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• It may be desirable to explain, that by the word operation, we mean any process which alters the mutual relation of two or more things, be this relation of what kind it may. This is the most general definition, and would include all subjects in the universe.

  Ada Lovelace

  Mean, Two, May

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• I love French films, and European films. They're not any bigger, but there's just a sort of definition, and a confidence, and strength to them. I'd always, given the option, go and see a French drama. Obviously, we probably get the better ones. But they're just sophisticated on many levels, and grown up, and quite profound - and we don't make films like that.

  Jim Broadbent

  Love, Strength, Confidence

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Because by definition they lack any sense of mutuality or wholeness, our specializations subsist on conflict with one another. The rule is never to cooperate, but rather to follow one's own interest as far as possible. Checks and balances are all applied externally, by opposition, never by self-restraint. Labor, management, the military, the government, etc., never forbear until their excesses arouse enough opposition to force them to do so.

  Wendell Berry

  Military, Government, Self

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• Our future is only limited by our commitment to keep the momentum going. Now that television has been set free from all constraints - including time, place, and all previous definitions - what comes next?

  Anne Sweeney

  Commitment, Momentum, Television

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• I'm constantly correcting young people and fashion students in this nation when they say "Well, I do couture." By definition, you don't. You have to be licensed by the government of France to do couture. So don't use that term. You can say that you do one-of-a-kind, you can say it's custom, but you can't say it's couture - because it's inaccurate.

  Tim Gunn

  Fashion, Government, People

  "Project Runway’s Top Gunn". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. January/February, 2012.

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• Spare time is like spare change. It's hard to quantify, the definition of that phrase. What do I do when I'm not onstage singing, or sleeping, with or without someone else? I watch movies.

  Marilyn Manson

  Sleep, Singing, Watches

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. April 3, 2015.

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• What really happened in Vietnam was- all these things are away games for the American military. We're not on our home turf, which means to succeed there has to be a partner. And the definition of partnership is someone willing to risk their lives in their home area to prevail because they think it's necessary to build a decent life and a better life for their people.

  William J. Clinton

  Military, Home, Mean

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• What you do with your life is ascribing more to what you invest your time in. If you spend a lot of time on your phone, you're ascribing more worship to that. Anything can become, by that definition, some form of idol or deity or ultimate worth in your life.

  Jon Foreman

  Phones, Idols, Deities

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• When you are dealing with a serious compulsion or addictive pattern, then by definition self-will, self-discipline, and any other machinations of the conscious mind are not enough by themselves to handle the problem. It is like a breaker switch in your brain is simply flipped. Anybody who has had this kind of a problem knows that it doesn't matter how intelligent you are. Sigmund Freud said, "Intelligence will be used in the service of the neurosis."

  Marianne Williamson

  Intelligent, Self, Discipline

  Interview with John Robbins, foodrevolution.org. January 1, 2013.

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• We are still in various kinds of patriarchal systems. The very definition of patriarchy is that men control women as the means of reproduction, so the idea that a woman's main role is to have children often means society wants more workers, more soldiers. The idea that how many children we have should be controlled by the family, the church, the nation - by anyone but women themselves - is still very deep and very strong.

  Gloria Steinem

  Strong, Children, Mean

  Interview with Maria Shriver, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 11, 2011.

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• I don't need the definition of society, I'll just do my little thing in my corner and I'll be satisfied. I think that's important nowadays.

  Jean-Marc Barr

  Thinking, Important, Needs

  Source: collider.com

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• People often say to me, "How come you don't want to be CEO of a company?" And I tell them, "I don't want to." I know I can do it, but I don't enjoy it. Why does that have to be the definition of success?

  Charlene Li

  People, Want, Doe

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• I agree we have enough books that attempt to explain why God allows suffering, presumably in a way that lets God off the hook. And while much smarter men than I have constructed elaborate systems in this pursuit, they are by definition exercises in speculation.

  Tullian Tchividjian

  Letting Go, Book, Exercise

  Source: www.lifeisstory.com

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• Of all the definitions of love that abound in our universe, a special favorite of mine is... “the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.”

  Bell Hooks

  Spiritual, Self, Growth

  "Building a Community of Love: bell hooks and Thich Nhat Hanh". www.lionsroar.com. March 24, 2017.

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• The world would be a paradise of peace and justice if global citizens shared a common definition of love which would guide our thoughts and action.

  Bell Hooks

  Justice, Would Be, Citizens

  "Building a Community of Love: bell hooks and Thich Nhat Hanh". www.lionsroar.com. March 24, 2017.

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• I've never used High Definition video, never, ever, ever, ever, ever. And I never will. I can't stand that crap.

  Quentin Tarantino

  Video, Used, Crap

  "Quentin Tarantino - The "Inglourious Basterds" Interview with Kam Williams". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• If there is one thing I learned by reading Epstein's "The Sports Gene" it is that world-class athletes are, by definition, abnormal: that is, the kind of person capable of competing at that level is necessarily very different from the rest of us physiologically. They are outliers.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Sports, Reading, Athlete

  "Usain Bolt, a Collapse, and an Epic Beer Mile". Interview with Nicholas Thompson, www.newyorker.com. August 27, 2015.

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• The death penalty is used in such a blatantly racist way in the United States. There is no way that can be defended under any kind of definition of justice by anybody.

  Assata Shakur

  Justice, United States, Racist

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• I would prefer to use a very inclusive definition of the working class. I'd like to include all of those people who are, if they're not exploited by an immediate employer over them, they're exploited by the system and therefore have a cause to want to change the system. Having a very inclusive definition of the working class creates a great opportunity for organizing people.

  Howard Zinn

  Opportunity, Class, People

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• The general definition of being muscle-bound is that you have so many muscles that you can't move freely. I don't know of any bodybuilder in that category; in fact, many of them are quite active in other sports.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Sports, Moving, Facts

  Source: daggy.name

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• I don't know what the definition of a short story is, and I don't even care to answer that question. That's something somebody in academia would think about. I just want to tell a story, and if people listen, and if it stays with you, it's a story.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Thinking, People, Want

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• Literature is by definition opinionated. It is bound to provoke the arguments in many quarters, not excluding the hometown or even the family of the author.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Literature, Argument, Hometown

  Source: artisticactivism.org

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• If we could all give our own definitions of God, there would be as many definitions as there are men and women.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  God, Men, Giving

  Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.195, Vintage

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• The most important definition of an actor, the job of the actor, is to serve the writer, not yourself. Way too many actors serve themselves.

  Kevin Spacey

  Jobs, Important, Actors

  Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk

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• The seeds of destruction lie in the definition of "chosen-ness" and can easily blossom into bigotry. It's not inevitable but it needs constant care to avoid.

  Toni Morrison

  Lying, Needs, Care

  Source: www.bookbrowse.com

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