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Perhaps what distinguishes my characters is their courage and spirit and a certain stubbornness which enables them to keep going even when facing a setback. I think this developed organically as I wrote, but also it came out of a desire to portray women as powerful and intelligent forces in the world.

~Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Topics: Also Came Certain Characters Courage Desire Developed Distinguishes Enables Even Facing Forces Going Intelligent Keep Keep Going Organically Out Perhaps Portray Powerful Setback Spirit Stubbornness Them Think Which Women World Wrote I Think

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'Liberal Fascism' is less an expose of left-wing hypocrisy than a chance to exact political revenge. Yet, the title of his book aside, what distinguishes Goldberg from the Sean Hannitys and Michael Savages is a witty intelligence that deals in ideas as well as insults - no mean feat in the nasty world of the culture wars.

~David Oshinsky

Topics: Aside Book Chance Culture Deals Distinguishes Exact Expose Fascism Feat His Hypocrisy Ideas Insults Intelligence Left-Wing Less Liberal Mean Michael Nasty Political Revenge Savages Sean Than Title Wars Well Witty World

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You just have to find that thing that's special about you that distinguishes you from all the others, and through true talent, hard work, and passion, anything can happen.

~Dr. Dre

Topics: About Anything Distinguishes Find Happen Hard Hard Work Just Others Passion Special Talent Thing Through True Work You

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Of all living things, only humans consciously anticipate death; the consequent need to choose how to behave in its face - to worry about how to die - distinguishes us from other animals. The need to manage death is the particular lot of humanity.

~Drew Gilpin Faust

Topics: About Animals Anticipate Behave Choose Death Die Distinguishes Face How Humanity Humans Living Lot Manage Need Only Other Particular Things Us Worry

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One of the things that distinguishes poetry from ordinary speech is that in a very few number of words, poetry captures some kind of deep feeling, and rhythm is the way to get there. Rhythm is the way the poetry carries itself.

~Edward Hirsch

Topics: Captures Carries Deep Distinguishes Feeling Few Get Itself Kind Number One Of The Things Ordinary Poetry Rhythm Some Speech Things Very Way Words

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I became demented overnight. Sudden onset is one factor that distinguishes my form of dementia from the more common form associated with Alzheimer's disease.

~Floyd Skloot

Topics: Alzheimer Associated Became Common Demented Dementia Disease Distinguishes Factor Form More Overnight Sudden

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There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Air Certain Depend Distinguishes Does Elevation Fortune Great Great Things Kind Ourselves Price Seems Set Things Us Which

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A marvellous power of expression over language often distinguishes genius; but Shakespeare in his phrases seems independent of the bonds of language as of the bonds of metre.

~George Edward Woodberry

Topics: Bonds Distinguishes Expression Genius His Independent Language Marvellous Often Over Phrases Power Seems Shakespeare

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The self has the characteristic that it is an object to itself, and that characteristic distinguishes it from other objects and from the body.

~George Herbert Mead

Topics: Body Characteristic Distinguishes Itself Object Objects Other Self

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Data is what distinguishes the dilettante from the artist.

~George V. Higgins

Topics: Artist Data Distinguishes

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