Separating Quotations

Somehow super power and hero are so synonymous that they get combined into one word, 'superhero,' whereas I'm kind of more interested in separating those two ideas out. You have characters with super powers who may or may not be heroic, because human beings aren't all heroic. I tend to be drawn to antiheros.

When I'm writing, I separate from everyone. Even my band. I push myself, and I'm alone with my thoughts. Separating from friends and comforts and family lets you think a lot deeper about subject matter. Working alone drives me a little crazy, but it makes the writing as honest as possible.

Now in the 21st century, the boundaries separating chemistry, physics, and medicine have become blurred, and as happened during the Renaissance, scientists are following their curiosities even when they run beyond the formal limits of their training.

Embrace your differences and the qualities about you that you think are weird. Eventually, they're going to be the only things separating you from everyone else.

The Oslo Accords in 1993 determined that the Gaza Strip and the West Bank are a single territorial entity which cannot be divided. Immediately, the United States and Israel set about separating the two and making sure that they would not be united.

Supposedly, going to war initiates you into this gnostic priesthood of people who've had a liminal experience forever separating them from civilians. Except... you go there, and it is what it is. A form of human activity as varied as any other.

On top of the horror of separating from your wife, you have to go through it in public.

I have never met a happy atheist. I believe in separation of church and state, but I think we have gone so far over in the other direction of separating church and state.

It is quite understandable that Puerto Ricans seek to preserve a cultural sense of identity without separating politically from U.S. national sovereignty.

Malaysians talk with Mauritians, Arabs with Australians, South Africans with Sri Lankans, and Iranians with Indonesians. The Indian Ocean serves as both a sea separating them and a bridge linking them together.

These sorts of things can happen, identities can be switched, the emotional implications are something that he has not been trained to feel. His whole life has been about separating himself from these sorts of actions.

I don't think you can hate anything that you know intimately. There is no fine line separating love from hate because there's a deep chasm separating love from hate.

The great power of separating the watching mind from the thinking mind is that the watching mind is innately loving. Some call this part of the psyche the 'compassionate witness.' Sharing our difficult feelings with a compassionate witness is the crucial step that heals the infinite small wounds inflicted upon the soul by everyday life.

One of the reasons surgeons have so much trouble separating Siamese twins is that nobody gets to do many of them. On the table, the anatomy is so different from normal, that you're constantly trying to figure out, 'Can I cut this? Does this wire lead to what?' It's like trying to defuse a bomb.

I can't tell you what genre Maroon 5 is in. I don't know if they're rock or pop or alternative. I don't know what they are. I have a hard time separating that stuff. I just know what I like when I hear it.

Maybe this time around in reaching back to borrow from old movies, maybe Lucas or his people had trouble separating stereotypes from the sort of things that would help strengthen the movie.

Since, however, it is immaterial whether the work is done by assistants or a machine, I decided to build a machine equivalent to an array of about 200 separating funnels.

Separating the business will enhance clarity and provide choice for investors,

Separating these two legislative initiatives would be like separating the flag from the Pledge of Allegiance,

I have a committee back there right now. Maybe eventually one of them will step up and get away from the others, but right now there isn't a whole lot separating them.

From the U.S. point of view, negotiations are, in effect, a way for Israel to continue its policies of systematically taking over whatever it wants in the West Bank, maintaining the brutal siege on Gaza, separating Gaza from the West Bank and, of course, occupying the Syrian Golan heights, all with full U.S. support.

From what I was able to gather, I think it had to do with the bus driver separating the middle school and high school students. I think it was something new.

If anything, you're further separating the entities. We know that a lot of law-enforcement officials believe it would be better instead to bring them together.

Today 38 seconds separated our top five runners and 48 seconds separated the top seven, ... We need to get it to about 38 seconds separating our top seven if we want to accomplish our goals.

We have to balance the ease and convenience with security. If we don't do anything, criminals will become more sophisticated in separating people and their money.

