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Basic characteristics of an individual organism: to divide, to unite, to merge into the universal, to abide in the particular, to transform itself, to define… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To define is to limit. — Oscar Wilde
Laundry, liturgy and women's work all serve to ground us in the world, and they need not grind us down. Our daily tasks, whether we… — Kathleen Norris
. . .There are certain people who come into your life, and leave a mark. . . Their place in your heart is tender; a… — Sara Zarr
I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth: the… — Orson Scott Card
I had jumped off the edge, and then, at the very last moment, something reached out and caught me in midair. That something is what… — Paul Auster
The past does not define, you the present does. — Jillian Michaels
Chris Claremont once said of Alan Moore, "if he could plot, we'd all have to get together and kill him." Which utterly misses the most… — Warren Ellis
This landing is gonna get pretty interesting. Define "interesting". "Oh God, oh God, we're all going to die"? [on speakerphone]: This is the captain: we… — Joss Whedon
The human animal is adapted to, and apparently can thrive on, an extraordinary range of different diets, but the Western diet, however you define it,… — Michael Pollan
Remember that rights are moral principles which define and protect a man's freedom of action, but impose no obligations on other men. — Ayn Rand
A way of life can be shared among individuals of different ages, status, and social activity. It can yield intense relations not resembling those that… — Michel Foucault
Terms don't define our lives; our lives define our terms. — Joshua Harris
A community is the mental and spiritual condition of knowing that the place is shared, and that the people who share the place define and… — Wendell Berry
...In another time, What cannot be seen will define us, and we shall be prompted To say that language is error, and all things are… — Mark Strand
Give up defining yourself - to yourself or to others. You won't die. You will come to life. And don't be concerned with how others… — Eckhart Tolle
The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn't behave that way… — John Irving
A wager?" I repeated. "Yes," he said, and gave me a slow smile, bright with challenge. ... "Stake?" I asked cautiously. He was still smiling,… — Sherwood Smith
You and I are the force for transformation in the world. We are the consciousness that will define the nature of the reality we are… — Ram Dass
All struggles are essentially power struggles. Who will rule? Who will lead? Who will define, refine, confine, design? Who will dominate? All struggles are essentially… — Octavia Butler

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