Definitions Quotes

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Individuality, family, and community are, by definition, expressions of singular organization, never of "one-right-way" thinking on the grand scale. Children and families need some relief… — John Taylor Gatto
Now that's a concept that's always fascinated me: the real world. Only a very specific subset of people use the term, have you noticed? To… — Tana French
Clever, but schoolteacher beat him anyway to show him that definitions belonged to the definers - not the defined. — Toni Morrison
You existed. You existed now as a fractal. Definition: A fractal is generally a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be broken into parts,… — David Levithan
Life is not a game of Solitaire; people depend on one another. When one does well, others are lifted. When one stumbles, others also are… — Jon M. Huntsman Sr.
...by the time we understand the pattern we are in, the definition we are making for ourselves, it's too late to break out of the… — Robert Penn Warren
We hear a lot about identity theft when someone takes your wallet and pretends to be you and uses your credit cards. But the more… — Stephen Covey
I don't believe there is any such definition, there is no such thing as evil, only moral judgments based on what society believes to be… — Nikolas Schreck
Once you call something a story, it's set in stone. It has a beginning, a middle, and an end that can't be transformed, because by… — Jodi Picoult
If you want a definition of what a coward is, it’s needing to push a whole class of people down so that you can walk… — Andrea Dworkin
If faith were rational , it wouldn't be -by definition- faith. — Elizabeth Gilbert
Maybe we don't have the same definition of about what's beautiful. So define it. Define true beauty. — Justina Chen
Good luck trying to force Evie to do anything else once she has made up her mind. She is the definition of a stubborn, headstrong… — Kiersten White
As many critics of religion have pointed out, the notion of a creator poses an immediate problem of an infinite regress. If God created the… — Sam Harris
It must be remembered that in those great days I was considered to be an "integrationist" - this was never, quite, my own idea of… — James A. Baldwin
The definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple. — Albert Einstein
The hallmark of an authoritarian idiot is yelling TERRORIST-LOVER! at anyone questioning the definition of Terrorist. — Glenn Greenwald
Do you know what the definition of insane is? Yes. It’s the inability to relate to another human being. It’s the inability to love. — Richard Yates
My best definition of a nerd: someone who asks you to explain an aphorism — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I don't want it to end, and so, as every therapist knows, the ego does not want an end to its “problems” because they are… — Eckhart Tolle
Putting my hand in someone else’s has always been my definition of happiness. Before I fall asleep, often - in that small struggle not to… — Clarice Lispector
Love is just a word, but you bring it definition. — Eminem
We have not yet arrived, but every point at which we stop requires a re-definition of our destination. — Ben Okri
But I kept at it with the help-wanted ads. My standards were sliding swiftly. At first I had insisted I would only work at a… — Robin Sloan
I don't deserve you." "You're not allowed to say that." "Why not?" "It's a breakup line. Unless you're breaking up-" Jason leaned over and kissed… — Rick Riordan

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