#definition

The best opinion now is, that there are multitudinous forms which are not sufficiently differentiated to be distinctively either plant or animal, while, as respects ordinary plants and animals, the difficulty of laying down a definition has become far greater than ever before. ↗

— Asa Gray

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My old teacher's definition of poetry is an attempt to understand. ↗

— Thom Gunn

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My definition of a redundancy is an air-bag in a politician's car. ↗

— Larry Hagman

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Syria is a terrorist state by any definition and is so classified by the State Department. I happen to think Iran is too. Iraq, Iran, Syria, they're all involved. ↗

— Alexander Haig

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Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions. ↗

— Oscar Hammerstein II

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I have no difficulty with the recognition of civil unions for non-traditional relationships but I believe in law we should protect the traditional definition of marriage. ↗

— Stephen Harper

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I've always been clear, I support the traditional definition of marriage. ↗

— Stephen Harper

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By definition startups usually do not turn a profit. ↗

— Kevin Harrington

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I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true. ↗

— Audrey Hepburn

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An education program is, by definition, a societal program. Work should be done at school, rather than at home. ↗