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I am a feminist, and I define myself: Be yourself, because if you can get away with it, that is the ultimate feminist act.
For me, character comes from a specific condition or situation. I cannot really define a character outside that situation.
I don't know how one would define an affirmative-action hire. I ultimately do not know what role race played in my hiring.
Not having a great relationship with my brother Aaron, or what people think that relationship should be, didn't define me.
I think your teenage years define your musical roots forever. You're always looking for a theme for your high school years.
Marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. I don't think it is the role of the state to define what marriage is.
When two drivers curse each other on the road, and one of them happens to be a Jew, you can't define that as anti-Semitism.
We don't really get to see gay characters who are completely open with their sexuality, but it doesn't define who they are.
Single payer means something different to everyone. The way I define it is that health care is a right and not a privilege.
Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.
I think we would define the role for us in the future as helping customers in what we would call an energy-banking concept.
I don't like labels. I don't understand the need for them. When you define yourself a certain way, people have expectations.
It's tragic that you can define a whole movement in music by gender alone. People are like, 'Oh, look, another quirky girl.'
Whatever its cause, the media's general Hillary Clinton loathing is a foundational truth that would define her as president.
I don't allow Hollywood to define my joy, my happiness, and my peace because you'll be screwed. You have to be very careful.
There's a tendency, when the offspring of a famous person does something notable, to define them by their more-famous parent.
It's always the minorities who aren't a part of the mainstream who define what the limits... of the majority are going to be.
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.
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
We define family in many different ways: not just by blood but by people with whom we find a common ground and a common bond.
I am very troubled by the tendency to define introverts by what they lack. Introversion is a preference, not a fallback plan.
I never wanted to be on any billionaires list. I never define myself by net worth. I always try to define myself by my values.
Be kind to yourself and take the time you need to define your gender and sexuality in a way that feels safe and right for you.
People need to understand what a party is about. And you can't define a party by an issue which will go, which is transitional.
The whole process of acting is transformation. What is your power, quality and level of transformation, define you as an actor.
The ballot box and the voters and how they pay attention and the decisions they make are really what should define term limits.
I don't even know how to define myself. I'm a person who writes. It's something I enjoy, and hopefully people enjoy it as well.
Joe Gibbs helped define what the Washington Redskins stand for - integrity, hard work, determination, winning and championships.
For me, genres are a way for people to easily categorize music. But it doesn't have to define you. It doesn't have to limit you.
People keep referring to 'Sing Street' as a musical, but I really never felt it was that. I can't really define it as a musical.
I don't like to define myself as necessarily conservative. What is it to be a conservative? What is it to be a Republican, even?
I'm usually very attracted to things that I can't define. If something's too clear, it's very often not inspiring to me anymore.
Conflict of interest and lack of transparency, though they are global features as we saw post-Iraq, almost define Indian cricket.
I've never allowed my political life, or my life as a basketball player, to define the totality of my humanity or my personality.
I don't know how one actually would define obscenity. I'm sure the definition is different according to the age one is living in.
I think the most important thing we as writers can do is figure out how we define what success will mean to us and focus on that.
What makes a classic is difficult to define. It's entirely subjective, of course. And the term is employed far too promiscuously.
I never let my gender define me but in my whole driving career I only ever did one interview not being asked about being a female.
I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.
When you reach a level of status - and making it to college is an accomplishment in itself - you are trying to define who you are.
For centuries, prosperity has been easy to define in material terms. At a personal level, by how much one earns; how much one has.
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.
Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define Lesbian as sex between women.
With new artists, you really don't have anything to reference. You're helping to develop their sound, define who they are vocally.
More Than' means refusing to define yourself according to what society dictates, or everyone around you thinks you should do or be.
I think the people who did well, or are happy, in a youth industry, they define themselves out of the business after a decade or so.
A successful film begins by choosing a director whose creative vision will define the choices made by everyone involved in the film.
Whenever you define family as anything other than a man and a woman married together, you have just introduced an ethical nightmare.
I think the things that can define me is that I'm going to be honest, I'm going to be transparent, I'm going to be as open as I can.
If you are building a corporate culture of greatness, you have to define culture on your own terms and with the people you work with.