Defined Quotes

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Usually the amateur is defined as an immature state of the artist: someone who cannot â€” or will not â€” achieve the mastery of a… — Roland Barthes
Life defined only as the opposite of death is not life. — Mahmoud Darwish
Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which remains secondary in… — Raymond Queneau
I think people try to make the most of their time on earth and also to fix their time on earth. They try to fix… — Mary Gaitskill
Denver is a city that will be far more defined by its future than its past. — John Hickenlooper
For a large class of cases -- though not for all -- in which we employ the word ''meaning'' it can be defined thus: the… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Most humans know their own "reason" only in the sense that Hume defined it, as "a slave to the passions"-and by "passions" he meant not… — Kenny Smith
What I assert and believe to have demonstrated in this and earlier works is that following the finite there is a transfinite (which one could… — Georg Cantor
Fear of change is a part of the state of fear man has ever lived in but out of which he has begun to escape.… — Elsie Clews Parsons
Compassion may be defined as the capacity to be attentive to the experience of others, to wish the best for others, and to sense what… — Joan Halifax
However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto Rico are defined by, and… — Dick Thornburgh
Transcendental meditation is something that can be defined as a means to do what one wants to do in a better way, a right way,… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smoldering one — Ambrose Bierce
The strategic stimulus to economic development in Schumpeter's analysis is innovation, defined as the commercial or industrial application of something new---a new product, process or… — Joseph A. Schumpeter
The worth of a personâ€™s thought is measured not by the quantity but by the quality of the support that it has got and this… — Anuj
To unmask the deceit of every instinct for preservation is to procure salvation for humanity in nothingness.. ..Nothingness must be defined as the absense of… — Maurice Blondel
The first day of the brand new calendar year is an empowered time to psychologically unwind to mentally find own life charged emotionally with a… — Anuj
Defined brows instantly make you look more polished. — Bobbi Brown
How dare the world define beauty. God defined beauty when he made you! You are beautiful, you are a true beauty just the way you… — Rachel Hamilton
A society whose moral ideas, inhibit their own defense will always suffer defeat by the very predators they deem immoral. In any conflict the boundaries… — Randy Wayne White

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