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My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its weak. ↗

— John le Carre

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I don't think there's any one definition, but to do effective political work you have to have vision and practicality, and learn how to persuade people that what you feel needs to be done does need to be done. ↗

— Alan Cranston

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Art is why I get up in the morning but my definition ends there. You know I don't think its fair that I'm living for something I can't even define. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

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A creationist can embarrass an evolutionist by asking for a definition of species. ↗

— Walter Lang

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Finally there are simple ideas of which no definition can be given; there are also axioms or postulates, or in a word primary principles, which cannot be proved and have no need of proof. ↗

— Gottfried Leibniz

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If it were necessary to give the briefest possible definition of imperialism, we should have to say that imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

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By definition, an actor's life is a recipe for regret. There are always roads you could have taken. But I've lived long enough to realise that each road has its own rewards. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

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Definition of a victim: a person to whom life happens. ↗

— Peter McWilliams

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With pop stars or film stars, we become the object of people's self-definition, as well as the object of sexual definition. ↗

— George Michael

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I like the theatre because you paint with broad strokes. To me the theatre is stretching its definition really far. ↗

— Ajay Naidu

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