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I'm interested in the lives of Americans for whom the ways this culture has tried to define itself - that is, self-esteem defined by material wealth - they have nothing to do with that.

~Debra Granik

Topics: American Culture Define Defined Interested Itself Lives Material Material Wealth Nothing Self-Esteem Tried Ways Wealth Whom

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Each moment is defined by a multitude of histories, the past constantly converging upon us, perpetually decaying and reforming itself on the steady pulse of now, now, now, now.

~Dee Rees

Topics: Constantly Defined Each Histories Itself Moment Multitude Now Past Perpetually Pulse Reforming Steady Us

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Our media provides a continuing message that for men, heroism is defined through association with control, independence, and the ability to commit violence, from superheroes to crime dramas.

~Deeyah Khan

Topics: Ability Association Commit Continuing Control Crime Defined Dramas Heroism Independence Media Men Message Our Provides Superheroes Through Violence

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Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be taken seriously. Yet most of the important things in life cannot be precisely defined or measured. Can we define or measure love, beauty, friendship, or decency, for example?

~Dennis Prager

Topics: Age Beauty Cannot Decency Define Defined Definitions Demands Example For Example Friendship Important Important Things Life Love Measure Measured Measurements Most Order Our Precisely Provide Scientific Seriously Statistics Taken Things

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Society may no longer define marriage in the only way marriage has ever been defined in the annals of recorded history. Many societies allowed polygamy, many allowed child marriages, some allowed marriage within families; but none, in thousands of years, defined marriage as the union of people of the same sex.

~Dennis Prager

Topics: Allowed Been Child Define Defined Ever Families History Longer Many Marriage Marriages May None Only People Polygamy Recorded Same Sex Societies Society Some Thousands Thousands Of Years Union Way Within Years

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For all of higher civilization's recorded history, becoming a man was defined overwhelmingly as taking responsibility for a family.

~Dennis Prager

Topics: Becoming Civilization Defined Family Higher History Man Recorded Responsibility Taking

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I am not defined as a black writer in the Caribbean, but as soon as I go to America or the U.K., my place becomes black theatre. It's a little ridiculous.

~Derek Walcott

Topics: Am America Becomes Black Caribbean Defined Go Little Place Ridiculous Soon Theatre Writer I Am

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It's particularly exhausting because Medea is defined by her determination. The role is all about endeavour.

~Diana Rigg

Topics: About Because Defined Determination Endeavour Exhausting Her Particularly Role

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When we were small, the idea of VMware wasn't well defined, and convincing people to join was difficult. Each person we hired at that time was a big deal.

~Diane Greene

Topics: Big Big Deal Convincing Deal Defined Difficult Each Hired Idea Join People Person Small Time Well Were

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A journalist gathers information for a media outlet that disseminates the information through a broadly defined 'medium' - including newspaper, nonfiction book, wire service, magazine, news Web site, television, radio or motion picture - for public use. This broad definition covers every form of legitimate journalism.

~Dick Durbin

Topics: Book Broad Covers Defined Definition Every Form Including Information Journalism Journalist Legitimate Magazine Media Medium Motion Motion Picture News Newspaper Nonfiction Outlet Picture Public Radio Service Site Television Through Use Web Web Site Wire

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