Defined Quotes

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I see the American experience as being defined by the immigrant paradigm of rupture and renewal: rupture with the old world, the old ways, and… — Ayad Akhtar
Humphry Repton, the leading garden theorist of the nineteenth century, defined a garden as 'a piece of ground fenced off from cattle, and appropriated to… — Tom Turner
Human beings are at their core defined by what they worship rather than primarily by what they think, know, or believe. That is bound up… — Dallas Willard
Well-developed faith results in well-defined prayers, and well-defined prayers result in a well-lived life. — Mark Batterson
No matter how much lip service those committed to power (psychopaths) may pay to the principle of equality (empaths), they can never approach their fellow… — Arno Gruen
I wanted to explore cancer not just biologically, but metaphorically. The idea that tuberculosis in the 19th century possessed the same kind of frightening and… — Siddhartha Mukherjee
It is not possible that we should remember that we existed before our body, for our can bear no trace of such existence, neither can… — Baruch Spinoza
One of the noblest words in our language is "grace," defined as "unearned blessing." We live by grace far more than by anything else. Accordingly,… — D. Elton Trueblood
I can say the willingness to get dirty has always defined us as an nation, and it's a hallmark of hard work and a hallmark… — Mike Rowe
The intellectual is not defined by professional group and type of occupation. Nor are good upbringing and a good family enough in themselves to produce… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Who will dare say he has defined art? — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Statistics may be defined as "a body of methods for making wise decisions in the face of uncertainty. — W. Allen Wallis
I ponder if we are more defined by the container we are in than what we are inside. Would we recognize ourselves if we could… — Paige Bradley
Every bad thing that's happened to me has defined me, has shaped, has moulded me. — Natalia Kills
Dinners are defined as 'the ultimate act of communion;' men that can have communion in nothing else, can sympathetically eat together, can still rise into… — Thomas Carlyle
Beauty is not defined by the clothes you wear or the makeup on your face BUT by the way you carry your struggles with smiles,… — Lauren Jauregui
No Kill may be defined by what happens to the animals within the halls of the shelter, but it can only be achieved by what… — Nathan Winograd
The real reason to abolish departments like Energy and Education is not to promote efficiency, nor even to save taxpayersâ€™ money. It is that many… — David Boaz
Before feminism, work was largely defined as what men did or would do. Thus, a working woman was someone who labored outside the home for… — Gloria Steinem
Coming to terms with the rhythms of women's lives means coming to terms with life itself, accepting the imperatives of the body rather than the… — Margaret Mead

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