#definitions

Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

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There are alternate definitions of manhood in the West. ↗

— Frank Dobson

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We need uniform protection of traditional marriage. You can't have different definitions on something as fundamental as marriage. The Marriage Protection Amendment is the only solution to this problem. ↗

— Ernest Istook

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My definition of cursing is probably different from what other people's definitions are. ↗

— Jimmy Kimmel

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One's 'thing'--(1) A point of personal interest; a hobby, sport, or avocation that succinctly defines a person. (2) A brief coupling of words used to evoke someone's personality in a small-talk setting: Billy's thing used to be soccer; now it's masterbation. (3) A laconic summation of one's character and interests used for the purpose of categorization and judgement. See also 'What do you do? ↗

— Joshua Braff

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Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

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Alcohol is the anethesia by which we endure the operation of life. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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An alcoholic is someone you don't like, who drinks as much as you do. ↗

— Dylan Thomas

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Network: Any thing reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections [....] Reticulated: Made of network; formed with interstitial vacuities. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Duty is what one expects from others. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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