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A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

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What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs. ↗

— Henry Miller

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Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at all seasons, madam: that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals. ↗

— Pierre Beaumarchais

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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

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Apparently the new high-tech Star Wars toys will be in stores any day now. The toys can talk and are interactive, so they can be easily distinguished from Star Wars fans. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

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We have within us, from the start, that which will distinguish us from the vulgar herd. ↗

— Jean Henri Fabre

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The 150th anniversary of Penn State will highlight what is important and good about this distinguished institution and the fine people and research that it produces. ↗

— Don Sherwood

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The word liberal distinguishes whatever nourishes the mind and spirit from the training which is merely practical or professional or from the trivialities which are no training at all. ↗

— Alan K. Simpson

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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real. That is my world, you could say. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

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Yet another thing Canadians and Europeans have in common is an obsession with the United States, and with distinguishing themselves from it, often by crude stereotyping. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

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