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Different Thing Quotes

How the same idea shifts with context.

These different thing quotes explore how the same idea shifts with context, from narrative twists to the real gap between writing a book and publishing one. See Being quotes for more on perspective.

Publishing a book is a very different thing than writing one.

Quotes by Tara Westover

To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.

Quotes by Simone de Beauvoir

Earlier, only youngsters were trying their hands on digital platforms, TV was a different thing for actors and film actors were looked up as superior. Now, nothing of that sort exists anymore... So, I will be doing everything.

Quotes by Shriya Pilgaonkar

I feel like my music has so many different things going on. I've always worked with many different producers. And a lot of times, each of them has a different thing that I really love about what they do.

Quotes by Santigold

Always Quotes

To say that man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to say that most of man's decisions are based on his rational process. That I don't believe at all.

Quotes by Rex Stout

The trick is the paradox - turning your story inside out. Now if it is something that appears to be of total normality and then suddenly turns inside out and is a different thing all together then that's fun to...

Quotes by Nigel Kneale

It's a different thing to write a love story now than in the time of Jane Austen, Eliot, or Tolstoy. One of the problems is that once divorce is possible, once break-ups are possible, it can all become a little...

Quotes by Mona Simpson

On film, when you're driving home from the set, you realize what you should have done, but it's too late. When you're taking the subway home from your play, you realize what you did wrong, and you go back the...

Quotes by Michael McKean

I'm impressed with how professional they are and what they can get an animal to do. I mean, dogs and cats - that's one thing. But when you get into the larger animals, that's a different thing all together.

Quotes by M. Emmet Walsh

Animal Quotes

It's one thing, holding open the door for someone at a grocery store, or the library, or just about anyplace else. But the doughnut shop is a different thing altogether. This is a get-in-and-out-as-fast-as-you-can operation. There's no room for courtesy...

Quotes by Linwood Barclay

Looking for equality everywhere is a huge mistake because equals are terrible and boring. But a sense of fairness and justice is a totally different thing and a much more complex thing.

Quotes by Josh Homme

The love of nature is a different thing from the love of science, though the two may go together.

Quotes by John Burroughs

When you have celebrity, it's a whole different thing than being an artist.

Quotes by Jimmy Smits

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.

Quotes by Horace Mann

Being Quotes

There's always room for an operator like Airbnb, but it's quite a different thing to my serviced apartments. Airbnb is a different market - it has nothing to do with me.

Quotes by Harry Triguboff

I like kind of varied songs, not just the same song all the time. And I thought things like 'Too Sentimental' is a different thing for us, but it works and we love the way they all came out. There's...

Quotes by Graham Russell

When you don't act right to your family and friends, that's bad, but they also have the opportunity to experience the 'good' side as well. Disappointing the fans is an entirely different thing because the fans love your music and...

Quotes by George Jones

Making a pretty picture, an image, is a completely different thing from acting to camera.

Quotes by Gemma Chan

Midwestern Jews is a different community, is a different thing than New York Jews, L.A. Jews. It's just different. It's the whole Midwestern thing.

Quotes by Ethan Coen

Believe Quotes

'Twelve' was a total indie drama character piece. It wasn't that it was more about the performance, but it was just a very different thing where, with horror, there's this whole added element of the visual and the technical and...

Quotes by Emily Meade

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these different thing quotes explore?
They explore how context changes meaning, from storytelling twists to publishing versus writing.
Is writing a book discussed here?
Yes, one quote notes that publishing a book is a very different thing from writing one.
Does the collection touch on love stories across eras?
Yes, one quote compares writing love stories today to writing them in earlier literary periods.
Is fairness discussed as different from equality?
Yes, one quote argues that fairness and justice are a different, more complex thing than simple equality.
Where can I read more reflective quotes?
See our Being quotes collection for more on perspective.

Context changes everything, as these reflections show. Continue with Always and Believe quotes for related ideas.