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.
MS doesn't define who I am.
I don't see my dancing or acting as two separate things. I don't define them separately, so I can't say one has helped the other, It's all the same thing. More than anything I love being on stage and performing.
It is one of the aims of linguistics to define itself, to recognise what belongs within its domain. In those cases where it relies upon psychology, it will do so indirectly, remaining independent.
I hope that my daughter grows up empowered and doesn't define herself by the way she looks but by qualities that make her a intelligent, strong and responsible woman.
I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.
When I'm asked to define God, I'm almost wordless.
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.
I am very troubled by the tendency to define introverts by what they lack. Introversion is a preference, not a fallback plan.
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.
We shouldn't discuss the world of tomorrow in terms of becoming a balance to the United States. The real issue is whether the United States will define herself as part of the U.N. system-or not.
One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer.
Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define Lesbian as sex between women.
If I were to ask you for example right now to go back with me and define those moments in your life that shaped you as a person and you began to reexamine them, something would happen.
Others do not define you - you define yourself through your words and actions.
Oh Mr. Webster could never define what's being said between your heart and mine.
I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat.
Sharpton and Jackson are 'race brokers.' Their job is to define black identity and then keep blacks in line to vote to the highest Democratic bidder that serves their purposes. 'Black enough' is just another tool in the bamboozler's toolbox.
What I really hoped to do with my work was to at least be able to define my relationship to race.
It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is a call for black people to define their own goals, to lead their own organizations.
NBC News will help define Comcast.
I'd define my everyday style as put together, but also comfortable. A great pair of jeans and a cute top can be so versatile.
Creativity is generating ideas that are novel and useful. I define originals as people who go beyond dreaming up the ideas and take initiative to make their visions a reality.
My problem with the Emergent Church is not the questions they are bringing up, but the answers they are giving. They are making Christianity milky. They are making it so you can no longer define anything. There is no sound judgment allowed.
When you a darker brunette and have pale skin like I do, it can wash you out a bit, so learning to contour is really helpful. I think you can be a bit more bold with eye makeup to define your eyes, and the same with lip colors - you can go for dark wine colors, which I love.
Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.
I like knowing that the further back one traces any lineage, the narrower the path grows, to the haunt of just a few shaggy ancestors, with luck on their side, little gizmos in their cells and a future storied with impulses and choices that will ultimately define them.
When you have cancer, you can define the trivial from the important very quickly.
Your goal as a candidate - define others before they can define you.
I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.
I define power as 'control over one's life.' A balanced life is far superior to the male definition of power: earning money someone else spends while he dies sooner.
Unless we understand a certain material - metal or resin and plastic - understanding the processes that turn it from ore, for example - we can never develop and define form that's appropriate.
Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite.
If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.
I like writing about places, about people and environments. When I create a world, it lets me go in and define the details of that world.
