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  • And Kinsey thought that anybody who defined themselves based on their sexual acts was limiting themselves.
  • The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.
  • Beauty cannot be defined by abscissas and ordinates; neither are circles and ellipses created by their geometrical formulas.
  • If an artist is driven primarily by social responsibility, I think the art probably suffers because, again, just as leadership has a rather defined end point or purpose, social responsibility would seem to have a very clear moral context.
  • Long before Einstein told us that matter is energy, Machiavelli and Hobbes and other modern political philosophers defined man as a lump of matter whose most politically relevant attribute is a form of energy called ''self-interestedness.'' This was not a
  • Our culture thrives on black-and-white narratives, clearly defined emotions, easy endings, and so, this thrust into complexity exhausts.
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  • Kate Millet Prostitution, when unmotivated by economic need, might well be defined as a species of psychological addiction, built on self-hatred through repetitions of the act of sale by which a whore is defined.
    Kate Millet
    American writer (1934 - 2017)
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  • Douglas Adams We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!
    Douglas Adams
    British science-fiction writer (1952 - 2001)
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  • B. W. Powe A just society will appear less spectacular, and less clearly defined, than a society with totalitarian leadership, theocratic goals.
    Mystic Trudeau - The Fire And the Rose Emanations, Destinies, p.54
    B. W. Powe
    Canadian poet, novelist and teacher (1955 - )
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  • Charles A. Garfield A mission could be defined as an image of a desired state that you want to get to. Once fully seen, it will inspire you to act, fuel your imagination and determine your behavior.
    Charles A. Garfield
    American psychologist and author (1944 - )
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  • Anne Stevenson A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties.
    Anne Stevenson
    American-British poet and writer (1933 - 2020)
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  • Albert Bandura Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how one is doing.
    Albert Bandura
    Canadian-American psychologist (1925 - )
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  • A. P. Herbert An act of God was defined as ''something which no reasonable man could have expected.''
    A. P. Herbert
    English humorist, novelist and playwright (1890 - 1971)
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  • Bill Condon And Kinsey thought that anybody who defined themselves based on their sexual acts was limiting themselves.
    Bill Condon
    American director and screenwriter (1955 - )
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  • Bainbridge Colby And one cannot discharge the duty of loyalty without the patient and an open minded study of the institution that marked the country and defined its character.
    Bainbridge Colby
    American politician and attorney (1869 - 1950)
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  • Cavett Robert Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.
    Cavett Robert
    American businessman and founder of the National Speakers Association (1907 - 1997)
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  • Brin-Jonathan Butler At a certain point, Mike Tyson and I reacted to violence a little differently. I was afraid to leave my house for three years while he became the heavyweight champion of the world. The thing was, at first, we reacted to it the same way, and our cowardice and trauma defined us.
    Brin-Jonathan Butler
    American journalist and filmmaker
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  • Carl von Clausewitz Beauty cannot be defined by abscissas and ordinates; neither are circles and ellipses created by their geometrical formulas.
    On War (1832)
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Alexandre Dumas père Business, that's easily defined; it's other people's money.
    Alexandre Dumas père
    French writer (1802 - 1870)
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  • Aldous Huxley Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously over-compensates a secret doubt.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Carol Moseley Braun Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.
    Carol Moseley Braun
    American diplomat, politician, and lawyer (1947 - )
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  • Carolina Herrera Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.
    Carolina Herrera
    Venezuelan fashion designer (1939 - )
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero Every stage of human life, except the last, is marked out by certain and defined limits; old age alone has no precise and determinate boundary.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Bill Drayton Every successful organization has to make the transition from a world defined primarily by repetition to one primarily defined by change. This is the biggest transformation in the structure of how humans work together since the Agricultural Revolution.
    Bill Drayton
    American social entrepreneur
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  • Henry Louis Mencken Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • William Cowper Fanaticism soberly defined, is the false fire of an over heated mind.
    William Cowper
    English poet (1731 - 1800)
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