#defining

Many women cut back what had to be done at home by redefining what the house, the marriage and, sometimes, what the child needs. One woman described a fairly common pattern: I do my half. I do half of his half, and the rest doesn't get done. ↗

— Arlie Russell Hochschild

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Even today, skiffle is a defining part of my music. If I get the opportunity to just have a jam, skiffle is what I love to play. ↗

— Van Morrison

#even #get #i #i love #jam

For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with. ↗

— Charley Pride

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I'm unpredictable, I never know where I'm going until I get there, I'm so random, I'm always growing, learning, changing, I'm never the same person twice. But one thing you can be sure of about me; is I will always do exactly what I want to do. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#character-defining #character-quote #growth #growth-life #inspirational

My magic. That was at the heart of me. It was a manifestation of what I believed, what I lived. It came from my desire to see to it that someone stood between the darkness and the people it would devour. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#manifestation

Character primarily is honesty with God, ones-self, and others." ~R. Alan Woods [2013] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#character-defining #characteristics-of-leadership #r-alan-woods #leadership

Johns Hopkins introduced me to two defining events in my life: commitment to biomedical research and meeting my future wife, Mary. ↗

— Peter Agre

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Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

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The American Dream is a phrase we'll have to wrestle with all of our lives. It means a lot of things to different people. I think we're redefining it now. ↗

— Rita Dove

#american dream #different #different people #dream #i

And when you really think about the 9-11 event, the horrific attack on our land here in America and the death of three thousand of out loved ones, it was a defining moment. ↗

— Donald Evans

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