Smiling makes a huge difference. A lot of people walk the red carpet and try to be sexy. I don’t do that; I always smile.
Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one’s ideas, to take a calculated risk – and to act.
In our interconnected world, we must learn to feel enlarged, not threatened, by difference – that is what I have argued.
If you can find ways to give people hope that they can achieve something or make a difference, then there’s an opportunity for something good to happen.
To me, age doesn’t make a difference in terms of how playful or fun life can be.
It is a great deal of difference to receive an honorary title or a title in his profession.
Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
Most performers take themselves too seriously. They forget there is a difference between the characters they play on the screen or stage and themselves, but the public doesn’t forget there is a difference. They see how silly it is if you try to be the same person all the time.
There might be a lot of difference between Republicans and Democrats on key social issues like women’s rights and health care. But when it comes to taking corporate cash, they’re pretty much the same beast.
Knowing is not understanding. There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it.
Now I know the difference between a rousing reception and a pat on the back. Now I know the difference between a gold in Commonwealth Games and a bronze in Olympics.
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.
What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people’s lives.
I think I have made a difference. I have meant a lot to my people. I have done well. They are proud of me. And that was the main focus. I was doing it for my people, the people who support me.
All that time I spent chasing Yale was time I could have been using to actually make a difference in the world. Bravery, not perfection, was the key that unlocked all the doors I’ve walked through since.
Marvin Gaye was the ultimate ladies’ man and a big part of that was the way he dressed. If you’re having trouble getting ladies, step your suit game up and see the difference. Walk into a bar in a tailored suit and I guarantee every girl will check you out.
The pope’s instruction for priests to forgive may mean, in some cases, the difference between a woman staying in the Catholic Church or leaving for a more understanding and empowering church nearby.
The difference between life and the movies is that a script has to make sense, and life doesn’t.
I think that’s one of the things that has always put me in kind of an odd niche. It’s that all of my understanding of orchestral music is via film, not via classical music like it’s supposed to be. To me it’s the same, it doesn’t make any difference.
There’s a difference between a rumor and a lie.
It doesn’t make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something has been said. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.
There is a difference between being self-interested and being selfish. I will never be selfish.
Everything in high school seems like the most important thing that’s ever happened in your life. It’s not. You’ll get out of high school and you never see those people again. All the people who torment and press you won’t make a difference in your life in the long haul.
At Cornell University, my professor of European literature, Vladimir Nabokov, changed the way I read and the way I write. Words could paint pictures, I learned from him. Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
A good mind should tell the difference between noise and music.
So the difference between goalkeepers and outfielders is the little, tiny, minute details which are the difference and when they go against you, they are really glaring and they will be spotted.
Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.
For kids growing up now, there’s no difference watching ‘Avatar’ on an iPad or watching YouTube on TV or watching ‘Game of Thrones’ on their computer. It’s all content. It’s just story.
There’s a difference between standing up and telling people what you’re planning to do and standing up and going and accomplishing something.
There is a great advantage in training under unfavorable conditions. It is better to train under bad conditions, for the difference is then a tremendous relief in a race.
In advertising, you have a small window to say the most you can. That’s what songwriting is. The difference is, you get to put the leaves on the trees and colour ’em in.
When you’re a kid, you have these big ideas and these big dreams to make a change, or maybe you feel like you can’t make a difference.
It sounds so trite to say I make a difference, but I really feel, especially in a community college, I can make a difference.
There’s a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.
It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa.
Essentially, whoever is successful, whoever is going to do things that make a difference, is going to be talked about.
The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.
Anybody who gives away money is mostly looking at things where they think they can make a difference. I’m trying to help people who helped me, educational institutions that helped me with scholarships, or organizations that were very useful to me in growing up.
One glass of water doesn’t equal another. One may just appease the thirst, the other you may enjoy thoroughly. In Japan, people know about this difference.
Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don’t.
It is sometimes hard to grasp the difference between identifying with one’s own roots, understanding people with other roots, and judging what is good or bad.
Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem.
I’m just glad I can make a difference in someone’s life.
The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.
The frontier between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking at things.
When you meet the farmers and go to the farms, you see that they treat their animals like they’re family. It makes a big difference.
I saw the real difference between politicians who supported programs like Head Start and those who didn’t. I started getting really excited about politics.
There’s one profound difference between secular and religious pilgrimages. It’s inconceivable that a Muslim would feel a sense of anticlimax when reaching Mecca. But for a secular pilgrim, the potential for disappointment is always there.
When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid.
There is a difference between vulnerability and telling people everything about yourself. Vulnerability is a feeling. Telling everyone about yourself is just facts and details.
When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you’re making a commitment and difference in that person’s life. Encouragement really does make a difference.
Everybody’s looking for the niche to make the difference. Some people think they see the mother lode in the beautiful people, especially the vote of the beautiful women.
My mother was a nurse, and in her era, most diseases weren’t understood; people put mustard plasters on knees and rubbed camphor on your chest if you had a cough and did funny things to you if you had tuberculosis – all these things that really made very little difference once proper treatments were brought in.
The only difference between Compton and other cities is the ZIP Code, you know, and the mindset – it’s just really about challenging people to take ownership of our community.
I wish people would look at me and think, ‘Well, someone like that exists!’ Accept the difference.
There are many harsh lessons to be learned from the gambling experience, but the harshest one of all is the difference between having Fun and being Smart.
People don’t like contemporary art, but all art starts life as contemporary – I can’t really see a difference.
The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.
I have learned the difference between a cactus and a caucus. On a cactus, the pricks are on the outside.
In the past, it was easier to believe in my own effectiveness. If I worked hard, with good colleagues and good ideas, we could make a difference. But now, I sincerely doubt that.
