Louis Pasteur

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence.

French Scientist

Peter Abrahams

Tribal man is not an individual in the western sense. Psychologically and emotionally, he is the present living personification of a number of forces, among the most important of which are the ancestral dead.

South African Novelist

Ann Reinking

Dancing is the personification of music, and music is an abstract expression of the human spirit. But still it's the act of communication, of making one feel. Otherwise it would just be gymnastics.

American Actress

Nana Patekar

Pu La was like a father figure to people of my generation. I thank him for the characters his literary works offered us. They personify full-fledged human beings and have always given me company.

Indian Actor

Joe Buck

Pat Summerall personified less is more. His play-by-play was so bare bones but so great because he had a great, deep-toned voice.

American Celebrity

Stephen Gardiner

The interior of the house personifies the private world; the exterior of it is part of the outside world.

British Architect

Tom G. Palmer

Group personification obscures, rather than illuminates, important political questions.

American Educator

Russell M. Nelson

A worthy woman personifies the truly noble and worthwhile attributes of life.

American Clergyman

Joan Crawford

It has been said that on screen I personified the American woman.

Cedric Bixler-Zavala

The story of my life is the Chicano experience personified.

American Musician

Personification can make descriptions more vivid and engaging in storytelling.

Creative Expression

Using personification can create strong imagery and help readers visualize scenes better.

Imagery Enhancement

Personification often evokes emotions by attributing human feelings to inanimate objects.

Emotion Evoking

Personification can describe someone who embodies an ideal or perfect example of a trait.

Ideal Qualities

Individuals labeled as personifications can serve as role models or ideals to aspire to.

Role Models

Some individuals are historically acknowledged as the personification of certain qualities.

Historical Context

Understand it as a technique used by writers to convey ideas in a more relatable manner.

Literary Device

Identifying personification helps in analyzing literature and understanding deeper meanings.

Analytical Skill

Personification is often used in poetry to enhance its lyrical quality and emotional effect.

Poetic Flair

 She was one of the young people who was involved in this study, and she's now one of the youngest published scientists in the world. Right? She will now, once she comes onto stage, will be the youngest person to ever speak at TED. Right? Now, science and asking questions is about courage. Now she is the personification of courage, because she's

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 I thought that'd be funnier. We've personified these companies, and just as when you're really angry over every little thing someone does in your life and relationships, you've got to ask yourself, "What's going on here? Why are we so disappointed in technology?"

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 Now, what would cause a hardened military officer and someone like myself to have this response to robots? Well, of course, we're primed by science fiction and pop culture to really want to personify these things, but it goes a little bit deeper than that.

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 The reason we personify things like cars and computers is that just as monkeys live in an arboreal world and moles live in an underground world and water striders live in a surface tension-dominated flatland, we live in a social world.

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 they're the personification of soul music however bitter they're experienced they're not ruled by fear or by resentment they reach out into the world instead of being guarded against it they're open to it could we think then

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 One example would people fear kidnapping by strangers, when the data supports that kidnapping by relatives is much more common. This is for children. Third, personified risks are perceived to be greater

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 example would be people fear kidnapping by strangers when the data supports kidnapping by relatives is much more common this is for children third personified risks are perceived to

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 This monologue personifies Hamlet’s existential being torn between thought and action, unable to choose between life and death. But his endless questioning raises yet another

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 impoverished place of there weren't large predators world without wilderness and wildness and personified by these big predators simply wouldn't be worth living in

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 personifies evil and you just said why did you do these things and he would say that just got like I'm not beyond that I don't know now