I’m a film maker, not a crusader. I know a film will not change the world. If it can make a difference to a few that’s good enough.
When everything is stripped away in life, everybody is a human being that has problems, that has issues, has flaws, that isn’t perfect. It doesn’t make a difference what your sex is, what your sexual preference is, what your race is or what your background is. If you’re a good person, you’re OK in my book.
When I ask teachers why they teach, they almost always say that it is because they want to make a difference in the lives of children.
I could make a difference.
I believe that young kids have agency and can make a difference in the world.
I chose to go to law school because I thought that someday, somehow I’d make a difference.
In global warming, I think everyone is scratching their heads – are there technological things that can be brought to bear that can make a difference?
I used to feel guilty about having nice things, because there was so much good I could be doing with that money. I always tell people that, if you can afford what I’m wearing, then you can afford to make a difference. But fashion has taught me that it’s not a bad thing to love yourself and take care of yourself.
We can stay in Afghanistan and the Middle East forever, and it won’t make a difference.
Some people think that you have to be the loudest voice in the room to make a difference. That is just not true. Often, the best thing we can do is turn down the volume. When the sound is quieter, you can actually hear what someone else is saying. And that can make a world of difference.
Thanks to ‘I’m Yours,’ I’m probably set for a really long time. The pressure I put on myself, or what I hope my ‘I Won’t Give Up’ does, is to make a difference in people’s lives… With ‘I’m Yours,’ I got to go out and set my feet on different continents, and expose myself to different cultures and causes.
Art and activism seem to go together naturally, the idea being that if you’re an entertainer, you can have a voice, and if you have a voice, you can make a difference. But if I were not an actress, I would still try to extend myself beyond my little micro-universe of my job, family and personal joy.
A player cannot rely only on his name to make a difference but also has to work hard and make things happen on the pitch.
I’m incredibly impressed by people who organize to achieve a goal, and believe that they can make a difference and then go ahead and do just that. I think it’s incredible.
I like candidates who tell me something that is going to make a difference to me.
When I got to be a CEO, I said: ‘Right. I’m now going to tackle gender inequality head-on. I’m going to make a difference and lead by example and actively put in place policies and practices to support women.’
As a young girl growing up in poverty, I know firsthand how much a paycheck from a summer job can make a difference.
There are so many causes that you care about, but one can’t change or take on the world, so one has to really focus on where you feel you can – to use a very overworked phrase – truly try to do something to make a difference.
Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay.
My advice to young wrestlers is that your surroundings really make a difference. You want to put yourself in good, positive surroundings.
There are a lot of studies about small businesses and how they make a difference in their community and create a lot of jobs and values. So we need to focus on small businesses or entrepreneurs who want to start manufacturing or making things.
I know it shouldn’t make a difference, but crossing the dateline, we weren’t sure what day it was – it was very strange. Now, I seem to cope with it better.
Discovering your purpose doesn’t have to be complicated. Look at what you do and why you do it. Is it to support your family? That’s your purpose. Is it to make a difference in your customer’s life? That’s your purpose.
Regardless of whatever I do, I know what my purpose is: to make a difference in people’s lives.
If there’s one perk, it’s being the quarterback of America’s team and being able to make a difference off the field.
If you think about stripping away 80 percent of the things that don’t matter and focusing on the the 20 percent that will actually make a difference, I think you’ll find great results even in the toughest of situations and the harshest of environments.
I think that in the realm of commercial, popcorn cinema, the amount of message or smuggling of ideas you can get in there is quite limited. Like, if you think you’re going to make a difference or change anything, you’re on pretty dangerous thin ice.
I thought I could make a difference, so I ran for office.
I’ve always been interested in politics, and I would like to make a difference in people’s lives.
It’s important that I make a difference in some way. It’s not necessarily how I make a difference, but I want to make sure that I do.
Being in the public eye makes you frightened to talk openly about things – which is precisely why you should. You can really make a difference and open up subjects that are taboo.
I never minded flying cheap. I always said to myself, ‘Taking this flight saves enough money to rescue four dogs, or six cats, or will let me make a difference to the one woman saving chimps in Cameroon.’
I’m just glad I can make a difference in someone’s life.
It doesn’t make a difference what temperature a room is, it’s always room temperature.
If you believe you can make a difference, not just in politics, in public service, in advocacy around all these important issues, then you have to be prepared to accept that you are not going to get 100 percent approval.
I know as an athlete I want to use the platform for good and make a difference in a positive way. I think I can do that, and I want to do that.
Justice Ginsburg is a shining example of how one person can impact our world and truly make a difference. May her memory be a blessing.
Leadership offers an opportunity to make a difference in someone’s life, no matter what the project.
From the moment I became an established international cricketer I always had a strong feeling that I should be doing some ‘good’ while I had that profile, using it to try and make a difference.
A great team relies on its leaders and they have to make a difference at key moments.
For me, it’s more about having fun out there and competing and trying to make a difference in the game in every aspect that I can.
The Almighty has plans for us to make a place so we can go on and make a difference. It all has to do with my faith; I am deeply religious. It goes back to my roots, to my mom and my dad.
I decided very early on that the way to make a difference in my life and in other people’s lives was to give them services and products that are actually for the many and not for the few.
To make a difference, you have to have large aspirations.
I talk to teachers, nurses, police officers, and families nearly every day in North Carolina. Their desire to make a difference inspires me.
Imagine someone with $10 finding a classroom project that speaks to them personally, seeing where their money is going, and realizing that they don’t need to be a millionaire to make a difference.
I want Americans to realize that we are the owners of this country, and that one person can make a difference.
Scholars are deeply gratified when their ideas catch on. And they are even more gratified when their ideas make a difference – improving motivation, innovation, or productivity, for example. But popularity has a price: people sometimes distort ideas and, therefore, fail to reap their benefits.
One man won’t make a difference against sixty.
I didn’t have traditional stage fright. If there was 500 people in the audience or three people in the audience, it didn’t really make a difference. What made a difference was the conductor. Everything that I was scared about as a drummer was him.
I am a woman. I definitely have a woman’s perspective. I’m also a mother, and I think, because of that, I feel responsible to try and make a difference.
I believe that each person can make a difference, but it’s so slight that there’s basically no point.
People always talk about first-ballot Hall of Famer and all that stuff, but it doesn’t really make a difference. Once you get in there, you’re a Hall of Famer. It doesn’t matter if you get in on the first, second or third ballot. It’s the same thing.
I don’t want to make money; I want to make a difference.
If I wanted to make something that actually made a difference roughly in this industry, I would make a documentary. That would be the closest I could come to actually try and make a difference.
We simply must stand with the Boy Scouts and give them the support they need to make a difference in communities across West Virginia.
You don’t have to be a nerd or a programmer or a network engineer to make a difference.
I’m interested in what it means to live in America. I’m interested in the kind of country that we live in and leave our kids. I’m interested in trying to define what that country is. I got the chutzpa or whatever you want to say to believe that if I write a really good about it, it’s going to make a difference.
