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By definition, sacred beings are separated beings. That which characterizes them is that there is a break of continuity between them and the profane beings.

~Emile Durkheim

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The human person, whose definition serves as the touchstone according to which good must be distinguished from evil, is considered as sacred, in what one might call the ritual sense of the word. It has something of that transcendental majesty which the churches of all times have given to their Gods.

~Emile Durkheim

Topics: According Call Churches Considered Definition Distinguished Evil Given Gods Good Human Majesty Might Must Person Ritual Sacred Sense Serve Something Times Touchstone Transcendental Which Whose Word

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By definition, I believe I am unapologetically optimistic and I am unapologetically earnest.

~Emilio Estevez

Topics: Am Believe Definition Earnest Optimistic I Am I Believe

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I always thought 'Into The Gloss' would be successful, but I didn't really know what my definition of success was.

~Emily Weiss

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Before I had kids, I thought you should never lie to a kid. But now I've had them, I realize you almost lie to them by definition, because if you're trying to summarize something for your 1-year-old, you put it in very simple terms. You only gradually complicate the explanation as they get older.

~Emma Donoghue

Topics: Almost Because Before Complicate Definition Explanation Get Gradually Had Kid Kids Lie Never Now Older Only Put Realize Should Simple Something Summarize Terms Them Thought Trying Very You Your

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I paint and I draw and I write and I do other things too, and recently some people at school were asking if I'd ever publish any of my work. But I almost feel like I would have to publish it under another name because there's a definition of me out there that feels kind of stuck in the moment when it was formed.

~Emma Watson

Topics: Almost Another Any Asking Because Definition Draw Ever Feel Feels Formed Kind Like Me Moment Name Other Out Paint People Publish Recently School Some Some People Stuck Things Too Were Work Would Write I Write

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I don't know the definition of a star; I am just an actor. I prefer doing hard work, as I feel luck can't do much in absence of hard work. I am a lazy person - when I entered into this industry, I thought it was a cakewalk, but I have realised it needs a lot of patience and hard work.

~Emraan Hashmi

Topics: Absence Actor Am Definition Doing Entered Feel Hard Hard Work Industry Just Know Lazy Lot Luck Much Needs Patience Person Prefer Realised Star Thought Work I Am I Feel

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My only definition is that I am a pragmatist.

~Enrique Pena Nieto

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I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone's got their own definition. Mine, I suppose, is to know myself.

~Eric Clapton

Topics: Business Definition Establishing Everybody Everyone Family Fine Got Inheritance Kind Know Lives Looking Mine Myself Own People Pilgrim Pilgrimage Role See Setting Some Some People Suppose Terms Think Up Way Will I Think

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That is the definition of equal justice under law: everyone gets a fair shot, everyone pays their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules.

~Eric Schneiderman

Topics: Definition Equal Everyone Fair Fair Share Gets Justice Law Pays Plays Rules Same Set Share Shot

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