450 Quotes About Definitions

  • Author Christopher Lasch
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    Liberals subscribe to the new flexible, pluralistic definition of the family; their defense of families carries no conviction.

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  • Author David Levithan
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    If you want to live within the definition of your own truth, you have to choose to go through the initially painful and ultimately comforting process of finding it.

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  • Author Edwin Land
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    Over the years, I have learned that every significant invention has several characteristics. By definition it must be startling, unexpected, and must come into a world that is not prepared for it. If the world were prepared for it, it would not be much of an invention.

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  • Author James Lipton
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    The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do.

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  • Author Jay Leno
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    With high definition TV, everything looks bigger and wider. Kind of like going to your 25th high school reunion.

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  • Author Madeleine L'Engle
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    Love can't be pinned down by a definition, and it certainly can't be proved, any more than anything else important in life can be proved.

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  • Author Maya Lin
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    The definition of a modern approach to war is the acknowledgement of individual lives lost.

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  • Author Sharon Lawrence
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    Go out there and see where the world needs your touch. That kind of meaning not only makes you feel more connected to your environment on a local scale, but also to yourself - whether you can operate from something beyond the definition that others might place on you.

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