I don't believe that anybody has come to a conclusion on why something is funny. It's funny because it's ridiculous and it's ridiculous for different reasons at different times.
It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well.
A lot of people in spiritual life use the awareness of difference, and the spiritual glorification of difference, as a justification to indulge in that which is ultimately unreal.
The task of a priest, in some respects, may be different today, but the principles upon which Herbert built his life as a priest are of universal application.
It's the same as any role and I find that you can't lump characters together; because they all have different life experiences, different reasons for being the way they are.
I am a firm believer that you can make a difference in someone's life - whether they're thousands of miles away, or on your own block.
When suffering happens, it forces us to confront life in a different way than we normally do.
There's nothing more addictive or incredible in life than reinventing yourself and allow yourself to be different every day.
Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.
I would love for people to be able to think of me as a guy who stood up for what he believed in and helped make a difference for the vets.
I love traveling around promoting different movies because I'm always looking at different places, and I always walk around to see the city.
I love radio, and I haven't done it - other than the actual 'Doctor Who' - for so long now. It takes a different kind of discipline and a different kind of enjoyment, really.
Far too many people hunger and hope for different outcomes, but never willing to do things differently.
I'm appealing to people who want something different, but the world, on the whole, doesn't really embrace different things. Not on the whole.
The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; and different beliefs are distinguished by the different modes of action to which they give rise.
Over the next four years, I will continue to listen to different views and accept different suggestions.
I wake up every day feeling like today's the day to make a difference. I never question the correctness of what I'm doing or the need for it.
Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.
Turning up our light in the presence of those whose light is dim becomes the difference that makes the difference.
The panic of the Depression loosened my inhibitions against being different. I could be myself.
As a writer, I challenge myself not to tell the same story - to tackle different characters with different issues.
