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The best definition of faith that I know is that it is reason grown courageous. Moreover, that is all that Christ ever asked us for,… — Wilfred Grenfell
It is still your work or role that finally gives you your definition in our society, and the thousands upon thousands of people who I… — Seymour Krim
I don't know how one actually would define obscenity. I'm sure the definition is different according to the age one is living in. — Jane Alexander
But the truth is that critics are by definition critical. That's their job. — Black Francis
Vigorous enforcement of copyrights themselves is an important part of the picture. But I don't think that expanding the legal definition of copyright outside of… — Edward Felten
Genius is by definition a style of consciousness characterized by the ability to access high energy attractor patterns. It is not a personality characteristic. It… — David R. Hawkins
As long as male behavior is taken to be the norm, there can be no serious questioning of male traits and behavior. A norm is… — Myriam Miedzian
I have consciously sought after those things which make for value, order, richness, spirit and wonder, even though I am often unable to verbalize what… — Luci Swindoll
A fractal is a mathematical set or concrete object that is irregular or fragmented at all scales. — Benoit Mandelbrot
And, to prevent mistakes, I must advertize you, that I now mean by elements, as those chymists that speak plainest do by their principles, certain… — Robert Boyle
There is no rigorous definition of rigor. — Morris Kline
In spite the mountains of books written about art, no precise definition of art has been constructed. And the reason for this is that the… — Leo Tolstoy
Definitions would be good things if we did not use words to make them. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
When watching men of power in action it must be always kept in mind that, whether they know it or not, their main purpose is… — Eric Hoffer
art, n. This word has no definition. — Ambrose Bierce
It is one of the maxims of the civil law, that definitions are hazardous. — Samuel Johnson
The presidency does not yield to definition. Like the glory of a morning sunrise, it can be experienced. — Calvin Coolidge
I am not learning definitions as established in even the latest dictionaries. I am not a dictionary-maker. I am a person a dictionary-maker has to… — William Stafford
To see with the eyes of another, to hear with the ears of another, to feel with the heart of another. For the time being,… — Alfred Adler
Mastery is an elusive concept. You never know when you achieve it absolutely and it may not help you to feel you've attained it. We… — Twyla Tharp
There is no such thing as real happiness in life. The justest definition that was ever given of it was "a tranquil acquiescence under an… — Laurence Sterne
Can you remember when you didn't want to sleep? Isn't it inconceivable? I guess the definition of adulthood is that you want to sleep. — Paula Poundstone
We do not choose to be born.We do not--most of us, choose to die, or the times or conditions of our death. But within all… — Joseph Epstein
Knowledge pursued for its own sake - that's the definition of education, as opposed to training. — Jane Haddam
Action painting has to do with self-creation or self-definition or self-transcendence; but this dissociates it from self-expression, which assumes the acceptance of the ego as… — Hannah Arendt

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