014, Image]

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“I have not stopped wishing for the renewal of our former ties, for I believe that slight differences in procedure are not enough to destroy our common principles, purposes, and feelings.”

Marcelo H. del Pilar (1850–1896) Filipino writer, lawyer, and journalist (1850-1896)

Marcelo H. del Pilar to José Rizal (20 July 1892)

Thao Nguyen photo

“The album was the creation of a space where all of the different lives I’ve led. My life has been really divided and this was a place where I could finally gather them all up and they would be in one place. So that my professional life and personal life exist together.”

Thao Nguyen (1984) American singer-songwriter

On the message of her music album Temple in "DIVA chats to Thao Nguyen all about her new record, coming out to the world and Zoom music video magic" in Diva (29 May 2020) https://divamag.co.uk/2020/05/29/music-an-interview-with-thao-nguyen/

Chulpan Khamatova photo

“I would probably say that music is one of the most expressive art forms for me. Of course, I don’t perform professionally, though it does play a huge role: it helps me think differently and want to go on living.”

Chulpan Khamatova (1975) Russian actress

As quoted in "An interview with Chulpan Khamatova" in Mariinsky Theatre (28 February 2012) https://www.mariinsky.ru/en/news1/interview1/interview_with_chulpan_khamatova/

Youn Yuh-jung photo

“We are all human beings—the same human beings. Don’t categorize that you are yellow, you are white, you are Black, and white is better than yellow or Black or any other skin color. That’s stupid things to compare. We are all different and beautiful.”

Youn Yuh-jung (1947) South Korean actress

Max, Gao, ‘Minari’ Actress Youn Yuh-Jung Knows the Awards “Mean Nothing to Me”, Observer, 2021-02-15, 2021-06-08 https://observer.com/2021/02/youn-yuh-jung-interview-minari/,

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Constance Wu photo

“Specificity is what makes good storytelling, and good storytelling is what makes money, and making money is then what encourages new producers to invest in different stories about Asians.”

Constance Wu (1982) American actress

As quoted in "Fresh Off the Boat Star: I Don't Need to Represent Every Asian Mom Ever" in Time Magazine (10 February 2015) https://time.com/3696111/fresh-off-the-boat-constance-wu/

George Pell photo

“Ultimately there's one judgement that’s supremely important and that's before the good God when you die. Now if I had thought that death was the end of everything, that the ultimately important thing was my earthly reputation, well obviously my approach would have been different.”

George Pell (1941–2023) Australian Catholic cardinal and convicted sex offender

In EWTN interview, Cardinal Pell discusses acquittal, Vatican finances https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/46976/in-ewtn-interview-cardinal-pell-discusses-acquittal-vatican-finances (December 21, 2020)

Song Kang-ho photo

“The main reason for choosing a project is not really the renown of the director that's making the project. I feel like it's the fact of an actor to constantly want to do different things.”

Song Kang-ho (1967) South Korean actor

As quoted in "Song Kang Ho and Ko Asung Talk SNOWPIERCER, Working with Director Bong Joon Ho, Reuniting to Play Father and Daughter & Working with Hollywood Stars" in Collider (28 June 2014) https://collider.com/song-kang-ho-ko-asung-snowpiercer-interview/

Lana Condor photo

“I love educating myself on different cultures' dishes and foods that are important and celebrated within that culture. I also think food brings people together. It's unifying!”

Lana Condor (1997) Vietnamese-American actress

"How Lana Condor Unwinds at Home After a Long Day" (4 February 2019) https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/how-lana-condor-unwinds-at-home-after-long-day

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“Prison is a society within a society. It’s a reflection of life in the streets. The jargon may be different, but we think and feel the same as on the streets and we recreate it in prison.”

Miguel Piñero (1946–1988) Puerto Rican writer

As quoted in the book Captive Audience: Prison and Captivity in Contemporary Theatre https://books.google.com/books?id=oEKSAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq about Piñero’s views regarding prison culture

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“I am convinced that it is possible for us to be united by our ideals, instead of divided by our differences.”

Sheyene Gerardi Venezuelan actor and model

Sheyene Gerardi (Sheyene Institute Founder´s letter, published 2020-07-09)

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“The Extraordinary Form speaks, literally (because it is in Latin), and figuratively, a different language; and I think some people who need to can come back to faith through it.”

Fernando Arêas Rifan (1950) Roman Catholic bishop

Tridentine Mass draws international pilgrims to Rome https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/28324/tridentine-mass-draws-international-pilgrims-to-rome (27 October 2013)

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“In Islam, it is an obligation to prepare yourself for defense and to train. This is no different than any nation having its young people train to defend the nation.”

Sulaiman Abu Ghaith (1965) One of Al-Qaeda's official spokesmen

Source: Kronos US v Sulaiman Abu Ghayth Statement https://kronosadvisory.com/Kronos_US_v_Sulaiman_Abu_Ghayth_Statement.1.pdf (1st March 2013)

Adolf Hitler photo

“When National Socialism has ruled long enough, it will no longer be possible to conceive of a form of life different from ours.
In the long run, National Socialism and religion will no longer be able to exist together.”

Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) Führer and Reich Chancellor of Germany, Leader of the Nazi Party

Source: 11-12 July 1941, quoted in Hitler's Table Talk, 1941–1944

Ursula K. Le Guin photo

“The sunlights differ, but there is only one darkness.”

Source: Hainish Cycle, The Dispossessed (1974), Chapter 13

Benjamin Creme photo
HoYeon Jung photo

“I think the emotions that they truly feel within them and what they try to show to others, the mask that they put on, is different.”

HoYeon Jung (1994) South Korean model, actress

Source: "“Squid Game” Star Hoyeon Jung on Her Rapid Rise, BLACKPINK’s Jennie, and What’s Next" in Teen Vogue https://www.teenvogue.com/story/squid-game-star-hoyeon-jung-interview (6 October 2021)

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