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The new currency for distinguishing one’s status versus the next is through what I call ‘moral capital,’. – Leighton Woodhouse	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The local job market performance and supply availability are the clear distinguishing factors driving local home price growth, job growth is positive and should be applauded, but supply restraints are creating unnecessary barriers to ownership opportunities. – Lawrence Yun	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Sometimes kids, even teenagers, have trouble distinguishing between gender stereotypes and gender identity. – Sujatha Ramakrishna	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Distinguishing Polanski is spitting in the face of all victims. It means raping women isn't that bad. – Adele Haenel	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I had an opportunity to work on those things at a place known for being very strong at it and for the kind of training that helps educate for that, and it felt like the missing piece of my education, i wasn't sure consulting was going to be for me for the long term. But I knew that I could grow and do that, and I do think it's, it could be distinguishing relative to people have no business experience at a time where we got to demonstrate that you can be progressive, pro-labor and reasonably knowledgeable about business too. – Pete ButtigiegPete Buttigieg	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Bargaining for health benefits is a distinguishing characteristic that labor unions hold out as an important variable as to why Former Vice President Joe Biden would want to be a union member. – David Brenner	Found on CNN 4 years ago
O'Rourke said.As one of 18 Democrats seeking the 2020 nomination, O'Rourke has tried distinguishing himself from the pack by pointing to his time representing a border district in the US House. Donald Trump. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It definitely has some distinguishing factors, i think we're dealing with a mix of now potential copycats. – Paul Goldenberg	Found on CNN 7 years ago
The war will from now on be conducted everywhere without distinguishing between mountains, valleys and cities. – Cemil Bayik	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
It is legitimate to have an argument about distinguishing terrorists from the Palestinian population, it is completely clear that the more you differentiate, the more your ability to deter is limited. – Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
He's distinguishing himself as somebody who can make things happen and excite the country to bring us back on course. – Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We deplore this decision, which is tantamount to appropriating the use of the Rothschild family name, without any distinguishing element, and adds to confusion between the groups. – The Edmond de Rothschild Group	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The severe defect in his brain made him incapable of distinguishing right from wrong by societal standards. – Raquel Gur	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I really don’t need to spend a lot of energy distinguishing Carly Fiorina from other Republican candidates because everything about me is different. – Carly Fiorina	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The Pakistan army has adhered to its longstanding doctrine of distinguishing between terrorist groups that are engaged in hostilities with it and those who are willing to act as its proxies whether in Afghanistan and India, pakistan ... cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hound. – Vivek Katju	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
As long as there are rich people in the world, they will be desirous of distinguishing themselves from the poor. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau	added by anonymous 9 years ago
Powerful men in particular suffer from the delusion that human beings have no memories. I would go so far as to say that the distinguishing trait of powerful men is the psychotic certainty that people forget acts of infamy as easily as their parents birth – Stephen Vizinczey	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Who could deny that privacy is a jewel? It has always been the mark of privilege, the distinguishing feature of a truly urbane culture. Out of the cave, the tribal teepee, the pueblo, the community fortress, man emerged to build himself a house of his own with a shelter in it for himself and his diversions. Every age has seen it so. The poor might have to huddle together in cities for need's sake, and the frontiersman cling to his neighbors for the sake of protection. But in each civilization, as it advanced, those who could afford it chose the luxury of a withdrawing-place. – Phyllis McGinley	added by anonymous 10 years ago
The distinguishing part of our Constitution is its liberty. To preserve that liberty inviolate seems the particular duty and proper trust of a member of the House of Commons. But the liberty, the only liberty, I mean is a liberty connected with order: that not only exists along with order and virtue, but which cannot exist at all without them. It inheres in good and steady government, as in its substance and vital principle. – Edmund Burke	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Philanthropic people lose all sense of Humanity, it is their distinguishing characteristic. – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey	added by anonymous 13 years ago

The new currency for distinguishing one’s status versus the next is through what I call ‘moral capital,’.

– Leighton Woodhouse

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The local job market performance and supply availability are the clear distinguishing factors driving local home price growth, job growth is positive and should be applauded, but supply restraints are creating unnecessary barriers to ownership opportunities.

– Lawrence Yun

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Sometimes kids, even teenagers, have trouble distinguishing between gender stereotypes and gender identity.

– Sujatha Ramakrishna

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Distinguishing Polanski is spitting in the face of all victims. It means raping women isn't that bad.

– Adele Haenel

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I had an opportunity to work on those things at a place known for being very strong at it and for the kind of training that helps educate for that, and it felt like the missing piece of my education, i wasn't sure consulting was going to be for me for the long term. But I knew that I could grow and do that, and I do think it's, it could be distinguishing relative to people have no business experience at a time where we got to demonstrate that you can be progressive, pro-labor and reasonably knowledgeable about business too.

– Pete ButtigiegPete Buttigieg

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Bargaining for health benefits is a distinguishing characteristic that labor unions hold out as an important variable as to why Former Vice President Joe Biden would want to be a union member.

– David Brenner

Found on CNN
4 years ago

O'Rourke said.As one of 18 Democrats seeking the 2020 nomination, O'Rourke has tried distinguishing himself from the pack by pointing to his time representing a border district in the US House. Donald Trump.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It definitely has some distinguishing factors, i think we're dealing with a mix of now potential copycats.

– Paul Goldenberg

Found on CNN
7 years ago

The war will from now on be conducted everywhere without distinguishing between mountains, valleys and cities.

– Cemil Bayik

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

It is legitimate to have an argument about distinguishing terrorists from the Palestinian population, it is completely clear that the more you differentiate, the more your ability to deter is limited.

– Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

He's distinguishing himself as somebody who can make things happen and excite the country to bring us back on course.

– Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We deplore this decision, which is tantamount to appropriating the use of the Rothschild family name, without any distinguishing element, and adds to confusion between the groups.

– The Edmond de Rothschild Group

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The severe defect in his brain made him incapable of distinguishing right from wrong by societal standards.

– Raquel Gur

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I really don’t need to spend a lot of energy distinguishing Carly Fiorina from other Republican candidates because everything about me is different.

– Carly Fiorina

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The Pakistan army has adhered to its longstanding doctrine of distinguishing between terrorist groups that are engaged in hostilities with it and those who are willing to act as its proxies whether in Afghanistan and India, pakistan ... cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hound.

– Vivek Katju

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

As long as there are rich people in the world, they will be desirous of distinguishing themselves from the poor.

– Jean-Jacques Rousseau

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Powerful men in particular suffer from the delusion that human beings have no memories. I would go so far as to say that the distinguishing trait of powerful men is the psychotic certainty that people forget acts of infamy as easily as their parents birth

– Stephen Vizinczey

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Who could deny that privacy is a jewel? It has always been the mark of privilege, the distinguishing feature of a truly urbane culture. Out of the cave, the tribal teepee, the pueblo, the community fortress, man emerged to build himself a house of his own with a shelter in it for himself and his diversions. Every age has seen it so. The poor might have to huddle together in cities for need's sake, and the frontiersman cling to his neighbors for the sake of protection. But in each civilization, as it advanced, those who could afford it chose the luxury of a withdrawing-place.

– Phyllis McGinley

added by anonymous
10 years ago

The distinguishing part of our Constitution is its liberty. To preserve that liberty inviolate seems the particular duty and proper trust of a member of the House of Commons. But the liberty, the only liberty, I mean is a liberty connected with order: that not only exists along with order and virtue, but which cannot exist at all without them. It inheres in good and steady government, as in its substance and vital principle.

– Edmund Burke

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Philanthropic people lose all sense of Humanity, it is their distinguishing characteristic.

– Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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