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Everybody who labels themselves a 'nerd' isn't some giant person locked in a cubbyhole who's never seen the opposite sex. Especially with the way the… — Joss Whedon
What's wrong with hip-hop is the system that controls the definition of it. There needs to be more balance on the airwaves. — Saul Williams
The definition of a beautiful woman is one who loves me. — Sloan Wilson
Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation. — Walter Winchell
I'm a textbook definition of that perfectionist girl who has huge expectations of herself. — Rachel Zoe
America is an empire. I hope you know that now. All empires, by definition, are bumbling, shambolic, bullying, bureaucratic affairs, as certain of the rightness… — Felix Dennis
I always wear a dinner jacket. I never have this definition of what goes for the morning or the evening or what works for the… — Alber Elbaz
The skyscraper style first advocated by Louis Sullivan - a tower of strongly vertical character with clear definitions among base, shaft, and crown - has… — Martin Filler
Entertainment's definition has been reduced to making people happy. — Anurag Kashyap
When someone tells me about Malala, the girl who was shot by the Taliban - that's my definition for her - I don't think she's… — Malala Yousafzai
Does something which exists on the edge have no true relevance to the stable center, or does it, by being on the edge, become a… — Lucy Grealy
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a… — Martha Beck
Character is that which can do without success. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If we maintain the open-mindedness of children, we challenge fixed ideas and established structures, including our own. We listen to people in other denominations and… — Brennan Manning
Hash, x. There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is. Famous, adj. Conspicuously miserable. Dictionary, n. A malevolent literary device… — Ambrose Bierce
I’m a man who falls in love so easily, and with such reckless lack of consideration for the consequences of my actions, that from the… — Michael Chabon
My definition of Blues is that it's a musical form which is very disciplined and structured coupled with a state of mind, and you can… — Eric Clapton
My definition of good literature is that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure. — Gene Wolfe
Beauty plus pity-that is the closest we can get to a definition of art. Where there is beauty there is pity for the simple reason… — Vladimir Nabokov
For, like almost everyone else in our country, I started out with my share of optimism. I believed in hard work and progress and action,… — Ralph Ellison
Love is a continual interrogation. I don’t know of a better definition of love. — Milan Kundera
The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God. — Rob Bell
In a cool medium, the audience is an active constituent of the viewing or listening experience. A girl wearing open-mesh silk stockings or glasses is… — Marshall McLuhan
Maybe the definition of home is the place where you are never forgiven. So you may always belong there, bound by guilt. And maybe the… — Gregory Maguire
To be brave, by definition, one has first to be afraid. — Robert Harris

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