Defined Quotes

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Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns. — Jimmy Carter
But looking at this closet, so nice and arranged with their crazy lives at rest among these carefully placed clothes and footwear, she felt good… — J R Ward
For all their bitching about whatâ€™s holding them back, most people have a lot of trouble coming up with the defined dreams theyâ€™re being held… — Tim Ferriss
APD is primarily defined as a lack of empathy,' I said. I'd looked it up too, a few months ago. Empathy is what allows people… — Dan Wells
The smallest decisions made had such profound repercussions. One ten-minute wait could save a lifeâ€¦ Or end itâ€¦ One wrong turn down the right street… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
When any civilization is dust and ashes," he said, "art is all that's left over. Images, words, music. Imaginative structures. Meaningâ€”human meaning, that isâ€”is defined… — Margaret Atwood
In the end, living is defined by dying. — Bernard Beckett
Gently, I ran my hand across his chest, exploring it. My breath felt tight in my throat. He was so beautiful. His muscles were toned,… — L.A. Weatherly
In solitude, at last, weâ€™re able to let God define us the way we are always supposed to be definedâ€”by relationship: the I-thou relationship, in… — Richard Rohr
Healthy" and "diseased," as Susan Sontag points out...are often subjective judgments that society makes for its own purposes. Women have long been defined as sick… — Naomi Wolf
And sure enough,the youth in question was not his usual dapper self. His face was puffy, his eyes red and wild; his shirt(distressingly unbuttoned)hung over… — Jonathan Stroud
If there is one fact we really can prove, from the history that we really do know, it is that despotism can be a development,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Always take a stand for yourself, your values. You're defined by what you stand for — Oprah Winfrey
The shortest unit of time in the multiverse is the New York Second, defined as the period of time between the traffic lights turning green… — Terry Pratchett
Maybe I don't want to be defined by what I do. Maybe I'd like to be defined by what I am. — Nicholas Sparks
There was something striking about a single key. It was like a question waiting to be answered, a whole missing a half. Useless on its… — Sarah Dessen
Too often in my life, love has been defined as "humiliation with occasional roses". — Deb Caletti
Have you fallen in love, Will Henry?" "That's stupid." "What is? Love, or my question?" "I don't know." "You don't know? You've tried that trick… — Rick Yancey
And so, from the first, we separated our pleasure. She lay on the rug and I lay at right angles to her so that only… — Jeanette Winterson
Suffering, I was beginning to think, was essential to a good life, and as inextricable from such a life as bliss. Itâ€™s a great enhancer.… — Lance Armstrong

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