Definitions Quotes

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The proper definition of a man is an animal that writes letters. — Lewis Carroll
And then he pressed into her. First his thighs, then his middle, his chest, and finally his mouth. She made a whimpering sound, but its… — Sandra Brown
There were a number of definitions of courage, but now I was seeing it in its simplest form: you do what has to be done… — Eric Greitens
Lying is, almost by definition, a refusal to cooperate with others. It condenses a lack of trust and trustworthiness into a single act. It is… — Sam Harris
Dogs are wonderful, and in many ways unique. But they are remarkably unremarkable in their intellectual and experiential capacities. Pigs are every bit as intelligent… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Where there is light, there must be shadow, where there is shadow there must be light. There is no shadow without light and no light… — Haruki Murakami
Someone has said, â€œA friend is a person who is willing to take me the way I am.â€ Accepting this as one definition of the… — Marvin J. Ashton
My nephew has HDADHD. High Definition Attention Deficit Disorder. He can barely pay attention, but when he does it's unbelievably clear. — Steven Wright
Well you can't believe everything you read. After all, by definition, fiction writers lie for a living. — Janette Rallison
By nature of definition only the coward is capable of the highest heroism — David Gemmell
The very idea of "managing" a forest in the first place is oxymoronic, because a forest is an ecosystem that is by definition self-managing. — Bernd Heinrich
Truth by definition excludes. — Ravi Zacharias
My definition of freedom is knowing who you are, and then being it. No matter what anyone else is doing. And naked parties of course. — Unknown Author
I'm not body-shy -- it's hard to grow up in the Summerlands, where clothes are solidly optional, and stay body-shy -- but that doesn't mean… — Mira Grant
There is only one good definition of God: the freedom that allows other freedoms to exist. — John Fowles
I believe in the pursuit of happiness. Not its attainment, nor its final definition, but its pursuit. I believe in the journey, not the arrival;… — Andrew Sullivan
To encounter the sacred is to be alive at the deepest center of human existence. Sacred places are the truest definitions of the earth; they… — N. Scott Momaday
I would simply ask why so many critics, so many writers, so many philosophers take such satisfaction in professing that the experience of a work… — Pierre Bourdieu
You have your wonderful memories," people said later, as if memories were solace. Memories are not. Memories are by definition of times past, things gone.… — Joan Didion
When we are young, we spend much time and pains in filling our note-books with all definitions of Religion, Love, Poetry, Politics, Art, in the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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