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My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.

~Aung San Suu Kyi

Topics: Attitude Based Definition Destroy Discrimination Does End Factors Inequality Just Mean Means Negative Other Peace Poverty Putting Rather Really Removing Threaten Violence War World

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I wish people wouldn't think of me as a saint - unless they agree with the definition of a saint that a saint's a sinner who goes on trying.

~Aung San Suu Kyi

Topics: Agree Definition Goes Me People Saint Sinner Think Trying Unless Who Wish I Wish

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I'm really curious about the memory of Nixon for people who grew up under Clinton. What do people remember of him? In his day, the definition of a conservative right-wing president is more like a centrist in our own time. He's also one of our funnier presidents - just a really good character to write about.

~Austin Grossman

Topics: About Also Character Clinton Conservative Curious Day Definition Funnier Good Good Character Grew He Him His Just Like Memory More Nixon Our Own People President Presidents Really Remember Right-Wing Time Up Who Write

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God... a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive.

~Ayn Rand

Topics: Being Beyond Conceive Definition God He Man Only Power Whose

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Our task, of course, is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think, in fact, that one could give that as a definition of revolution.

~Barbara Deming

Topics: About Affliction Anger Bring Change Could Course Definition Determination Fact Give In Fact Our Revolution Task Think I Think

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By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.

~Barry Sonnenfeld

Topics: Around Be Original Definition Figure First First Time Got Original Out Sequel Time Worked You

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Sarcasm all around the world is always against right wing and against people in power. That's the definition of political sarcasm.

~Bassem Youssef

Topics: Against Always Around Definition People Political Power Right Right Wing Sarcasm Wing World

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Textbooks describe economics as the study of the allocation of scarce resources. That definition may be the 'what,' but it certainly is not the 'why.'

~Ben Bernanke

Topics: Allocation Certainly Definition Describe Economics May Resources Scarce Study Textbooks Why

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Let me be clear. I support the definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

~Ben Nelson

Topics: Between Clear Definition Man Marriage Me Support Union Woman

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We have fallen into this very mean description of humanity. Naturalism in fiction is too reductive in its definition of human beings.

~Ben Okri

Topics: Beings Definition Description Fallen Fiction Human Human Beings Humanity Mean Naturalism Too Very

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