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• The problem for those who assert biblical authority in support of traditional definitions of marriage is that one could, with equal validity, assert that the lending of money or certain kinds of haircuts are forbidden by God, or that slavery and the subjugation of women are authorized by the Lord.

  Jon Meacham

  Biblical, Support, Slavery

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• Simplicity is a key to avoiding complication. Part of the definition of simplicity is 'not complex or complicated; sincere.'

  Joyce Meyer

  Motivational, Keys, Simplicity

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• With pop stars or film stars, we become the object of people's self-definition, as well as the object of sexual definition.

  George Michael

  Stars, Self, People

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• A battery by definition is a collection of cells. So the cell is a little can of chemicals. And the challenge is taking a very high-energy cell, and a large number of them, and combining them safely into a large battery.

  Elon Musk

  Cells, Numbers, Challenges

  "Extended Interview: Tesla Motors Chairman Elon Musk". Interview with Spencer Michels, www.pbs.org. June 25, 2008.

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• I like the theatre because you paint with broad strokes. To me the theatre is stretching its definition really far.

  Ajay Naidu

  Theatre, Paint, Broads

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• We have fallen into this very mean description of humanity. Naturalism in fiction is too reductive in its definition of human beings.

  Ben Okri

  Mean, Humanity, Fiction

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• Twins are a high-risk pregnancy, by definition. The quieter I am, the longer I can keep them growing.

  Jane Pauley

  Pregnancy, Risk, Growing

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• My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people.

  James Cash Penney

  Jobs, People, Done

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• My parents wanted to light my artistic candle. But over time, the definition of 'the arts' began to stretch. And as I got older, they suddenly realized, Oh, my God, we're the parents of Iggy Pop.

  Iggy Pop

  Art, Light, Parent

  "What I've Learned: Iggy Pop" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. February 20, 2007.

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• Well, first of all, I don't want to debate the word conservative, but by my definition, a conservative is someone who wants to conserve the Constitution of the United States and the American tradition and law that no one is above the law.

  Dan Rather

  Law, United States, Want

  "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. June 2, 2005.

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• Politicians are nauseating by definition... They can produce nothing, neither a loaf of bread nor a table nor a picture; and this inability to create value, this total inferiority, makes them jealous, vengeful, insolent and a menace to life and limb.

  Gerhard Richter

  Jealous, Inability, Inferiority

  Gerhard Richter, Dietmar Elger, Hans-Ulrich Obrist (2009). “Gerhard Richter: text : writings, interviews and letters, 1961-2007”

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• Like me, the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance directed towards gays and lesbians.

  Mitt Romney

  Marriage, Gay, Wish

  Preserving traditional marriage: a view from the states : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, June 22, 2004.

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• That seems to be the definition of 'novel' for me: a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief.

  George Saunders

  Stories, Way, Novel

  Interview with Andy Ward, www.slate.com. 2013.

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• A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is; otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was thus named.

  Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

  Would Be, Literature, Should

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• Expand the definition of 'reading' to include non-fiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines, action adventure, and, yes, even websites. It's the pleasure of reading that counts; the focus will naturally broaden. A boy won't read shark books forever.

  Jon Scieszka

  Book, Reading, Adventure

  "National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Must Go!" by Jon Scieszka, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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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 than any outfit.

  Sarah Shahi

  Sexy, Smart, Sound

  "Up Close with Sarah Shahi". Interview with Kristen Aldridge, www.shape.com.

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• My definition of winning at squash is playing and surviving, and I've never lost a match.

  Arlen Specter

  Winning, Squash, Lost

  "Former Senator Arlen Specter Dies At 82". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. October 15, 2012.

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• 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 government of course. It has all the powers that it chooses to exercise. There is no other or at least no more accurate definition of a despotism than this.

  Lysander Spooner

  Exercise, Government, People

  Lysander Spooner (1971). “The Collected Works of Lysander Spooner: Legal writings”

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• 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 any correct definition of the term law.

  Lysander Spooner

  Law, Term, Application

  Lysander Spooner (1845). “The Unconstitutionality of Slavery”, p.6

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• The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'

  Madame de Stael

  Greek, Enthusiasm

  "Germany". Book by Madame de Stael, 1813.

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• It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap.

  Peter Steele

  Rap, People

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• I don't think Stoppardian has a precise definition.

  Tom Stoppard

  Thinking, Precise

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• 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 joy, the child of the narcissistic parent feels like, 'What can I do to make her okay, to make her happy?'

  Susan Sullivan

  Mother, Children, Joy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Country, Simple, Music Is

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• 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 are rolled into a single entity, eliminating duplicative overhead.

  Matt Taibbi

  Successful, Evil, Stories

  "Greed and Debt: The True Story of Mitt Romney and Bain Capital". www.rollingstone.com. August 29, 2012.

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