Definitions Quotes - Page 20

• I always go with the dictionary definition of feminism, which is just social, political and economic equality for women.

  Jessica Valenti

  Political, Feminism, Economic

  Source: bigthink.com

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• So different groups have different definitions, and then they clash on those. So it takes adept leadership to say we're going to work through these.

  Michael Emerson

  Groups, Different, Going To Work

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Sanity and enlightenment...I've been reading a new book Dogen's Genjo Koan: Three Commentaries, and it contains a commentary on Genjo Koan by Shunryu Suzuki, the author who wrote Zen Mind, Beginners Mind. He doesn't mention sanity at all but I think that one possible definition of enlightenment would be a kind of profound sanity, where being insane is no longer an option.

  Brad Warner

  Book, Reading, Thinking

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• Great performers are, by definition, abnormal; they strive throughout their entire careers to separate themselves from the pack.

  John Eliot

  Careers, Achievement, Abnormal

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• And if you look at all this academic work in the conferences and so on there's a constant theme that terrorism is extremely hard to define and we therefore have to have a deep thinking about it. And the reason it's hard to define is quite simple. It's hard to find a definition that includes what they do to us but excludes what we do to them. That's quite difficult. So it takes a global war on terrorism.

  Noam Chomsky

  War, Simple, Thinking

  "Anti-Intellectualism, Terrorism, and Elections in Contemporary Education: a Discussion with Noam Chomsky". Interview with Dan Falcone, www.counterpunch.org. June 3, 2016.

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• I think the beauty of images is that they are by definition fetishes and every image (banal or not) as a fetish holds within it the promise of a sensuousness that (without generalizing) at least I, as a human being, am drawn to.

  Anton Yelchin

  Thinking, Promise, Fetish

  Source: www.pasunautre.com

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• There are two definitions of deflation. Most people think of it simply as prices going down. But debt deflation is what happens when people have to spend more and more of their income to carry the debts that they've run up - to pay their mortgage debt, to pay the credit card debt, to pay student loans.

  Michael Hudson

  Running, Thinking, Two

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Human rights are not the preserve of Western activists: The definition must extend to encompass the right to the dignified life; the right to send your kids to school, for that child to get health care, for access for greater prosperity for generations to come and to have a say in the destiny of your community and country. Under that definition, Rwanda has nothing to learn from advocacy groups who think they own the copyright on what constitutes human rights under all conditions in every corner of the world.

  Paul Kagame

  Country, Children, School

  "Exclusive interview: Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda". Interview with Tony Metcalf, www.metro.us. August 29, 2012.

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• I thought Donald Trump approach on Brexit was a fascinating window into how he thinks.
  His basic point was that [David] Cameron should resign because he didn't read the public mood on the issue right. And that Boris Johnson should be the next prime minister because he did. That's a very different definition of leadership than many politicians have. Or at least say they have.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Thinking, Issues, Different

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• Success has a very narrow definition in professional athletics: medals and records, and pursuit of anything outside of that is looked down upon.

  Lauren Fleshman

  Records, Pursuit, Athletics

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• Love is the feeling we get when we recognize the positive attributes in another. You have to continually and actively watch for the best parts of someone else that will let you experience love. I like this definition of love because it's not just for the romantic lovers out there but the love of a friend, a mother, sibling - all kinds of love.

  Michael Adam Hamilton

  Mother, Sibling, Love Is

  "Michael Adam Hamilton: Celebrating Life and Love". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that no meant no, but that's it.

  Nate Parker

  Kids, Remember, Conversation

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• You have to have the definition of what you're trying to do across the system.

  Hosain Rahman

  Trying, Hardware

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• I do have a side as a citizen, and I've always expressed it, and that's where I've gotten into misunderstandings, because some people see me as a leftist nut or whatever. A conspiracy nut. All that stuff. These are definitions that don't really apply to a dramatist, because a dramatist is working from empathy.

  Oliver Stone

  Nuts, People, Empathy

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I asked Chief Justice John Roberts about this definition of life - you know, what is life? The Supreme Court can't figure it out or doesn't want us to figure it out; the fact that we know that there is no life if there's no heartbeat and brainwaves.

  Tom Coburn

  Justice, Want, Facts

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• My definition of success is "the fulfillment of your soul's purpose."

  Jack Canfield

  Soul, Purpose, Fulfillment

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• We're gonna keep on doin' what we're doin', and we're gonna get it by all means. That's just what "ruthless" means to me. Everybody's got their own definition, but I'm ruthless with this music.

  Ace Hood

  Mean, Ruthless

  Source: djbooth.net

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• I think human beings are almost, by definition, religious people,in the sense that we ask questions of meaning, we anticipate future events, we deal with the issues of mortality from the first time we see a dead bird as a little child.

  John Shelby Spong

  Religious, Children, Thinking

  Source: mormon-chronicles.blogspot.com

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• Punishment by definition isn't going to help. So what you need to do is to help people to change and recover is to help them find different areas of passion and help them find better ways of coping. Because about 50 percent of people with addiction have a preexisting mental illness, about two-thirds have had some type of severe trauma during childhood, and they are not using to the point where they're risking their lives because it's fun. They're doing something to help them cope.

  Maia Szalavitz

  Fun, Passion, Punishment

  Source: sojo.net

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• The crazy thing is a lot of people - a lot of men, if I'm just speaking for myself - don't really start thinking about the effect of hyper-masculinity and false definitions of what it means to be a man until you get married or until you have kids. Because then all of sudden you have something to protect.

  Nate Parker

  Crazy, Mean, Kids

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• Here are examples of real women who have done real things: good, bad, and in between. We're expanding not just the definition of the female or feminine hero, but also villains and more complex, nuanced female characters. Too often I hear men say, "I don't know how to write women." Here you go, here are five incredible women you can use to inspire your own stories.

  Anita Sarkeesian

  Real, Hero, Writing

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• A skeptic is one who is willing to question any truth claim, asking for clarity in definition, consistency in logic, and adequacy of evidence.

  Paul Kurtz

  Consistency, Adequacy, Asking

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• I'm so passionately hopelessly in love with my job! I think the definition of workaholic is that you can't wait till the weekend is over so you can start working again.

  Ann Shin

  Jobs, Passion, Weekend

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• I'm a thug. And my thug comes from... my definition of thug comes from half of the street element. Straight street hustling.

  Tupac Shakur

  Thug, Hustle, Elements

  Source: blankonblank.org

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• ... human free will implies God's prior decision not to tamper with the metaphysical base of that free will. It also implies man's ability to reject the persuasion God uses to influence that free will while leaving its metaphysical base intact! Persuasion, not compulsion, is what even He must rely upon! And persuasion, by its very definition, must be resistible!

  Don Richardson

  Men, Rely Upon, Decision

  Don Richardson (1984). “Eternity in Their Hearts”, Baker Publishing Group

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