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If a poet has any obligation toward society, it is to write well. Being in the minority, he has no other choice. Failing this duty,… — Joseph Brodsky
Fairness' is one of the great mantras of the left. Since everyone has his own definition of fairness, that word is a blank check for… — Thomas Sowell
We are living in a period in which many people have changed their mind about what the use of music is or could be for… — John Cage
In this society, the norm of masculinity is phallic aggression. Male sexuality is, by definition, intensely and rigidly phallic. A man's identity is located in… — Andrea Dworkin
Sex cannot be contained within a definition of physical pleasure, it cannot be understood as merely itself for it has stood for too long as… — Elizabeth Janeway
The human mind is so complex and things are so tangled up with each other that, to explain a blade of straw, one would have… — Remy de Gourmont
One would expect that private property taken by eminent domain would become land available for public use such as parks and roads. Unfortunately, this decision… — Jim Ryun
I have heard Science Fiction and Fantasy referred to as the fiction of ideas, and I like that definition, but it's the mainstream public that… — Jean M. Auel
Michael Giles the first drummer of King Crimson, never agreed to the name King Crimson. But then, if you'd knew Michael, you would know he… — Robert Fripp
There have been many definitions of beauty in art. What is it? Beauty is what the untrained eyes consider abominable. — Edmond de Goncourt
I see myself as someone who makes things. Definitions have never done anything but constrain. — Jonathan Safran Foer
Alexander received more bravery of mind by the pattern of Achilles, than by hearing the definition of fortitude. — Philip Sidney
The definition of insanity in Texas is so insane that it's impossible to be insane in Texas. — Malcolm McDowell
I have to feel that I'm going somewhere all the time. By definition, if you have this urge to go places, then you can't be… — Jo Nesbo
Well, when I was a kid, if my father was witnessing something that he thought was particularly outrageous or he was looking at some sort… — Richard Neal
To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process but by its… — Thomas Sowell
The Lazysphere - a working definition - is a group of bloggers who I won't name by name, but you can spot them a mile… — Steve Rubel
We frequently define an acid or a base as a substance whose aqueous solution gives, respectively, a higher concentration of hydrogen ion or of hydroxide… — Gilbert N. Lewis
Since hydrogen is a constituent of most of our electrolytic solvents, the definition of an acid or base as a substance which gives up or… — Gilbert N. Lewis
If that's your definition of the Clinton faction, then I think that that seems to be in ascendancy. That might include a guy like John… — John Podesta
If you based your knowledge of the human species exclusively on adverts, you'd think that the normal condition of humanity was to be a good-looking… — Francis Spufford
My definition of good is that you understand that this is a question of power. That you be willing to give up some power. That… — Sister Souljah
It's no good looking to writers for definitions of what constitutes proper writing, because you will drive yourself crazy, and you won't find anything that… — Nick Hornby
Being an author means, almost by definition, that you make up characters and then complicate their lives. That's it, really. You make up characters and… — Maureen Johnson
How can you possibly be happy if you think you're a person? Because we all know, just by definition, that people are definitely not happy… — Frederick Lenz

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