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"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is."
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"Be different to make a difference."

"The difference between a theatre with and without an audience is enormous. There is a palpable, critical energy created by the presence of the audience."

"They hate you not because of what you have done but because of who you are; you are different from who they are, and you are occupying the ground they want for themselves."

"There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell."

"I wish I could believe that one person could make a difference."

"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."

"It doesn't make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something has been said. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement."

"There is a great advantage in training under unfavorable conditions. It is better to train under bad conditions, for the difference is then a tremendous relief in a race."

"The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh."

"The fact that that's the difference between Mexicans and Cubans is pronounced. It's so immediately recognizable, the way a Cuban speaks, the way a Cuban moves the hands."
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"A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility: it may be right, but irrelevant."

"A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory."

"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is."
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