Defined Quotes - Page 36

• Spiritually, we're all on a path. I haven't declared of defined myself because as soon as you declare yourself you're identifying with a certain dogma.

  Emilio Estevez

  Path, Dogma, Certain

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• People always tell me I'm nothing like my character. Well, hopefully not! He's a character who's very defined. He was purposefully written by Jo Rowling as very one-dimensional in the first few books, because you're supposed to hate him.

  Tom Felton

  Hate, Book, Character

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• No game in the world is as tidy and dramatically neat as baseball, with cause and effect, crime and punishment, motive and result, so cleanly defined.

  Paul Gallico

  Baseball, Punishment, Games

  Paul Gallico (2015). “Farewell to Sport”, p.91, Open Road Media

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• I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge.

  William Glasser

  Thinking, Acquiring Knowledge, Ifs

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• I think math is a hugely creative field, because there are some very well-defined operations that you have to work within. You are, in a sense, straightjacketed by the rules of the mathematics. But within that constrained environment, it's up to you what you do with the symbols.

  Brian Greene

  Math, Thinking, Creative

  "Brian Greene on The Hidden Reality". "Talk of the Nation Science Friday" with Ira Flatow, www.npr.org. March 4, 2011.

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• Oddly, the meanings of books are defined for me much more by their beginnings and middles than they are by their endings.

  Lev Grossman

  Book

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• I am an African-American in America. That will never change. But I don't have to be defined by that.

  Robert Griffin III

  America, African American, Never Change

  " Local Robert Griffin III: If he's a "cornball", give us more" by Alfonzo Porter, www.washingtonpost.com. December 19, 2012.

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• For me, you don't ever want to be defined by the color of your skin. You want to be defined by your work ethic, the person that you are, your character, your personality. That's what I've tried to go out and do.

  Robert Griffin III

  Character, Color, Work Ethic

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• Practice rather than preach. Make of your life an affirmation, defined by your ideals, not the negation of others. Dare to the level of your capability then go beyond to a higher level.

  Alexander Haig

  Practice, Levels, Affirmation

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• A technical solution may be defined as one that requires a change only in the techniques of the natural sciences, demanding little or nothing in the way of change in human values or ideas of morality.

  Garrett Hardin

  Ideas, Technique, May

  Garrett James Hardin (1995). “The Immigration Dilemma: Avoiding the Tragedy of the Commons”, F A I R-Federation for American Immigration Reform

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• I didn't appreciate Mick Jagger until I got older, and mainly because of the Mick Jagger swagger. He defined that for the world. He was bold and adventurous with it, too - just the ultimate rock star.

  Mayer Hawthorne

  Stars, Rocks, Appreciate

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• Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

  William Hazlitt

  Spiritual, Expression, Grace

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.219, Delphi Classics

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• Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.

  Carolina Herrera

  Fashion, Self Esteem, Reading

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• Hosting a TV show is a full-time job in which success is defined by it never ending.

  John Hodgman

  Jobs, Tv Shows, Tvs

  "The Exchange: John Hodgman". Interview with Thessaly La Force, www.newyorker.com. November 11, 2008.

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• Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously over-compensates a secret doubt.

  Aldous Huxley

  Men, Doubt, Secret

  Aldous Huxley (2000). “Complete Essays: 1926-1929”, Ivan R Dee

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• Human rights will be a powerful force for the transformation of reality when they are not simply understood as externally defined norms of behavior but are lived as the spontaneous manifestation of internalized values.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Powerful, Reality, Rights

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• At the end of the day, we're defined by our predicament, not by the sides of town.

  Jesse Jackson

  The End Of The Day, Towns, Sides

  "Rev. Jesse Jackson: The Davis/Moseley Braun meeting-and on the media covering the mayor’s race". Interview With Carol Felsenthal, www.chicagomag.com. December 30, 2010.

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• The human brain works as a binary computer and can only analyze the exact information-based zeros and ones (or black and white). Our heart is more like a chemical computer that uses fuzzy logic to analyze information that can't be easily defined in zeros and ones.

  Naveen Jain

  Heart, Black And White, Brain

  "10 Secrets to Entrepreneurial Success" by Naveen Jain, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 2, 2011.

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• I believe our legacy will be defined by the accomplishments and fearless nature by which our daughters and sons take on the global challenges we face. I also wonder if perhaps the most lasting expression of one's humility lies in our ability to foster and mentor our children.

  Naveen Jain

  Daughter, Mother, Children

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• Girls see these defined roles they're supposed to follow in life, but when I was a young child, my parents told me I could be anything.

  Joan Jett

  Girl, Children, Parent

  Interview With Evelyn Mcdonnell, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 20, 2010.

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• Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country.

  Quincy Jones

  Country, Soul, Language

  "Does U.S. Need A Culture Czar?". "Morning Edition", www.npr.org. January 16, 2009.

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• The extent of one man's guilt may be defined by how much of it is experienced by the party he injured.

  Ryszard Kapuscinski

  Party, Men, Guilt

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• I love developing children as characters. Children rarely have important roles in literary fiction - they are usually defined as cute or precious, or they create a plot by being kidnapped or dying.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Cute, Children, Character

  "Barbara Kingsolver: 'Motherhood is so sentimentalised in our culture'". Interview with Gemma Kappala-Ramsamy, www.theguardian.com. May 11, 2013.

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• Our culture thrives on black-and-white narratives, clearly defined emotions, easy endings, and so, this thrust into complexity exhausts.

  Caroline Knapp

  Black And White, Culture, Narrative

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• We've defined decency down now that we look at the entertainment value of it, whether the acting is good, the writing is good, the story is good, no matter the depravity, we'll watch it.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Writing, Acting, Watches

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