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  • there’s really nowhere else I can go, and even if there were, it wouldn’t make a difference because I’d just be running from myself, and you can’t do that no matter how hard you try, and trying hard is what got you in this predicament in the first place.

    Pete Wentz, James Montgomery (2013). “Gray”, p.5, Simon and Schuster
  • I know it sounds trite but I wanted to make a difference. Political debates with my father had been fraught because he was uncompromising and explosive but if he taught me one thing it was to air my views.

    Father   Air   Views  
  • If you were to ask me what I want to do - I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.

    "Lady Gaga: Lording it" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. May 13, 2011.
  • I am about to stop being a get-along kind of guy and turn into somebody who makes a difference.

    James Howe (2011). “The Misfits”, p.135, Simon and Schuster
  • No obstacle is so big that one person with determination can't make a difference.

    Twitter post from Dec 15, 2016
  • I think at some point [Big Pun] really wanted to be a singer as well. He would call me at 3 or 4 in the morning and say "Yo Twin, sing something for me!". That's the type of love Big Pun had for me. He had this faith and belief and he expressed it many times. It was overwhelming for me. I think that he honestly believed I was going to make a difference in the game.

    Source: youknowigotsoul.com
  • However, I think that sometimes when shows do, you know, have a good season or a bad season, it comes down to something as simple as the crop of contestants that year, and do they break through in a way that makes the audience excited. Those are the kinds of things that tend to make a difference, more so than tweaks to the format and that sort of stuff, as much as we, obviously, would all like to try to assume that it's in our power.

    Simple   Thinking   Years  
    "Reality Check: Dan Cutforth On What Keeps ‘Top Chef’ Sharp, Cutting Through The Clutter & What’s Next". Interview with Dominic Patten, deadline.com. June 16, 2014.
  • Be the compromise you want to see in the world.

  • I'm very involved in my business and with my family and my friends. I don't play the social world very much, and not to promote my product. I do it for the philanthropic problems because there I feel that I'm making a difference, and that I'm helping. So I do it in a soulful way.

    "Donna Karan on Meditation, Fashion - and Love". Interview with Mayu Saini, wwd.com. March 28, 2016.
  • I believe deeply that every one of us has an individual talent or trait that can be used to make a difference in some way.

  • Do excellent work for Christ. So that's my heart. It's always been. And I want to be the best I can be. I want to make a difference in my generation.

  • The greatest advantage of being First Lady is the opportunity it presents to truly make a difference on issues of great importance.

  • I mean, I enjoy my work as an actor. But to make a difference in people's lives through advocacy and through supporting research - that's the kind of privilege that few people will get, and it's certainly bigger than being on TV every Thursday for half an hour.

  • Understanding what is going on in the world today inspires me in a negative sense because there's so much about it that I don't like - political stupidity, environmental degradation, etc. And that makes me want to change it, to make a difference in the world.

    Source: www.sfsignal.com
  • There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

    "Vesalius in Zante (1564)" st. 12 (1902)
  • Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

    Twitter post from May 26, 2010
  • Successful leaders don't start out asking, 'What do I want to do?' They ask, 'What needs to be done?' Then they ask, 'Of those things that would make a difference, which are right for me?'

    "'What Needs to Be Done', Peter Drucker On Leadership". Interview with Rich Karlgaard in Forbes magazine, November 19, 2004.
  • There is a huge difference between being tolerant and tolerating intolerance

  • I managed because of my mother. I managed because I'm strong. I managed the same way every other abuse survivor survives, you just do. So many people have been abused, it's not rare, it's a very common human experience, and we survive. Also, my music plays a big role in my thriving. Having an outlet, it really makes a difference.

    Mother   Strong   Play  
    Source: www.ebony.com
  • I learned in my four decades in Washington that one person can make a difference.

  • I don't see how you can grow as a world without being able to get along with people. So many people is hating out there and it's not making a difference.

    "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • Live today the way you want to be remembered tomorrow.

  • My husband believes that he can make a difference. He loves people.

    "The Pilgrimage Of Jesse Jackson". "Frontline", www.pbs.org.
  • None of those other things makes a difference. Love is the strongest thing in the world, you know. Nothing can touch it. Nothing comes close. If we love each other we're safe from it all. Love is the biggest thing there is.

    David Guterson (2009). “Snow Falling on Cedars”, p.109, A&C Black
  • It's not true that voting doesn't make a difference. To check out is political suicide. This is especially true for our young black artists. You don't want to inadvertently end up doing someone's bidding.

    Source: www.guernicamag.com
  • Life is a mission, not a career. A career is a profession, a mission is a cause. A career asks, What's in it for me? A mission asks, How can I make a difference?

    Sean Covey (2014). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens”, p.102, Simon and Schuster
  • We're the ones who can make a difference. If we lead lives where we consciously leave the lightest possible ecological footprints, if we buy the things that are ethical for us to buy and don't buy the things that are not, we can change the world overnight.

  • If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito.

    "Bloody Wonderful: Goodbye, Anita Roddick" by Brooke Shelby Biggs, www.motherjones.com. September 11, 2007.
  • I cannot change you. I cannot change other people. So I have decided to put all of my energy where I have the most leverage , where I know I can make a difference. Instead of being upset that this world is not populated the way I want it to be populated, I have decided to become the citizen that I want the world to be populated with. That's how I create the vision.

    Source: www.douglasgillies.com
  • If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden and terrific mortality in the world.

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