Defined Quotes

1096 Defined quotes by 887 unique authors

RTE was set up by legislation as an instrument of public policy, and, as such is responsible to the government. The government have overall responsibility… — Sean Lemass
Leisure requires the evidence of our own feelings, because it is not so much a quality of time as a peculiar state of mind. ...… — Vernon Lee
When you face unexpected events, you have to try to overcome those problems, but at the same time, you have to continue working according to… — Laura Chinchilla
A game is a system in which players engage in an artificial conflict, defined by rules, that results in a quantifiable outcome. — Katie Salen
Sometimes the personalities at the helm of the madness industry are, with their drives and obsessions, as mad in their own way as those they… — Jon Ronson
Music might be defined as a system of proportions in the service of a spiritual impulse — George Crumb
You can't grow if you're constantly defined by this collection of frozen moments that you keep returning to. And if you can't grow, you're not… — Mark Lawrence
At its heart, the quest that trans people are on is to have the same thing that straight â€” and gay â€” people have: the… — Jennifer Finney Boylan
To some extent, we are all labeled by what we're able to achieve. But more importantly, we are defined by what we attempt. — Scott Tinley
Don't let yourself be defined by the past. It's done. All you have is now and the future. — Jason Evert
A business is not defined by its name, statutes, or articles of incorporation. It is defined by the business mission. Only a clear definition of… — Peter Drucker
The ultimate tyranny in a society is not control by martial law. It is control by the psychological manipulation of consciousness, through which reality is… — Barbara Marciniak
Undefined Christianity is not a problem in our generation. It is defined Christianity that brings the rub. — Alistair Begg
In an age in which the media broadcast countless pieces of foolishness, the educated man is defined not by what he knows, but by what… — Nicolas Gomez Davila
Arguably the most important parallel between mass incarceration and Jim Crow is that both have served to define the meaning and significance of race in… — Michelle Alexander
Like Jim Crow (and slavery), mass incarceration operates as a tightly networked system of laws, policies, customs, and institutions that operate collectively to ensure the… — Michelle Alexander
Itâ€™s not easy to find old-school journalism in true crime â€¦ yet with Lethal Intent, author Sue Russell proves how integrity, tenacity, brutal truth and… — M. William Phelps
I can think of nothing more gallant, even though again and again we fail, than attempting to get at the facts; attempting to tell things… — Peter Viereck
Magic is the practice of causing change through the use of powers as yet not defined or accepted by science. — Scott Cunningham
The point for me is to create relationships based on deeper and more real notions of trust. So that love becomes defined not by sexual… — Dean Spade

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