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This will define the country's future for the next decade, maybe the next 25 years. This is the most important thing that any of us will do in parliament. – Stephen Hammond	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Define collusion, were there meetings to discuss things ? We know there were. Is that collusion ? So, I think the definitive( investigation) is the Mueller probe. – Dianne Feinstein	Found on CNN 6 years ago
Neither of us are proud of the events that occurred during our divorce, however it should not define Jonathan as a person, or our relationship overall. – Sarah Seldon	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I'm not concerned in terms of damping sales because we don't define ourselves as a volume seller. We rather offer a prescription for a weed-free field, and we get paid based on the quality of the outcome. – Liam Condon	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I thought there was the opportunity to define a different kind of candidacy, one from the outsider business world, the same thing Trump did. – Mike Braun	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
It implicates deep, profound moral questions, it implicates the question of the rule of law and citizenship and how we define ourselves as a nation, what enables us to cohere as a nation not bound by substantive historical traditions or ethnicity or even language anymore. In the end, respect for law remains a cornerstone of citizenship. – Dan Stein	Found on CNN 6 years ago
Since the day he took office, President Trump has had no higher priority than the safety of each and every American, that is why today the Department of Justice is publishing for public comment a proposed rulemaking that would define ‘machine gun’ to include bump stock-type devices under federal law – effectively banning them. – Jeff Sessions	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I would like to remind everyone that being a survivor is nothing to be ashamed of, and going through a hard time does not define you, i hope that we can one day get to a point where everyone realizes that women do not have to be modest to be respected. We are free to draw confidence and happiness in our own way, and it is never for someone else to choose for us or to even judge us for that matter. – Aly Raisman	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
If the norms and interests of the deep state, however you want to define them, are seen as being threatened by some powerful actor — in this case, the president himself, it is both accurate and kind of scary to notice that people can use secrets to try and stop him. If you oppose Trump, you might be willing to forgive these transgressions because a greater good is served. You might. Or you might wonder what will happen if the U.S. elects a president whom you might support, but who wants to, say, cut off an important mechanism for obtaining secrets used by the NSA or constrain the military’s ability to bomb targets overseas, in the case of Trump, a lot of the leaks seem to be coming from within his own circle. Some obviously come from secret-keepers who are genuinely worried about his mental capacity. Others — who knows? There is no organized conspiracy, but the threshold for disclosing information to people seems to be a lot lower. – Marc Ambinder	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I don’t let excuses define me, i realized I don’t have to be afraid anymore. My body is strongenough. I can do extreme sports andI can do anything. – Carlos Gomez	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
At the end of the day, Democrats don’t get to define what immigration reform is, and neither do Republicans, there has to be a very pragmatic approach to immigration reform with both sides. – Daniel Garza	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Legislation is a blunt last resort because frankly extremism is very difficult to define in law and you could spend all your time in court arguing about whether a particular video crosses the line or not. – Robert Hannigan	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I think as soon as you get out here on the court ... try to create your own person, and this is because those kind of moments, I think those years in your career, define a little bit how you're going to be and who you want to be. – Grigor Dimitrov	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
One can only describe the human but can never define it because humans are complex in their nature.” – Zaman Ali	added by Phillip Mcconnell 7 years ago
In the Arab region ... men are seen as financial providers and supporters -- this is how they define themselves, if men define themselves within that (economic) context and you take that self-identity away from them it becomes very difficult for them to find another role. – El Feki	Found on CNN 7 years ago
During the course of my presidency, I made climate change a top priority because I believe that of all the challenges that we face, this is the one that will define the contours of this century, more dramatically perhaps than any other, we have been able to bring our emissions down even as we grow our economy. The same is true in many parts of Europe. – Barack Obama	Found on CNN 7 years ago
During the course of my presidency, I made climate change a top priority because I believe that of all the challenges that we face, this is the one that will define the contours of this century, more dramatically perhaps than any other. – Barack Obama	Found on CNN 7 years ago
It’s wonderful to know that the power to define who I am rests solely with me. If I decide I am an artist, or a poet, a teacher or a writer then; I am – Renae A. Sauter	added by createfate 7 years ago
People in my district are genuinely scared -- scared that they are going to lose their health care, scared that their mom or dad might be deported, we have transgender children who are scared now about who they are and questioning that. Democrats in general, now, it's time for us not only to present alternatives, but be unequivocal and unapologetic about who we are. If we don't do that now, when? This is a moment that will define us as a party and we need to fight. – Ricardo Lara	Found on CNN 7 years ago
Some people just choose not to because that's not an essential part of their gender, nor should it be for anyone, gender reassignment surgery does not define who someone is, just in the same way that certain parts of our bodies don't define who we are as people. – Alex Schmider	Found on CNN 7 years ago
You have to have an umpire, even if the umpire occasionally gets it wrong, because otherwise you are only accepting analysis by people with motivations define certain answers, and so I am very reluctant to disregard what the CBO score is. – Bill Cassidy	Found on CNN 7 years ago
I realized that I wanted to do things differently later in life, to take matters into my own hands instead of letting circumstances define me. – Dennis Wiersma	Found on CNN 7 years ago
We want our students to compete with every other student for those jobs 15 years from now. And so it’s working with our families to define-well, what does that look like? – Superintendent Nancy Sarra	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
When and if there is a case of local transmission, we work with local health departments to identify additional cases to define the geographic scope of the outbreak. – Marc Fischer	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

This will define the country's future for the next decade, maybe the next 25 years. This is the most important thing that any of us will do in parliament.

