Sports don’t define us; it is not what we live for.
It’s how you define yourself. It’s not Nirvana or Pearl Jam: it’s, ‘Do you watch ‘Portlandia’ or ‘Amy Schumer’?’ It relates to a specific sense of humor. And, ‘Do you know the hidden gems?’ Like, if you knew the Pixies in the ’80s.
The success or failing in one competition doesn’t define you, and that is one thing that any sports would teach you.
We’re so much more likely to feel sympathy for an animal than another person; thus, the best fiction uses animals to define truly humane behavior.
Know what you want to achieve prior to starting to negotiate. It’s the golden rule but the one most people fail to heed. Without a plan, you allow the opposing party to define your goals instead of the other way around.
I don’t define drag. Drag is defined by me.
Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it?
I think the main thing about comedy and humor is that it’s impossible and always was impossible to define.
We entered the 20th century trying to deal with three ideas purporting to define or describe or explain three spheres of action, development and conflict: Darwin on the natural world, Freud on the internal world, Marx on the economic world.
You can’t let one game define you. You just have to move on.
What we have, what we wish we had – ambitions fulfilled, ambitions disappointed, investments won, investments lost, elections won, elections lost – these things may occupy our attention, but they do not define us.
We frequently define an acid or a base as a substance whose aqueous solution gives, respectively, a higher concentration of hydrogen ion or of hydroxide ion than that furnished by pure water. This is a very one sided definition.
We have to define and put into practice a better, more coherent and effective policy on income security.
I will no longer enter into the all-American skin game that demands you select a box and define yourself by it.
That’s sort of part of the American ethic – is not to worry too much about the past and that it shouldn’t define us. And most certainly, that was the case with my mother, who was an immigrant to America.
One of the first things I learned in the Marine Corps is that any military mission has to be defined as precisely as you can possibly define it, and then you size the force and equipment force to accomplish that mission without fail.
Clearly define what success means for you. Set short-term and quarterly career goals with your manager that will help lead you to your long term goals.
The market didn’t define the music; the music defined the market.
I came out of a lower-middle-class background. At that time, everyone used to define themselves: Stalinist, Maoist, whatever. I thought they meant ‘miaowist’. Seriously! Something to do with cats.
Life events will not define who you are. God says who you are.
We grew up going to church, and I believe in God. I don’t know that I have the ability to define what or who or how God is. You know, I think that religion kind of messes people up in that regard. That’s just my own personal philosophy.
I’m interested in what it means to live in America. I’m interested in the kind of country that we live in and leave our kids. I’m interested in trying to define what that country is. I got the chutzpa or whatever you want to say to believe that if I write a really good about it, it’s going to make a difference.
I don’t want my title to define my character. I don’t think, as a president, I will change.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
Both World War II and the subsequent Cold War gave America’s involvement in world affairs a clear focus. The objectives of foreign policy were relatively easy to define, and they could be imbued with high moral content.
I spent a lot of time learning how to define myself internally rather than externally. I learned how to care less about external validation. I think that’s given me a renewed confidence in speaking out loud. I kind of don’t care what people think about me. I feel a lot more confident in saying what I believe.
I could’ve kept playing, but football didn’t define me.
There is constant talk about the intermarriage crisis: who is a Jew and how we define a Jew. That doesn’t go over well with young Jews trying to figure out whether they want to be a part of this thing or not.
As CEO, I believe my most important job is to both define reality and inspire hope for the PayPal team. Defining reality includes being realistic about all the things that could go wrong so that we are prepared to navigate those challenges.
Would it be an honor to be bestowed Hall of Fame credentials? Yeah. Does it define me as a person? No.
The decisions you make when you leave school define the rest of your life. So, in terms of making the right choices for your financial security as you get older, my best advice is to do something you have an interest in and are passionate about, as you’ll be working for a long time.
Commercial speech is like obscenity… we can’t seem to define it, but we know it when we see it.
Miss America is a scholarship pageant, and they actually define themselves as a talent pageant.
I don’t quite know what a record is anymore. I don’t quite know how to describe it. Don’t know how to define it yet, so I’m just letting it gestate, and grow and see if maybe I’ll get a better sense of what a record is.
The telephone lets anybody say what he wants to the person of his choice; he can conduct business, express love, or pick a quarrel. It is impossible for bureaucrats to define what people say to each other on the phone, even though they can interfere with – or protect – the privacy of their exchange.
Oakland has always had artists attempting to define the immense beauty and ridiculousness around them.
Everyone has a ‘Majnu’ in them. It’s not about the sad or happy climax. It’s a term we use to define someone who falls in love and faces problems.
I’ve always been interested in this notion of what is authentic and how we define that and why our culture imposes certain emotions and emotional constraints onto experiences.
I am always looking for stories that will shed light on how companies define themselves – for better or for worse. When shared with others, such stories can have an enormous impact on how well we move forward in the changing world around us.
Creating content on YouTube played a huge role in helping define myself, as making videos was and still is a creative outlet for me – a way to express myself.
The drug plans our seniors choose will define their health care options for years to come. If they do not make a decision and wait until the May 15 deadline passes, they will face penalties and higher prices for the drugs that they need.
If I had to probably define and characterize my job, and maybe the job of a CEO today in this global world, highly volatile, uncertain, and when you need to transform is to be the catalyst for change. That’s probably the definition I would give to my job. I’m the catalyst.
There’s a certain spiritual nature and something of the mind that we can’t measure. We can’t find it. With all our sophisticated equipment, we cannot monitor or define it, and yet it’s there.
I wanted to inspire people not to work under a bamboo ceiling. Whatever you are – yellow, black, white, brown – you don’t have to allow your skin to define who you are or how you operate your business. There’s not one face to anything.
I always had a larger view. I’m interested in real life – my family, my friends. I have tried never to define myself by my success, whatever that is. My happiness is way beyond roles and awards.
When I talk about a successful program, define that. It’s not just winning the national championship every year because nobody can do that.
I’m very comfortable with myself and my sexuality, but it doesn’t define me. I also read books believe it or not.
Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions.
I think when we wake up in the morning, we can choose between fear and love. Every morning. And every morning, if you choose one, that doesn’t define you until the end… The way you end your story is important. It’s important that we choose love over fear, because love is the answer.
I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior. I am really interested in feelings and think they are what define us as a species. When you really get it right in acting, it’s an act of empathy. You feel less distant from others, and that is really exciting.
Just as incarceration has come to define the lives of low-income black men, eviction is defining the lives of low-income black women.
I define myself first and foremost as I’ve had a fairly successful career.
Sexuality shouldn’t define anyone. It doesn’t define me. Love should be at the core of what you do.
Personally, I don’t choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That’s between me and the most high. You know, my higher self. The Creator.
That’s why I kept going with my school – I wasn’t talented. That’s what’s the difficulty – you want to define key talents when they are 12, 13 or 14? When I was that age I was nowhere near. People had given up on me.
