A Quote by Boy George
Comparing Madonna with Marilyn Monroe is like comparing Raquel Welch with the back of a bus.
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comparing what you see during an eclipse to the darkness at night is like comparing an ocean to a teardrop.
Comparing Bollywood and Hollywood is like comparing America's market, roads and economy to ours.
Comparing Jesus with history's greatest of human leaders is like comparing the sun to a flashlight with no batteries.
I feel like my biggest competition is myself. A lot of kids get caught up in the comparing game - comparing themselves with Michael Jackson, comparing themselves with Michael Jordan. You gotta be your best. You gotta overcome your own fears.
Most of the time, comparing printed song lyrics with poems is like comparing recipes with food: that's to say, patently unfair.
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Comparing your family budget to the sovereign debt of the United States is a little like comparing two kindergartners tossing a paper airplane to the Apollo 11 mission.
Comparing what the Democrats offer to what the Republicans offer is like comparing the money I have in my pocket to what Bill Gates has in his.
Despite popular opinion, there are no important parallels between Madonna and Monroe, who was a virtuoso comedienne but who was in secure, depressive, passive-aggressive, and infuriatingly obstructionist in her career habits. Madonna is manic, perfectionist, workaholic. Monroe abused alcohol and drugs, while Madonna shuns them. Monroe had a tentative, melting, dreamy solipsism; Madonna has Judy Holliday's wisecracking smart mouth and Joan Crawford's steel will and bossy, circus master managerial competence.
Our problem is that we make the mistake of comparing ourselves to other people. You are not inferior or superior to any human being...You do not determine your success by comparing yourself to others, rather you determine your success by comparing your accomplishments to your capabilities. You are 'number one' when you do the best you can with what you have.
Imagine my name being taken in the same breath as Marilyn Monroe and Madonna.
Comparing science and religion isn't like comparing apples and oranges - it's more like apples and sewing machines.
Everybody who's played Marilyn Monroe before has gone down in flames. It's impossible to capture Marilyn Monroe.
I loved the movies and I wanted to be like Marilyn Monroe. I thought she was so glamorous and everyone seemed to love her. I wanted to be like that and I told everyone I would be the next Marilyn Monroe.
Comparing yourself to somebody else is like comparing yourself to a bird.
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