In mythology, the Muses were nine goddesses who personified knowledge of the arts.
While their names are rarely mentioned outside the building, Patrick Collins, the former federal prosecutor who led the case against Mr. Ryan, considers them "institutional knowledge personified".
For a while now, the notion has been floating around that I should become Professor DeWhyse, role model, academic, purveyor of knowledge, teacher, scholar, virtue personified.
Television and movies, where we derive most of our knowledge and education about life, personifies motivation in the form of the gruff, surly coach who shouts words of encouragement to his team.
In our tradition, Shiva as Dakshinamurty is a guru (teacher) of all knowledge (meditation, yoga music, wisdom, explaining scriptures/shastras), personifying ultimate awareness, understanding and knowledge.
Shiva as Dakshinamurty is a guru (teacher) of all knowledge (meditation, yoga music, wisdom, explaining scriptures/shastras), personifying ultimate awareness, understanding and knowledge.
This lectureship has not only contributed to advancing knowledge in speakers' respective fields, but has also personified the vastly important strides women have made over the last few decades.
"Phelps likes to think of himself as the Thrasher brand personified, and in many ways, from his caustic wit to his encyclopedic knowledge of the sport, that's true".
Harrelson's Brown is paranoia and self-justification personified, a man torn between retribution and redemption, driven to suspecting everyone around him and using his formidable knowledge of the law to baffle his antagonists and provide a cloak of innocence.
Sykes personifies this transition.