He teaches us to be professionals. He preaches all the time about separating the two things, the fun side of this and the business side of this. We like how he deals with us. This was just another example of why guys like to play for him. He makes this a great atmosphere for all of us. He wants us to be successful.

Organizations that have been granted tax-exempt status ought not endorse specific candidates for public office. What we have in Odessa, what some people actually seem to be proud of, is an ongoing problem with separating the prerogatives of church and state.

Paul was never a bad kid. It's just where he grew up in the ghetto. He didn't realize that basketball could take him somewhere he dreamed of until three or four years ago. He started separating himself from his friends and becoming more mature.

People are concerned about corporate governance, ... Separating the CEO from the chairman role certainly could help to quell some of the dissent.

People are concerned about corporate governance. Separating the CEO from the chairman role certainly could help to quell some of the dissent.

I think the driving force for cultural evolution is this desire for groups to be splitting off and separating and forming subgroups insofar as the environment will allow it. We see great cultural diversity and large numbers of cultures per unit area in regions of the world in which the environment is really rich.

It is normal for ?in the rail yard' cars to not have air in their breaks. The reason is you're separating cars from a train. In order for the cars to move freely, their breaks don't have air.

Our balance sheet and cash flows are strong and many legacy financial and legal issues have been resolved. After a thorough review of strategic options with our board of directors, we have determined that separating into three independent companies is the best approach to enable these businesses to achieve their full potential.

Our big concern here is separating folks from their families. As long as that's not going to be required, my feeling is our concerns are going to be largely addressed.

I think Oklahoma feels a little more passionate about the game, ... They're a smaller state, with only the Red River separating us from them.

It appears that the journalist at Reuters was somewhat confused in terms of separating speculation and fact, so he ended up publishing speculation as fact and largely ignoring the facts.

Whether it's one spy or hundreds, they contribute to the culture of doubt. From the early stages of the revolution, Castro has been separating families, creating divisions between friends. And it's happened in Miami, too. You don't always know who to trust.

You all know me, you know that when I fight for something right and correct, I carry it out, ... I will do that also on the issue of separating from Gaza, and a few small settlements in Samaria. It is imperative for Israel and its continuing development, and that's what will be done.

Well, it would not even have to be a chemical or biological or nuclear weapon. Because the only thing separating that container yard from basically where people live and work is a fence.

We've had discussions with Gus, but not much has been resolved. With Junior, there have been no discussions. We're assuming that each party believes they are better off separating from the other.

We're assuming that each party believes they are better off separating from the other.

Time Warner management has offered several reasons for not completely separating the cable business and buying back Time Warner shares aggressively, ... rejects management's arguments against separation and challenges management's capital return plan as a weak attempt to silence growing investor criticism.

We still have a lot to play for. We've been telling our kids that for the past week. A week ago there was only one game separating eight teams from second to ninth place.

We're not talking about separating two combatants, we're talking about engaging a combatant, to use deadly force, to ensure the security of the societies we're protecting.

With 18 games left, I think everybody is getting into a playoff mode here. Let's face it, from five on down to eight, there's going to be two or three games separating (the teams). So each win is really vital.

When I take on something , I take the whole thing on.It's not even a question of separating "Oh, am I going to be naked" I go with my whole person.

Things are going pretty well. We've unloaded two trucks already this morning and I've got people sorting through boxes separating clothing and hygiene products.

The top three. I want to be in the top three of the state -- that's my main goal. I just think it's going to be who wants it more and who works harder. There's not much separating everybody at the state level. You have to win the close ones and be tougher.

The specialty shows really help in separating ourselves from commercial stations.

The witching hour was basically from 6 to 10 o'clock, and now we're just mopping up so to speak. The storm seemed to be weakening and separating as it moved into central Iowa.

The safety board recognizes the difficulty and expense associated with physically separating (fuel-monitoring) wires from other wires and adding shielding to wires on in-service air carrier airplanes,

We see a healthy industry in the year ahead, ... Major demand drivers, including processor transitions and component cost reductions, remain solid, and consolidation is separating top companies such as Dell from the rest of the field.

