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Last updated on April 20, 2025.
With bisexuality, there's so much out there in terms of what that means and there are so many definitions, and it's about finding out what's right for you.
Logic issues in tautologies, mathematics in identities, philosophy in definitions; all trivial, but all part of the vital work of clarifying and organising our thought.
If a person is intelligent, then of course he is either an agnostic or an atheist. Just as he is a physical coward. They are automatic definitions of high intelligence.
For Americans I'll always be Israeli, and for Israelis I'll always be American. But I really have no need for definitions.
Philosophers and aestheticians may offer elegant and profound definitions of art and beauty, but for the painter they are all summed up in the phrase: To create a harmony.
There are many words and definitions I have never lost. But some I am only just beginning to truly understand.
What is a weed? I have heard it said that there are sixty definitions. For me, a weed is a plant out of place.
After realising my natural affinity towards surrealism several years ago I decided to study it's origins and definitions.
It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word "human" is "sympathetic." More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
In Hollywood films everything is tidied up at the end with clean lines and clean character definitions. It's sort of unsatisfying.
The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God.
I have never turned a trick in my life, and I just resent the American definitions of ’sex slave’ and ’prostitute’ so much. I was a mistress!
It's no good looking to writers for definitions of what constitutes proper writing, because you will drive yourself crazy, and you won't find anything that you can build into a coherent whole.
There were a number of definitions of courage, but now I was seeing it in its simplest form: you do what has to be done day after day, and you never quit.
I don't like definitions. I like four-hour movies.
You will be faced with facing all the things in yourself that keep you from knowing who you are, you'll have to stand up to roles and definitions that your family and culture have given you.
I can only approach it as a woman. Masculinity has been depicted in very black-and-white terms. There never seems to be a wide range of emotional definitions of men.
It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions.
Law builds upon and, I should like to claim, is one of the liberal arts. It uses words of persuasion and changing definitions for practical ends.
Work for black women has been an important and valued dimension of Afrocentric definitions of black motherhood.
The simple sense of wonder at the shapes of things, and at their exuberant independence of our intellectual standards and our trivial definitions, is the basis of spirituality.
Crabbed and obscure definitions are of no use beyond a narrow circle of students, of whom probably every one has a pet one of his own.
With time, I believe, a day would come when people have their own definitions of Jung Ho-yeon as an actor.
One of the main reasons for the existence of philosophy is not that it enables you to find truth (it can never do that) but that it does provide you a refuge for definitions.
Creeds are definitions of what it means to be a Christian. They are fences that, albeit imperfectly, seek to separate sheep from goats.
People should decide what success means for them, and not be distracted by accepting others' definitions of success.
Identification with your mind creates an opaque screen of concepts, labels, images, words, judgments, and definitions that blocks all true relationship.
I never call myself modern or traditional, in our out, new or used, because I prefer not to be hemmed in by rigid definitions.
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.
Modern definitions of truth, such as those as pragmatism and instrumentalism, which are practical rather than contemplative, are inspired by industrialisation as opposed to aristocracy.
Every artist feels alone and isolated, Friends are very important in terms of all sorts of definitions of oneself. They tell you what you are and what they are aside from the intellectual aspects.
I think we just have to be mindful of what that definition of an American dream is. I think we are faced with a lot of definitions of that that are, frankly, unhealthy.
A computer program is a message from a man to a machine. The rigidly marshaled syntax and the scrupulous definitions all exist to make intention clear to the dumb engine.
I want to see definitions of what's beautiful, compelling, palatable, marketable, sexy, and prestigious open up to a wider range of bodies, identities, and backgrounds.
Like navigation markings in unknown waters, definitions of poverty need to be distinctive and unambiguous. A definition that is not precise is as bad as no definition at all.
Clever, but schoolteacher beat him anyway to show him that definitions belonged to the definers - not the defined.
One of the definitions for "mad" is "wild"; I'm certainly all for wild as opposed to domesticated.
Excuse me ... but I reject your definitions of me.
There are innumerable definitions of God because his manifestations are innumerable.
Most weeks, I work 100-plus hours on TheMuse.com. There are definitions of 'work-life balance' that would say I have none.
People from different cultures have different definitions for beauty. Isn't that sad to judge others with our standards... rather than appreciate them?
It is odd how learned persons fail to see that new terms and definitions are apt to mean new doubts and litigation.
Pedagogically, we need definitions and borders. They help us get our heads around what we're talking about.
Feminism directly confronts the idea that one person or set of people [has] the right to impose definitions of reality on others.
Old definitions of segments are going to get blurred. Once you defined cars by horsepower, engines. That has changed.
Amongst the many definitions, there is one that may be generally agreed upon: modernity is the epoch in which simply being modern became a decisive value in itself.
Play cannot be defined, because in play all definitions slither, dance, combine, break apart, and recombine.
Why should men be constrained by antiquated stereotypes of masculinity? What does it even mean to 'Be a Real Man' anymore? Shouldn't we all be celebrating a wide range of definitions of manhood?
When it comes to the real operational issues that govern our understanding of physical reality, ontological definitions of classical philosophers are, in my opinion, sterile.
With more women in the workplace and in positions of power and leadership, with the legalization of gay marriage and the emerging liberation of the LGBTQ community, traditional definitions of masculinity are changing for the better.
Of all the definitions of love that abound in our universe, a special favorite of mine is... “the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.”
There have been many definitions of beauty in art. What is it? Beauty is what the untrained eyes consider abominable.
The reality we live in is selected by our conceptual definitions. You and I may be in the same physical space, but each of us will see it as entirely different.
We all have one idea of what the color blue is, but pressed to describe it specifically, there are so many ways: the ocean, lapis lazuli, the sky, someone's eyes. Our definitions are as different as we are ourselves.
I'm 36-years-old and I'm learning about definitions that I should have known when I started having sex.
I define a diva as a woman who possesses courage, beauty, style, and confidence. Based on that definitions, I've probably got a bit more work to do.
My Design in this Book is not to explain the Properties of Light by Hypotheses, but to propose and prove them by Reason and Experiments: In order to which, I shall premise the following Definitions and Axioms.
A few rules include all that is necessary for the perfection of the definitions, the axioms, and the demonstrations, and consequently of the entire method of the geometrical proofs of the
art of persuading.
Definitions are the foundation of reason. You can't reason without them.
