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Recognition of this kinship with the rest of the universe is necessary for understanding him, but his essential nature is defined by qualities found nowhere else, not by those he has in common with apes, fishes, trees, fire, or anything other than himself. ↗

— George G. Simpson

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God is defined by Jesus but not confined to Jesus. ↗

— Huston Smith

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A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

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In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

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Many transition states have a well-defined preferred geometrical requirement. ↗

— Derek Harold Richard Barton

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You were saying that once when visiting Yale, you were struck that unlike Pound, Williams's thinking was volatile, I mean, did not stay locked into a pattern of concepts that then defined his subsequent necessary behavior, whereas Pound did. ↗

— Robert Creeley

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Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out. ↗

— G. M. Trevelyan

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Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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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. ↗

— Leon Trotsky

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The U.S. tries to provide immigrants who grow up here with a world-class education and imbue them with the can-do attitude that has long defined American innovation. ↗

— Gary Locke

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