We went into spring break with a 3-3 record, with four close matches separating us from being undefeated.

After a thorough review of strategic options with our board of directors, we have determined that separating into three independent companies is the best approach to enable these businesses to achieve their full potential.

The thing that's separating him from years past is his attacking the basket. He's putting the ball on the floor and really looking to get to the basket.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab does not have the capacity to quantify the amount of methamphetamine in a separating liquid.

Family for us is very important. Separating our family is terrible. I saw the father trying to make dinner for those kids, telling white lies so they would not suffer.

As both carriers are principally point-to-point travel at this point, it seems not overly likely that the two low-cost terminals will be in competition with one another for passengers, especially with a five-six hour drive separating them.

Americans know something without a name is undermining the nation, turning the mind mushy when it comes to separating truth from falsehood and right from wrong.

There was absolutely no strain in marriage. Marc and I understand that this is a business. We have no problem separating our personal life with our personal life. And we have a very strong relationship.

The one thing I like on this team is the unity. This team is together. We win together and lose together. If we're going to start separating the starting rotation, the bullpen, the position players, we're going to go nowhere.

If you look at the scores, there's only 24 strokes separating first and sixth place. That's not a lot of strokes.

If you end up separating yourself from the president of your party, you are going to turn off a certain number of partisans.

If you put revenues, expenses for marketing, book value in a horse race, revenues lose. It doesn't have any importance in separating companies out.

If you finish 43rd and the other guys finish in the 20s, there's still a lot of cars separating you. If you want it to come down to where all 10 guys have a shot, then it would be great to just be racing 10 guys.

I'm good at separating my personal life from racing. When I'm at track, it's race time; when I'm away from it, other than the fact I'm training to be fit for it, there is nothing at home that makes me even want to think about racing. I just want to enjoy my life, and by the time the next race comes around, I'm ready and excited for it.

The board believes there is likely to be greater long-term value for shareholders by separating AGL into an energy business and an infrastructure business,

It's really impossible to put all five of them in the same scene, so it begins to look as if the producers are separating them for personal reasons when it really is all about the show.

It's political blame, that's what is important here. Canadians will get their ultimate say and they will be the ones who will render a final judgment on Mr. Martin and the Liberal party. There's no separating the two.

Clearly we think it's premature to talk about separating portions of the broadband bill. The chairman is committed to working on comprehensive broadband regulatory reform.

I prefer to sing in the shower vs. the car. The shower is just steam, you know, its just you, and nature, and no clothing. You know, there's nothing separating you. It's just you, and the voice - you, and the water.

It's definitely going to be a dogfight. There's not much separating the four of us, so a big rebound here, a steal there, or a free throw could be the difference between any of us.

Sometimes when you mix a fabulous business with a more mundane one, the market values it as a more mundane business. And literally just separating the two enables the market to understand the values.

It's obvious that the hurricanes will drag this number down, and because of that, separating the trend from the noise is going to be hard. When it's hard to assign a meaning to this number, the market will likely just overlook it.

It's always important for people to prioritize. Separating tasks, finding good work environments, whether you put that into religious framework or not, these things are still fundamental.

It was basically group versus group. It was only verbal, but it was starting to look like there was a potential for violence, so we stepped in and separated them. Nobody was arrested, but the body language and the energy change was enough that we thought separating them was prudent.

It's a tight division, there's not a lot of points separating a lot of teams. We're going to have to go out there and come up with some wins.

it seriously weakens the wall separating church and state, this vital protector of religious liberty for all Americans.

It seems like California has been right behind us for a while, and we talked about kind of separating a little bit. For all the right reasons, it's good to come up here and get a win.

It seems like it's going to be settled fairly quickly, even though the competition is tougher this year than it was last year. There's just a lot more parity on our team. But yet, at the same time, you can seem them separating themselves. It's just a matter of time.

The problem has been corrected. I would hope that anyone who had been separating out their green waste would continue to do so.

You know, I’ve spent my entire life time separating the Right from the kooks.

Religions are not for separating men from one another, they are meant to bind them.