Definition Quotes

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I developed a definition - which I think becomes less and less accurate as poetry moves into the world - that poetry was a way… — Grace Paley
October of 2011, Occupy protestors descended upon McPherson Square, and they decided to stay. Despite the clear language of the law, these protestors camped at… — Trey Gowdy
No matter how you cut them, paste them, rotate them, or distort them, lip syncing and air-guitar playing are fundamentally foolish activities, and anyone seen… — Walter Kirn
Any conversation which does not include the context of the journey of the heart is by definition untrue to who we are as human beings. — Marianne Williamson
Armed attack has a definition in international law. It means sudden, overwhelming, instantaneous ongoing attack. — Noam Chomsky
I always get sick of these conversations where people are so obsessed with pixels, with high definition, and even with technology in general. I find… — Harmony Korine
My definition of a star is someone who really lasts for a very long time. — Lauren Bacall
The mobile world is very closed and proprietary just by definition. — Matt Mullenweg
I am the complete and utter definition of a Luddite. — Graham McTavish
My only definition is that I am a pragmatist. — Enrique Pena Nieto
To be counter to the culture, you are by definition willfully and actively ignoring the culture, i.e., reality. — Rob Lowe
The only way to make real wealth is to get rid of your salary. In a salary, by definition, you are creating wealth for others,… — James Altucher
Supporting the definition of marriage as one man and one woman is not anti-gay: it is pro-traditional marriage. And if support for traditional marriage is… — Marco Rubio
The definition of swagger, in my opinion, is you have to have that arrogance, that confidence that you are the best out there at all… — Keyshawn Johnson
Senseless violence is, almost by definition, hard to understand. Not that I can understand terrorists who kill from hate, but at least we can identify… — Susan Estrich
It is the duty and high privilege of every human being to endeavor to improve himself. Effort at self-improvement is the definition sometimes given for… — Joseph P. Bradley
Is a family just the strict definition of a small and discrete unit, or is it about the larger organic group that inevitably grows up… — Kara Swisher
I think of myself as living so much outside borders or old categories that I choose as my leaders U2, the Dalai Lama, Vaclav Havel,… — Pico Iyer
I suppose even when I was growing up, I noticed I was most happy when I was absorbed in something, lost in the moment and… — Pico Iyer
I like people that define their own values. I am much more interested in somebody who has their own definition of what they value, their… — Spike Jonze
With the advent of computing, human invention crossed a threshold into a world different from everything that came before. The computer is the universal machine… — James Gleick
It is impossible to objectively define how free a market is. This is a political definition. Government is always involved, and those free marketers are… — Ha-Joon Chang
I believe psychology has done very well in working out how to understand and treat disease. But I think that is literally half-baked. If all… — Martin Seligman
The always-on economy, by definition, depends upon continuous energy. — Charles Platt
Sometimes magnificent visual art takes root in the humblest of soils. Advertisements painted on old barns, tattoos, fruit crate labels, hot rod embellishments - all… — Paul Di Filippo

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