#definition

We have fallen into this very mean description of humanity. Naturalism in fiction is too reductive in its definition of human beings. ↗

— Ben Okri

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What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects. ↗

— Walter Pater

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Having federal officials, whether judges, bureaucrats, or congressmen, impose a new definition of marriage on the people is an act of social engineering profoundly hostile to liberty. ↗

— Ron Paul

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Hollywood is the definition of sexual discrimination. ↗

— Ally Sheedy

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If you keep saying two plus two equals five over and over again, then that is what people are going to think. Maybe it does equal five if we keep changing the definition of what's normal and what's right and what's wrong. ↗

— Kevin Sorbo

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My definition of winning at squash is playing and surviving, and I've never lost a match. ↗

— Arlen Specter

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Avant-garde is French for bullshit ↗

— John Lennon

#definitions #art

Not that any of the sysadmin’s knowledge and skills were applicable here. The psychological stance was the thing: the implicit faith, a little naive and a little cocky, that by banging his head against the problem for long enough he’d be able to break through in the end. ↗

— Neal Stephenson

#sysadmin #faith

Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#humor #humor

Your best friend is the person who not only knows all the important stories and events in your life, but has lived through them with you. Your best friend isn't the person you call when you are in jail; mostly likely, she is sitting in the cell beside you. ↗

— Irene S. Levine

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