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“The limits of sensory evolution in fish are defined very largely by their habitat. Water is physically supportive, carries some kinds of odour well, and is kind to sound - letting it travel several times faster than air will allow, but it inhibits other more personal kinds of communication.”

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Author:Lyall Watson

“The clich? that women, more consistently than men, turn inward for sustenance seems to mean, in practice, that women have richly defined the ways in which imagination creates possibility; possibility that society denies.”

Men Way Mean Seems Turns Women Imagination Practice Possibility Deny Defined Consistently Inward Sustenance

Author:Patricia Ann Meyer Spacks

“Dramatically, I like darkness, I like conflict - but I don't see the world as defined by them.”

World Darkness Conflict Defined

Author:Andrea Arnold

“I want to be defined by my own essence.”

Want My Own Essence Defined

Author:Kathy Bates

“Marriage and the creation of families has been an integral part of our society since its creation; it should not be defined without the kind of involvement by the people which a constitutional process would require.”

People Should Kind Has Beens Process Creation Defined Our Society Involvement

Author:Robert Foster Bennett

“If I'm not clear with the character, I can't do anything with it. But once I get that character, the possibilities are endless. When you have such a defined character, I feel like I can actually read the phone book and make it funny.”

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Author:Eliza Coupe

“We're far more defined by our mistakes than the things that we succeed at.”

Mistake Succeed Defined

Author:Emma Caulfield

“People always say to me, 'You have such a clearly defined sense of style,' and when I hear it, I get crazed, because what I hear - and I know they mean it as a compliment - is that I have such a narrow vision that I can't get out of it.”

People Knows Mean I Can Vision Style Defined Compliment

Author:Stanley Donen

“Andy Warhol defined Pop Art.”

Art Pops Defined Warhol Pop Art

Author:Jeffrey Deitch

“But things such as 'Harry Potter', all I can do is shape my character, seek the director's approval on that, and basically take it from there. Professor Flitwick in 'Harry Potter', I kind of defined how I saw him from reading the book, and luckily that matched up with the director's vision.”

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Author:Warwick Davis

“Bob Marley is one of the most recognized artists. He didn't care to be defined. People wondered, 'Is it reggae? Is it rock?' But at the end of the day they were still playing his music and that's what matters.”

People Stills Ends Matter Care Artist Rocks Defined The End Of The Day Bob What Matters Reggae Marley

Author:Melanie Fiona

“For most of the 20th century, we didn't just enjoy economic success in Michigan, we defined it. Our innovators and entrepreneurs created the world's most productive companies, and our unions made sure that productivity led to broad middle class prosperity.”

“But though cognition is not an element of mental action, nor even in any real sense of the word an aspect of it, the distinction of cognition and conation has if properly defined a definite value.”

Ifs Real Action Values Elements Aspect Defined Distinction Definite Cognition

Author:Samuel Alexander

“I think that we should all be defined by our work and our results.”

Thinking Should Results Defined

Author:Jim Breyer

“The thing that cannot be defined is the first thing; the primary fact.”

Firsts Facts Science Technology Defined Primaries

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“The bond between mothers and their children is one defined by love. As a mother's prayers for her children are unending, so are the wisdom, grace, and strength they provide to their children.”

Children Mother Prayer Grace Defined Being A Mother Unending

Author:George W. Bush

“Health can be defined negatively, as the absence of illness, functionally, as the ability to cope with everyday activities, or positively, as fitness and well-being. It has also been noted that in the modern world, health still has a moral dimension.”

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Author:Mildred Blaxter

“Clearly, health and disease cannot be defined merely in terms of anatomical, physiological, or mental attributes. Their real measure is the ability of the individual to function in a manner acceptable to himself and to the group of which he is a part.”

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Author:Rene Dubos

“Most people are defined by their titles, their cars, their house, where they came from, their color, their race, their religion. And so it's up to you to take control of your own life and define you. As long as you understand who you are and you have a solid foundation of understanding what your talents are, what your skills are.”

People Long House Understanding Race Talent Car Color Skills Foundation Who You Are Defined Titles Up To You Take Control Define You Solid Foundation

Author:Stedman Graham

“If you look at where innovation - defined as ideas, not as commercial product - tends to live, the university system is remarkably innovative.”

Ifs Looks Ideas Products Innovation University Defined Innovative

Author:Steven Johnson

“I never wanted to stay in one genre; I never wanted to be pigeon-holed or defined as the actor who only worked in one genre. I want to be able to work in all different genres. For me it's fun, and that's how I grow as an actor.”

Want Different Able Wanted Actors Fun Grows Defined Genre Pigeons Different Genres

Author:Dwayne Johnson

“Somaaesthetics can be provisionally defined a the critical meliorative study of one's experience and use of one's body as a locus of sensory-aesthetic appreciation (aesthesis) and creative self-fashioning. It is therefore also devoted to the knowledge, discourses, and disciplines that structure such somatic care or can improve it.”

Mind Self Philosophy Use Body Care Creative Study Psychology Discipline Structure Medicine Appreciation Critical Senses Defined Aesthetic Devoted Discourse Sensory Soma

Author:Richard Shusterman