– Stephen Hammond

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Define collusion, were there meetings to discuss things ? We know there were. Is that collusion ? So, I think the definitive( investigation) is the Mueller probe.

– Dianne Feinstein

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Neither of us are proud of the events that occurred during our divorce, however it should not define Jonathan as a person, or our relationship overall.

– Sarah Seldon

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I'm not concerned in terms of damping sales because we don't define ourselves as a volume seller. We rather offer a prescription for a weed-free field, and we get paid based on the quality of the outcome.

– Liam Condon

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I thought there was the opportunity to define a different kind of candidacy, one from the outsider business world, the same thing Trump did.

– Mike Braun

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

It implicates deep, profound moral questions, it implicates the question of the rule of law and citizenship and how we define ourselves as a nation, what enables us to cohere as a nation not bound by substantive historical traditions or ethnicity or even language anymore. In the end, respect for law remains a cornerstone of citizenship.

– Dan Stein

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Since the day he took office, President Trump has had no higher priority than the safety of each and every American, that is why today the Department of Justice is publishing for public comment a proposed rulemaking that would define ‘machine gun’ to include bump stock-type devices under federal law – effectively banning them.

– Jeff Sessions

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I would like to remind everyone that being a survivor is nothing to be ashamed of, and going through a hard time does not define you, i hope that we can one day get to a point where everyone realizes that women do not have to be modest to be respected. We are free to draw confidence and happiness in our own way, and it is never for someone else to choose for us or to even judge us for that matter.

– Aly Raisman

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

If the norms and interests of the deep state, however you want to define them, are seen as being threatened by some powerful actor — in this case, the president himself, it is both accurate and kind of scary to notice that people can use secrets to try and stop him. If you oppose Trump, you might be willing to forgive these transgressions because a greater good is served. You might. Or you might wonder what will happen if the U.S. elects a president whom you might support, but who wants to, say, cut off an important mechanism for obtaining secrets used by the NSA or constrain the military’s ability to bomb targets overseas, in the case of Trump, a lot of the leaks seem to be coming from within his own circle. Some obviously come from secret-keepers who are genuinely worried about his mental capacity. Others — who knows? There is no organized conspiracy, but the threshold for disclosing information to people seems to be a lot lower.

– Marc Ambinder

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I don’t let excuses define me, i realized I don’t have to be afraid anymore. My body is strongenough. I can do extreme sports andI can do anything.

– Carlos Gomez

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

At the end of the day, Democrats don’t get to define what immigration reform is, and neither do Republicans, there has to be a very pragmatic approach to immigration reform with both sides.

– Daniel Garza

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Legislation is a blunt last resort because frankly extremism is very difficult to define in law and you could spend all your time in court arguing about whether a particular video crosses the line or not.

– Robert Hannigan

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I think as soon as you get out here on the court ... try to create your own person, and this is because those kind of moments, I think those years in your career, define a little bit how you're going to be and who you want to be.

– Grigor Dimitrov

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

One can only describe the human but can never define it because humans are complex in their nature.”

– Zaman Ali

added by Phillip Mcconnell
7 years ago

In the Arab region ... men are seen as financial providers and supporters -- this is how they define themselves, if men define themselves within that (economic) context and you take that self-identity away from them it becomes very difficult for them to find another role.

– El Feki

Found on CNN
7 years ago

During the course of my presidency, I made climate change a top priority because I believe that of all the challenges that we face, this is the one that will define the contours of this century, more dramatically perhaps than any other, we have been able to bring our emissions down even as we grow our economy. The same is true in many parts of Europe.

– Barack Obama

Found on CNN
7 years ago

– Barack Obama

Found on CNN
7 years ago

It’s wonderful to know that the power to define who I am rests solely with me. If I decide I am an artist, or a poet, a teacher or a writer then; I am

– Renae A. Sauter

added by createfate
7 years ago

People in my district are genuinely scared -- scared that they are going to lose their health care, scared that their mom or dad might be deported, we have transgender children who are scared now about who they are and questioning that. Democrats in general, now, it's time for us not only to present alternatives, but be unequivocal and unapologetic about who we are. If we don't do that now, when? This is a moment that will define us as a party and we need to fight.

– Ricardo Lara

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Some people just choose not to because that's not an essential part of their gender, nor should it be for anyone, gender reassignment surgery does not define who someone is, just in the same way that certain parts of our bodies don't define who we are as people.

– Alex Schmider

Found on CNN
7 years ago

You have to have an umpire, even if the umpire occasionally gets it wrong, because otherwise you are only accepting analysis by people with motivations define certain answers, and so I am very reluctant to disregard what the CBO score is.

– Bill Cassidy

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I realized that I wanted to do things differently later in life, to take matters into my own hands instead of letting circumstances define me.

– Dennis Wiersma

Found on CNN
7 years ago

We want our students to compete with every other student for those jobs 15 years from now. And so it’s working with our families to define-well, what does that look like?

– Superintendent Nancy Sarra

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

When and if there is a case of local transmission, we work with local health departments to identify additional cases to define the geographic scope of the outbreak.

– Marc Fischer

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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