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Our easiest approach to a definition of any aspect of fiction is always by considering the sort of demand it makes on the reader. Curiosity… — E. M. Forster
I pursue no objectives, no systems, no tendency; I have no program, no style, no direction. I have no time for specialized concerns, working themes,… — Gerhard Richter
Whether or not Saddam is implicated directly in the anthrax attacks or the horrors of September 11, he is, by any common definition, a terrorist… — Joe Lieberman
Through developing trusting and respectful relationships with the boys in our lives, we can help boys to value and acknowledge their relational capabilities, which they… — Judy Chu
To pursue a goal which is by definition unattainable is to condemn oneself to a state of perpetual unhappiness. — Emile Durkheim
Any definition which limits us is deplorable. — Edward Albee
There are those who ask what authority, what theological qualification, the Council intended to give to its teachings, knowing that it avoided issuing solemn dogmatic… — Pope Paul VI
If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success. — Stephen Covey
The definition of courage is going from defeat to defeat with enthusiasm. — Winston Churchill
In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration". — Alan Perlis
"We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable" in a draft of the Declaration of Independence changes it instead into an assertion of rationality.… — Benjamin Franklin
The western mind makes definitions; it draws lines. — Camille Paglia
Definition is the companion of clarity; clarity is the guide to your goals. — Tony Buzan
I am very much afraid of definitions, and yet one is almost forced to make them. One must take care, too, not to be inhibited… — Robert Delaunay
The definition of fascism is The marriage of corporation and state — Benito Mussolini
To be a prisoner means to be defined as a member of a group for whom the rules of what can be done to you,… — Catharine MacKinnon
When a decision is made to cope with the symptoms of a problem, it is generally assumed that the corrective measures will solve the problem… — Masanobu Fukuoka
I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close… — Natalie Massenet
Faith is belief without evidence and reason; coincidentally that's also the definition of delusion. — Richard Dawkins
An Anarchist is anyone who denies the necessity and legitimacy of government; the question of his methods of attacking it is foreign to the definition. — Benjamin Tucker

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