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  • Alan Bennett Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.
    Alan Bennett
    British playwright, screenwriter, actor and author (1934 - )
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  • A. R. Ammons Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
    Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues (1996 edition), Univ of Michigan Pr
    A. R. Ammons
    American poet (1926 - 2001)
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  • Ayn Rand God... a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive.
    Ayn Rand
    Russian Writer, Philosopher (1905 - 1982)
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  • Alan Cranston I don't think there's any one definition, but to do effective political work you have to have vision and practicality, and learn how to persuade people that what you feel needs to be done does need to be done.
    Alan Cranston
    American politician and journalist (1914 - 2000)
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  • Ezra Pound I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.
    Ezra Pound
    American poet (1885 - 1972)
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  • Ajay Naidu I like the theatre because you paint with broad strokes. To me the theatre is stretching its definition really far.
    Ajay Naidu
    American actor (1972 - )
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  • Bidzina Ivanishvili I've never been an oligarch. The definition of an oligarch is someone who has co-operated with the government, and I never did.
    Bidzina Ivanishvili
    Georgian politician, billionaire businessman and philanthropist (1956 - )
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  • Bertrand Russell If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • C. Wright Mills If we accept the Greek's definition of the idiot as an altogether private man, then we must conclude that many American citizens are now idiots. And I should not be surprised, although I don't know, if there were some such idiots even in Germany.
    The British Journal of Sociology Structure of Power in America, Vol. 9 (March 1958)
    C. Wright Mills
    American sociologist (1916 - 1962)
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  • George S. Patton If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
    George S. Patton
    American Army General during World War II (1885 - 1945)
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  • Al Sharpton If you can get the proper definition of trouble, then we can find out who the real troublemakers are.
    Al Sharpton
    American civil rights activist, Baptist minister and talk show host (1954 - )
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  • Arthur C. Brooks If you think spreading money around by force seems like an odd definition of fairness, you're not alone.
    Arthur C. Brooks
    American social scientist and musician (1964 - )
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  • Alan Perlis In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word 'frustration'.
    Alan Perlis
    American computer scientist and professor (1922 - 1990)
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  • John Henry Newman It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
    John Henry Newman
    English theologian (1801 - 1890)
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  • John Henry Newman It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
    John Henry Newman
    English theologian (1801 - 1890)
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  • Bob Keeshan It is my contention that most people are not mugged every day, that most people in this world do not encounter violence every day. I think we prepare people for violence, and I think just as importantly we prepare people for the definition of being gentle.
    Bob Keeshan
    American television producer and actor (1927 - 2004)
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  • Doris Lessing Laughter is by definition healthy.
    Doris Lessing
    British novelist (1919 - 2013)
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  • Ben Nelson Let me be clear. I support the definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
    Ben Nelson
    American politician, businessman and lawyer (1941 - )
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  • Billy Connolly My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.
    Billy Connolly
    Scottish stand-up comedian, musician, actor (1942 - )
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  • Kenneth Branagh My definition of success is control.
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