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By definition, sacred beings are separated beings. That which characterizes them is that there is a break of continuity between them and the profane beings. — Emile Durkheim
Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions. — Tryon Edwards
Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
People are pretty much alike. It's only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities. — Linda Ellerbee
Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures. — Evan Esar
Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either. — Evan Esar
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. — Harvey Fierstein
Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. — Harvey Fierstein
What's an expert? I read somewhere, that the more a man knows, the more he knows, he doesn't know. So I suppose one definition of… — Malcolm Forbes
My definition of a redundancy is an air-bag in a politician's car. — Larry Hagman
Syria is a terrorist state by any definition and is so classified by the State Department. I happen to think Iran is too. Iraq, Iran,… — Alexander Haig
Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace… — Oscar Hammerstein II
It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that. — G. H. Hardy
I have no difficulty with the recognition of civil unions for non-traditional relationships but I believe in law we should protect the traditional definition of… — Stephen Harper
I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true. — Audrey Hepburn
An education program is, by definition, a societal program. Work should be done at school, rather than at home. — Francois Hollande
When 9/11 hit, the second thing I said to myself was, 'This really is what religious people do.' Those people flying the plane were very… — Penn Jillette
I have a very specific definition of censorship. Censorship must be done by the government or it's not censorship. — Penn Jillette
The over-all point is that new technology will not necessarily replace old technology, but it will date it. By definition. Eventually, it will replace it.… — Steve Jobs
I'm the true definition of a workaholic. — Kim Kardashian
I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot… — John Keats
My definition of an educated man is the fellow who knows the right thing to do at the time it has to be done. You… — Charles Kettering
If you look up the definition of news in the dictionary, it isn't what you watch on TV. — Val Kilmer
I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it,… — Mark Knopfler
A guy that throws what he intends to throw, that's the definition of a good pitcher. — Sandy Koufax

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