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Defining Quotes (page 17)

Forced to define 'irrational subconscious,' I would say that it is a small padded room inside all of us, where the only furnishing is a small card table, and the only thing on the card table is a revolver loaded with flexible bullets. Stephen King
The Yogic path is about disentangling the built-in glitches of the human condition, which I'm going to over-simply define here as the heartbreaking inability to sustain contentment. Elizabeth Gilbert
Open the history of the past at whatsoever page you will and there you shall find coincidence at work bringing about events that the merest chance might have averted. Indeed, coincidence may be defined as the tool used by Fate to shape the destinies of men and nations. Rafael Sabatini
It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America. Barack Obama
Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasn’t can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it. L. M. Montgomery
God defines himself as "I am who I am", which also means: My being is such that I shall always be present in every moment of becoming. Hans Urs von Balthasar
Amy [Winehouse] increasingly became defined by her addiction. Our media though is more interested in tragedy than talent, so the ink began to defect from praising her gift to chronicling her downfall. The destructive personal relationships, the blood soaked ballet slippers, the aborted shows, that YouTube madness with the baby mice. In the public perception this ephemeral tittle-tattle replaced her timeless talent. This and her manner in our occasional meetings brought home to me the severity... Russell Brand
Greg Bear quote: "When all hopes are lost, only then does reality acquire that..."
When all hopes are lost, only then does reality acquire that sharp focus that defines who we are and what we have become. Greg Bear
Dan Brown quote: "But who is more ignorant? The man who cannot define lightning,..."
But who is more ignorant? The man who cannot define lightning, or the man who does not respect its awesome power? Dan Brown
W. H. Auden quote: "Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed..."
Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings. W. H. Auden
I return to the Prophet Joseph’s words: ‘Happiness is the object and design of our existence; and will be the end thereof, if we pursue the path that leads to it; and this path is virtue, uprightness, faithfulness, holiness, and keeping all the commandments of God.’ Let us walk these clearly defined paths. To help us do so we can follow the shortest sermon in the world. It is found on a common traffic sign. It says, ‘Keep right. Thomas S. Monson
The process of writing a novel is like taking a journey by boat. You have to continually set yourself on course. If you get distracted or allow yourself to drift, you will never make it to the destination. It's not like highly defined train tracks or a highway; this is a path that you are creating discovering. The journey is your narrative. Keep to it and there will be a tale told. Walter Mosley
Artemis is freedom—wild, untrammelled, aloof from all entanglements. She is a huntress, a dancer, the goddess of nature and wildness, a virgin physically and, even more important, a virgin psychologically, inviolable, belonging to no one, defined by no relationship, confined by no bond. Arianna Huffington
Jane Austen quote: "It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do."
It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do. Jane Austen
Oscar Wilde quote: "To define is to limit."
To define is to limit. Oscar Wilde

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