#definition

My definition of cursing is probably different from what other people's definitions are. ↗

— Jimmy Kimmel

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If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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One would expect that private property taken by eminent domain would become land available for public use such as parks and roads. Unfortunately, this decision creates a loophole for government to manipulate the definition of public use simply to generate greater tax revenue. ↗

— Jim Ryun

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For me, the game would be to assume a very intelligent reader who can extrapolate a lot from a little. And that's become my definition of art; to get that pitch just right, where I can put a hint on page three, and the reader's ears go up a bit, as opposed to dropping it all on the first page. ↗

— George Saunders

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A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us. ↗

— Madame de Stael

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I don't think Stoppardian has a precise definition. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

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Content and technology are strange bed fellows. We are joined together. Sometimes we misunderstand each other. But isn't that after all the definition of marriage? ↗

— Howard Stringer

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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

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The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

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