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I know it sounds weird, but my definition of 'sexy' has changed as I've gotten older. And being smart and informed makes me feel sexier… — Sarah Shahi
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn. — George Bernard Shaw
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell. — George Bernard Shaw
My definition of winning at squash is playing and surviving, and I've never lost a match. — Arlen Specter
Any government, that is its own judge of, and determines authoritatively for the people, what are its own powers over the people, is an absolute… — Lysander Spooner
Any rule, not existing in the nature of things, or that is not permanent, universal and inflexible in its application, is no law, according to… — Lysander Spooner
The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us. — Madame de Stael
It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap. — Peter Steele
I don't think Stoppardian has a precise definition. — Tom Stoppard
There's a definition of narcissism that when a parent is narcissistic, instead of the child seeing himself reflected in the mother's face and the mother's… — Susan Sullivan
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. — Jonathan Swift
The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style. — Jonathan Swift
My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It's when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place. — Taylor Swift
Private equity firms aren't necessarily evil by definition. There are many stories of successful turnarounds fueled by private equity, often involving multiple floundering businesses that… — Matt Taibbi
My definition of love is being full. Complete. It makes everything lighter. Beauty is something you see. Love is something you feel. — Sharon Tate
One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition. — Alvin Toffler
The answer is, who you are cannot be defined through thinking or mental labels or definitions, because it's beyond that. It is the very sense… — Eckhart Tolle
Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. — Mark Twain
There is no definition of beauty, but when you can see someone's spirit coming through, something unexplainable, that's beautiful to me. — Liv Tyler
I think that intelligence is such a narrow branch of the tree of life - this branch of primates we call humans. No other animal,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
We don't consider black, urban films as 'indies,' though many of them are shot for under $10 million which is kind of the definition of… — Gabrielle Union
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. — Gore Vidal
There are probably several hundred thousand if we narrow the definition to include only those who in their search for money and power are ruthless… — Henry A. Wallace
I paint and I draw and I write and I do other things too, and recently some people at school were asking if I'd ever… — Emma Watson
Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. — H.G. Wells

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