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Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions. ↗

— Abbie Hoffman

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I don't think I make much of a distinction between the 'real' and the 'fantastic.' They both seem to be threads in the same cloth as far as I'm concerned. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

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I am for a clear distinction between public and private life. I believe private matters should be regulated in private and I have asked those close to me to respect this. ↗

— Francois Hollande

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I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

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Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind. ↗

— Washington Allston

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Children frequently sing meaningful phrases to themselves over and over again before they learn to make a distinction between singing and saying. ↗

— David Antin

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Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

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The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation. ↗

— Charles Babbage

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When I was a kid, there was no distinction between a movie about old people or young people. It was either funny or not. It was either entertaining or not. It was either exciting or not. It was either thrilling or not. ↗

— Joseph Bologna

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In modern society, where most people live in cities, and where both needs and wishes are absolved through the same remote agency - money - the distinction between wishes and needs has altogether vanished. ↗

— James Buchan

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