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My definition of happiness is having something to do what you love to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to. — Mary Kay Ash
When the first Superman movie came out I was frequently asked "What is a hero?" ...My answer was that a hero is someone who commits… — Christopher Reeve
The definition of genius is that it acts unconsciously, and those who have produced immortal works have done so without knowing how or why. — William Hazlitt
While it is true that science, to the extent of its grasp of causative connections, may reach important conclusions as to the compatibility and incompatibility… — Albert Einstein
I think it's very important that we protect marriage as an institution between a man and a woman. I proposed a constitutional amendment. The reason… — George W. Bush
Each generation of rabbis is necessarily less perfect than the rabbis that came before, since each generation is more removed from the perfection of the… — Cory Doctorow
"A minority of one"... the definition of insanity. — George Orwell
Something is born, comes into being, something which did not exist before - which is as good a definition of creativity as we can get. — Rollo May
Innovation is applied creativity. By definition, innovation is always about introducing something new, or improved, or both and it is usually assumed to be a… — Ken Robinson
If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan. — Elgin Baylor
Regardless of law, marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it is my mortal enemy. I will act to destroy… — Orson Scott Card
A totally blind process can by definition lead to anything; it can even lead to vision itself. — Jacques Monod
The fundamental biological variant is DNA. That is why Mendel's definition of the gene as the unvarying bearer of hereditary traits, its chemical identification by… — Jacques Monod
I want to define success by redefining it. For me it isn't that solely mythical definition - glamour, allure, power of wealth, and the privilege… — Anita Roddick
A discovery must be, by definition, at variance with existing knowledge. During my lifetime, I made two. Both were rejected offhand by the popes of… — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
To me the definition of true masculinity - and femininity, too - is being able to lay in your own skin comfortably. — Vincent D'Onofrio
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions It is classic because of a certain eternal and… — Ezra Pound
The whole art of allowing the truth to take possession of you is of being vulnerable, of being open, of being in a let-go. Or… — Rajneesh
Most of us would be upset if we were accused of being "silly." But the word "silly" comes from the old English word "selig," and… — Zig Ziglar
A lady is nothing very specific. One man's lady is another man's woman; sometimes, one man's lady is another man's wife. Definitions overlap but they… — Russell Lynes

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