“The dictionary is a closed system in which someone interested in the meaning of a word can go around and around and end up exactly where he started, simply because words are defined in terms of other words, and these, in turn, are defined in terms of still other words.” StillsEndsTurnsTermDefinedDictionary Book:Word Play: What Happens When People Talk Source: Word Play: What Happens When People Talk
“The human condition ... is defined by the aspiration to always supersede oneself, which in turn requires nonconformity.” HumansHumanityTurnsConditionsOneselfDefinedAspirationHuman ConditionNonconformity Author:Pablo Antonio Cuadra
“Another longstanding foreign policy flaw is the degree to which special interests dictate the way in which the "national interest" as a whole is defined and pursued.... America's important historic relationship with Israel has often led foreign policy decision-makers to defer reflexively to Israeli security assessments, and to replicate Israeli tactics, which, as the war in Lebanon last summer demonstrated, can turn out to be counter-productive.” WayImportantWarWholeLastsAmericaTurnsInterestDecisionSpecialSecurityPolicyDegreesSummerIsraelDefinedProductiveFlawsMakersForeign PolicyHistoricTacticsPursuedIsraeliAssessmentSpecial InterestsLebanonNational InterestsReplicateDecision MakersLast Summer Author:Samantha Power
“Black people are the only segment in American society that is defined by its weakest elements. Every other segment is defined by its highest achievement. We have to turn that around.” PeopleTurnsBlackElementsAchievementHighestDefinedBlack PeopleAmerican Society Author:Jewell Jackson McCabe