"I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them."
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"The general definition of being muscle-bound is that you have so many muscles that you can't move freely. I don't know of any bodybuilder in that category; in fact, many of them are quite active in other sports."
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"In a way, this is a definition of shamanism. A shaman is a person who by some means has gotten out of their own culture."
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"If God is Love, He is, by definition, something more than mere kindness. And it appears, from all the records, that though He has often rebuked us and condemned us, He has never regarded us with contempt. He has paid us the intolerable compliment of loving us, in the deepest, most tragic, most inexorable sense."
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"Definitions belong to the definer, not the defined."
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"The definition of success is total preparation."
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"If you want to be important-wonderful. If you want to be recognized-wonderful. If you want to be great-wonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. That's a new definition of greatness."
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"Perhaps time’s definition of coal is the diamond."
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"Some things cannot be explained. This is part of the magic of life. There cannot be a word or an idea or a definition attached to everything."
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"Human nature is, by definition, a talkative one, imprudent, indiscreet, gossipy, incapable of closing its mouth and keeping it closed."
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"Heredity is nothing but stored environment."
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"Every activity performed in public can attain an excellence never matched in privacy; for excellence, by definition, the presence of others is always required."
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"Life is a stranger's sojourn, a night at an inn."
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"It is of man's essence to create materially and morally, to fabricate things and to fabricate himself. Homo faber is the definition I propose ... Homo faber, Homo sapiens, I pay my respects to both, for they tend to merge."
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"Well, you know, the definition of second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience."
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"By definition pop is extremely catchy, whether you like it or not."
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"The basic definition of the business and of its purpose and mission have to be translated into objectives."
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"What is the definition of guts? Grace under pressure."
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"The world would be a paradise of peace and justice if global citizens shared a common definition of love which would guide our thoughts and action."
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"I'm a rich man. To have everything you need is the definition of affluence."
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