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I mean one of the things about being alone is that you've no people to define yourself off, I mean, people are like all-round mirrors,… — Diana Wynne Jones
I would define the baroque as that style that deliberately exhausts (or tries to exhaust) its own possibilities, and that borders on self-caricature. The baroque… — Jorge Luis Borges
I haven't got a great jazz band and I don't want one. Some of the critics, Down Beat's among them, point their fingers at us… — Glenn Miller
Many attempts have been made by writers on art and poetry to define beauty in the abstract, to express it in the most general terms,… — Walter Pater
Power is the ability to define phenomena, and make it act in a desired manner. — Huey Newton
I am closest of all to happinessâ€”although I wonâ€™t attempt to define just what it isâ€”when I turn away from the window and am aware,… — Victor Pelevin
What you believe matters, however. Itâ€™s all anyone has to act on. And since what you do is who you are, your actions define you.… — Russell Banks
Like anyone else, a lot of what I do and how I think has been shaped by my family and my overall life experience. Many… — Satya Nadella
Political pornography is not unlike the sexual kind: difficult to define, but you know it when you see it — Pat Sajak
If I were in Congress in 1996, I would have voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, which used Congress's constitutional authority to define what… — Ron Paul
The individual makes a clear effort to define moral values and principles that have validity and application apart from the authority of the groups of… — Lawrence Kohlberg
Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the… — Robert Greene
Photography is an investigation of both the outer and the inner worlds. The first experiences with the camera involve looking at the world beyond the… — Ansel Adams
Here you are, you're a liberal, probably define peace as the absence of conflict. I define peace as the ability to defend yourself and blow… — Sean Hannity
When people ask me to define science fiction and fantasy I say they are the literatures that explore the fact that we are toolmakers and… — Nalo Hopkinson
You can either read something many times in order to be assured that you got it all, or else you can define your purpose and… — E F Schumacher
Most people define learning too narrowly as mere 'problem-solving', so they focus on identifying and correcting errors in the external environment. Solving problems is important.… — Chris Argyris
Culture is the deeper level of basic assumptions and beliefs that are shared by members of an organization, that operate unconsciously and define in a… — Edgar Schein
Leadership can be thought of as a capacity to define oneself to others in a way that clarifies and expands a vision of the future. — Edwin H Friedman
I think pure country music includes rock and roll .. I've never been able to get into the further label of country-rock .. how can… — Gram Parsons

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