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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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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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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

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There is a continuum of values between the churches and the general community. What distinguishes the handling of these values in the churches is mainly the heavier dosage of religious vocabulary involved. ↗

— Peter L. Berger

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Ardor, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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I've learned, I think, to be able to distinguish between the necessary and the unnecessary as far as my limited outside time is concerned. Saying "no" politely is a necessity if one wants to lead any kind of stable life. ↗

— Richard Chamberlain

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The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all. ↗

— John Updike

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It's very important to be able to distinguish the actors from the characters they play. ↗

— Emily VanCamp

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What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

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In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished honor of visiting a President for the first time. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

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