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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
What strikes me is that there's a very fine line between success and failure. Just one ingredient can make the difference.
People can choose between the sweet lie or the bitter truth. I say the bitter truth, but many people don't want to hear it.
The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.
If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
I'm an early riser. I get up between five and six, have coffee, and read for a couple of hours before everyone else gets up.
Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either.
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take... The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. He died in the cause of that effort.
The most difficult thing for me is a portrait. You have to try and put your camera between the skin of a person and his shirt.
The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.
Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.
You don't see any borders between countries from space. That's man-made, and one experiences it only when you return to Earth.
I've always thought the word cow was funny. And cows are sort of tragic figures. Cows blur the line between tragedy and humor.
We are neither anti-urban nor pro-rural. We know there is a gap between urban and rural areas; we are only trying to bridge it.
After forty a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My advice is to keep your face, and stay sitting down.
That's what I'm interested in: the space in between, the moment of imagining what is possible and yet not knowing what that is.
What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom 'to' and freedom 'from.'
The difference between face-to-face conversation and any other medium of communication is simple: No distractions are permitted.
Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations.
I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.
It's a weird dynamic - I guess there is a fine line between hope and sadness. Sometimes you can be feeling both at the same time.
What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Throughout history, we have only moved forward when society has distinguished between traditional values and valueless traditions.
Intellectually, I am already an old man. But in the sensory area, I am still such a child! I shuffle on my bottom between the two.
Porcupine Tree is a band, and it's not up to me where the band goes - it's between the manager, our agent, and the band as a whole.
My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.
There is a close analogy between organic chemistry in its relation to biochemistry and pure mathematics in its relation to physics.
Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.
As Darwin himself was at pains to point out, natural selection is all about differential survival within species, not between them.
When we're splitting our time between a physical and digital world, you have to stay safe online the same way you stay safe offline.
There are so many similarities between a startup venture and a political campaign - the rhythm, the tempo, the hours, the intensity.
Journalism is straying into entertainment. The lines between serious news segments, news entertainment, and news comedy are blurring.
My fascination has been the space between cloth and the body, and using a two-dimensional element to clothe a three-dimensional form.
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.
There is a huge gap between international and domestic cricket. That gap needs to be lessened. Our domestic circuit needs to step up.
The French are true romantics. They feel the only difference between a man of forty and one of seventy is thirty years of experience.
There's a big difference between falling in love and being in love. There's a big difference between infatuation and falling in love.
The difference between what people perceive and what's reality is that, like, I'm not actually shy. I'm just observant. I care a lot.
We need a strong civil society where the connection between different people and groups is firm and vibrant, not brittle and divided.
It goes without saying that when survival is threatened, struggles erupt between peoples, and unfortunate wars between nations result.
The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.
I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure, Jesus Christ.
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.
Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with school or college.
We know that trade, NAFTA, the free and open trade between Canada and the U.S. creates millions of good jobs on both sides of the border.
The Argentine tango is very special to me because it's full of sensuality. The chemistry between the man and woman is absolutely stunning.
It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.