If my cuisine were to be defined by just one taste, it would be that of subtle, aromatic, extra-virgin olive oil.
Art is the reason I get up in the morning, but the definition ends there. It doesn't seem fair that I'm living for something I can't even define.
We feel bound to the Christian image of humanity - that is what defines us. Those who do not accept this are in the wrong place here.
The worth of a person’s thought is measured not by the quantity but by the quality of the support that it has got and this quality is defined by a single factor, which is only people’s human character.
The difference between a poet and a philosopher is that the poet sees logically and describes basically the beauty whereas the philosopher defines the basics and shows the beauty of logics.
I think it's an area that one writes from that is curious because it is not a clearly defined partisan one.
I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.
I don't compare life to anything. Life can't be defined or compared, I just know that it dresses itself as a murderer in the end.
No one is an outside observer of nature, We're defined by our environment and our interaction with that environment -- by our ecology. And that ecology is necessarily relative, historical and empirical.
There are only two kinds of people in this world, Mr. Sallinger: people who rise above that suffering and people who let it define them." (The Ables)
We believe that preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst of fear.
Most people would identify with the fact that we tend to be defined by the struggles we came through than by the successes. And certainly for me that's true.
Innocence is defined in dictionaries as freedom from guilt or sin, especially from lack of knowledge; purity of heart; blamelessness; guilelessness; simplicity, etc.
So I am getting a little bored with defining one type of film as American and the other European or from somewhere else because the division is no longer true.
I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.
When I define polarities in my work, I actually create the space between things. I point to the question I am actually interested in, without naming it.
I'm naturally quite lazy, and I actually think I'm lax about my career. None of my work defines who I am.
I want to abolish tags like 'comeback' and 'retirement' that are used to define every married female actor. What is the big deal? In Hollywood, every top actor takes a break, has children, and gets back to work.
Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.
It is obvious that the monetary union among 17 very different European countries does not work. As an economist, I know that the Eurozone is not an optimum currency area, as defined in economic theory.
Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and move upon our common interests.
