"The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses."

-- Charles Sanders Peirce

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“It's the worst kind of cruelty â€” the thoughtless kind. You can't cope with it.”
“It is easy to be humble when a greater is preferred; but when an inferior is lifted high above our heads, how can we bear it?”

Source : Constance Fenimore Woolson (2015). “Anne”, p.17, Sheba Blake Publishing
“Throughout school I appeared in all sorts of productions and deep in my heart of hearts I knew that was what I want to do more than anything else.”
“I think a core principle of the Democratic Party has to be a defense of equal rights for every American. At the same time, when you look at the election, and not just the 2016 election, but the elections to come, Democrats have to do better than we did in 2016 in communities, in rural communities where people feel like they've been in a slow burn recession or depression for years, not just months.”
“Sometimes people that are very good at improvisation in life, meaning like stage improvisation, aren't good in films because you have to ultimately take a scene where it needs to go. It's not about just saying something that's funny. You can say something funny but if it's not on story or driving the scene to its end it's really not very helpful at all.”
“You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.”

Source : Clarence Day (1921). “The Crow's Nest”
“Sylvieâ€™s knowledge, like Izzie's, was random yet far-ranging, â€˜The sign that one has acquired oneâ€™s learning from reading novels rather than an educationâ€¦”
“Colleges and universities, for all the benefits they bring, accomplish far less for their students than they should. Many students graduate without being able to write well enough to satisfy their employers... reason clearly or perform competently in analyzing complex, non-technical problems.”

Source : Derek Bok (2009). “Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More”, p.8, Princeton University Press

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