Defined Quotes

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If patriotism were defined, not as blind obedience to government, not as submissive worship to flags and anthems, but rather as love of one's country,… — Howard Zinn
I'm not defined by what people think of me. My happiness comes from within. — Jill Shalvis
We don't have to be defined by the things that we did or didn't do in our past- Four — Pittacus Lore
Life is choice. All day, everyday. Who we talk to, where we sit, what we say, how we say it. And our lives become defined… — Louise Penny
It has always been my belief that people are remembered for the sum of their accomplishments but defined by their singular failure. — Chuck Klosterman
What was to be a relatively innocuous federal government, operating from a defined enumeration of specific grants of power, has become an ever-present and unaccountable… — Mark Levin
He always thought that Touie's long illness would somehow prepare him for her death. He always imagined that grief anf guilt, if they followed, would… — Julian Barnes
But now Iâ€™m wondering if I need it anymore, if we ever really need these words, â€œDauntless,â€ â€œErudite,â€ â€œDivergent,â€ â€œAllegiant,â€ or if we can just… — Veronica Roth
Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths. — John Peter Zenger
Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable. — H. L. Mencken
Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face. — Carol Moseley Braun
Nothing enrages me more than when people criticize my criticism of school by telling me that schools are not just places to learn maths and… — Seymour Papert
War-making is one of the few activities that people are not supposed to view realistically; that is, with an eye to expense and practical outcome.… — Susan Sontag
Poetry, in a general sense, may be defined to be 'the expression of the imagination': and poetry is connate with the origin of man. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Religion is defined as social systems whose participants avow a supernatural agent or agents whose approval is to be sought. — Daniel Dennett
Religion is defined as belief in and worship of a controlling power and atheism is precisely not that. — Bill Maher
Science is best defined as a careful, disciplined, logical search for knowledge about any and all aspects of the universe, obtained by examination of the… — James Randi
I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person. — Oscar Wilde
Crowdsourcing can greatly increase the number of ideas entering the front-end of the innovation funnel, however, using the wrong source can result in a large… — D. James Kennedy
The function of a leader within any institution: to provide that regulation through his or her non-anxious, self-defined presence. — Edwin H Friedman

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