A Quote by Karen Allen

I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.

Karen Allen

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Being Defined Like Necessarily Profession

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Karen Allen
American - Actress
Born: October 5, 1951

Being a successful person is not necessarily defined by what you have achieved, but by what you have overcome.

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Patriotism is not necessarily defined as blind devotion to a president's particular agenda - and that to dispute a presidential policy is not necessarily anti-American.

John Irving

We have to stop being defined by what we own, and start being defined by what we create.

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Being government funded does not necessarily mean being biased, just like being privately funded does not necessarily mean being independent.

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Feminism now seems to be defined as success is defined: as being as good at capitalism as men are. I feel very estranged from it.

Jessa Crispin

Law is an imperfect profession in which success can rarely be achieved without some sacrifice of principle. Thus all practicing lawyers -- and most others in the profession -- will necessarily be imperfect, especially in the eyes of young idealists. There is no perfect justice, just as there is no absolute in ethics. But there is perfect injustice, and we know it when we see it.

Alan Dershowitz

It's a profession where merit is not necessarily rewarded.

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The party is defined by the people that are in it, not necessarily the politicians.

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What I realized was that CrossFit wasn't what defined me as a human being, it was the sacrifice that Christ made for me and all of us that defined who I was.