#distinct

Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality. ↗

— Harlan Stone

#because #between #citizens #distinctions #doctrine

Pure mathematics is on the whole distinctly more useful than applied. For what is useful above all is technique, and mathematical technique is taught mainly through pure mathematics. ↗

— G. H. Hardy

#applied #distinctly #mainly #mathematical #mathematics

I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience. ↗

— Audrey Hepburn

#career #distinction #each #experience #hold

Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of distinct ideas. ↗

— George Eliot

#had #harold #him #ideas #impressions

I think it's particularly a distinctively American concept that resonates with American culture through biker culture. A motorcycle is an independent thing. You're like, 'I don't want to ride in a car with this person. I want to be independent and ride by myself. But, let's ride in a group. Let's be independent, together.' ↗

— Ryan Hurst

#american culture #car #concept #culture #distinctively

We must consider the distinctive characters and the general nature of plants from the point of view of their morphology , their behavior under external conditions, their mode of generation, and the whole course of their life. ↗

— Theophrastus

#characters #conditions #consider #course #distinctive

IRS is very poorly equipped to make a distinction between what is a religion and what is not. ↗

— Lawrence Wright

#distinction #equipped #irs #make #poorly

I never realized that life could be as difficult for a beautiful woman as it is for a plain one,” he said. “Life can be difficult for everyone,” she replied. “Misery makes no distinction between prince and pauper. ↗

— Patricia Grasso

#life #misery #beauty

This African American Vernacular English shares most of its grammar and vocabulary with other dialects of English. But it is distinct in many ways, and it is more different from standard English than any other dialect spoken in continental North America. ↗

— William Labov

#african american #america #american #any #continental

I feel as though we're living in a time where there is very little distinction paid between the personal and the professional. ↗

— Wentworth Miller

#distinction #feel #i #i feel #little