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These projections go to 200, 300 percent, and even higher of debt held by the public as a percent of gross domestic product, we’re going to owe more than our entire economy is producing and by definition this is not sustainable. – Gene Dodaro	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
By definition, ‘ we ’ll figure it out if we ever capture anyone ’ is not a comprehensive policy. – Steve Warren	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Banks, because they have to be used for any sort of financial transaction, by definition have the potential to get exposed to all sorts of risks. – Chris Backemeyer	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
All of the other technologies out there say that they’re ‘diagnosing concussion,’ but there’s no accepted definition, so how are you diagnosing it? – Jamshid Ghajar	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I'm here because Trump stands for everything I don't, he's the definition of a demagogue. – Aishwarya Shekara	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I guess the definition that we had for it before was a new wave with an African aesthetic, first it used to be a new wave because it had to do with the music, like a new wave of music, but now it is like 'a new wave', which means it's a whole movement ... it's a whole wave, with an African aesthetic, we are African, made in Africa. – Yannick Ilunga	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We define housing as something other than healthcare but that’s purely a theoretic definition, we can define things however we wish. – Josh Bamberger	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
When people do talk about the economy, it’s about how Ma’s Mainland trade and investment deals haven’t delivered equal benefits across society. Even those economic concerns, by definition, come back to cross-Strait and identity issues ... how can you brand companies and promote industries if you don’t even know who you are or what to call yourself? – Sean King Park Strategies	added by JtheMason 8 years ago
The world lost an artist of transcendent talent, he was the very definition, the living embodiment of that singular word: icon. – Gary Oldman	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Grid-based power isn't a solution for people who are poor. The poor, by definition, cannot afford utility bills, further, connection to the grid has meant intermittent and unreliable power for most poor, rural households in the world. – Manoj Bhargava	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
His own words said on national television are a matter of public record, and by definition repeating someone's own words can not be defamation. – Ted Cruz	Found on CNN 8 years ago
There's no other way to describe that -- it's a lie. When you say something that's not true, it's called a lie. That's the definition of it, on this campaign, he is saying things that are not true, and he's saying it repeatedly, and he knows they're not true. – Marco Rubio	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It’s the running definition of HIIT (high intensity interval training)—so HIIT training but done in running. – David Siik	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
There's no other way to describe that -- it's a lie. When you say something that's not true, it's called a lie. That's the definition of it. – Marco Rubio	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The problem is that everything that is collectively bargained with the government is within the political sphere, almost by definition. – Antonin Scalia	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The problem is that everything that is collectively bargained with the government is within the political sphere almost by definition. – Justice Antonin Scalia	Found on CNN 8 years ago
One of the big concerns I have with this draft counter-terrorism bill is that the definition of terrorism is quite vague and open-ended and if we look at how Chinese officials and the media have used the terrorism tag in the past, it's chiefly applied to the Uyghurs as well as the Tibetans. – James Leibold	Found on CNN 8 years ago
That's the definition of a no-fly zone, if that offends folks in the U.N. crowd, I'm sorry, but America needs to assert itself again. – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We’ve accepted a definition of performance that is narrow and quite possibly inappropriate. – Rosanna Landis Weaver	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Life is a tale full of expectations and each new episode, each fresh piece gives us a new definition to the message of our story. ( "Waiting for the pieces to fall into place" ) – Erik Pevernagie	added by anonymous 8 years ago
Right now, people on the No-Fly list can walk into a store and buy a gun. That is insane. If you're too dangerous to board a plane, you're too dangerous, by definition, to buy a gun, and so I'm calling on Congress to close this loophole, now. We may not be able to prevent every tragedy, but -- at a bare minimum -- we shouldn't be making it so easy for potential terrorists or criminals to get their hands on a gun that they could use against Americans. – President Barack Obama	Found on CNN 8 years ago
This has completely changed our definition of an ass-load of guns. – Chesterfield County	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There are no prosecutions, they're not investigated particularly well and there are issues around the definition of what constitutes a hate crime, the implementation of any law in Bosnia is completely stymied by the political system. It's very difficult to ascertain whether the Bosnians are against LGBT [rights] or if they can’t do anything at all really. – Adam Fagan	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The fact that owners representing 63 percent of capital and 68 percent of shares have chosen to sell their shares to us at this level means that it per definition is an attractive offer, and I assume the remaining owners will reach the same conclusion. – Per Franzen	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

These projections go to 200, 300 percent, and even higher of debt held by the public as a percent of gross domestic product, we’re going to owe more than our entire economy is producing and by definition this is not sustainable.

– Gene Dodaro

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

By definition, ‘ we ’ll figure it out if we ever capture anyone ’ is not a comprehensive policy.

– Steve Warren

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Banks, because they have to be used for any sort of financial transaction, by definition have the potential to get exposed to all sorts of risks.

– Chris Backemeyer

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

All of the other technologies out there say that they’re ‘diagnosing concussion,’ but there’s no accepted definition, so how are you diagnosing it?

– Jamshid Ghajar

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I'm here because Trump stands for everything I don't, he's the definition of a demagogue.

– Aishwarya Shekara

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I guess the definition that we had for it before was a new wave with an African aesthetic, first it used to be a new wave because it had to do with the music, like a new wave of music, but now it is like 'a new wave', which means it's a whole movement ... it's a whole wave, with an African aesthetic, we are African, made in Africa.

– Yannick Ilunga

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We define housing as something other than healthcare but that’s purely a theoretic definition, we can define things however we wish.

– Josh Bamberger

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

When people do talk about the economy, it’s about how Ma’s Mainland trade and investment deals haven’t delivered equal benefits across society. Even those economic concerns, by definition, come back to cross-Strait and identity issues ... how can you brand companies and promote industries if you don’t even know who you are or what to call yourself?

– Sean King Park Strategies

added by JtheMason
8 years ago

The world lost an artist of transcendent talent, he was the very definition, the living embodiment of that singular word: icon.

– Gary Oldman

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Grid-based power isn't a solution for people who are poor. The poor, by definition, cannot afford utility bills, further, connection to the grid has meant intermittent and unreliable power for most poor, rural households in the world.

– Manoj Bhargava

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

His own words said on national television are a matter of public record, and by definition repeating someone's own words can not be defamation.

– Ted Cruz

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There's no other way to describe that -- it's a lie. When you say something that's not true, it's called a lie. That's the definition of it, on this campaign, he is saying things that are not true, and he's saying it repeatedly, and he knows they're not true.

– Marco Rubio

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It’s the running definition of HIIT (high intensity interval training)—so HIIT training but done in running.

– David Siik

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

There's no other way to describe that -- it's a lie. When you say something that's not true, it's called a lie. That's the definition of it.

– Marco Rubio

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The problem is that everything that is collectively bargained with the government is within the political sphere, almost by definition.

– Antonin Scalia

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The problem is that everything that is collectively bargained with the government is within the political sphere almost by definition.

– Justice Antonin Scalia

Found on CNN
8 years ago

One of the big concerns I have with this draft counter-terrorism bill is that the definition of terrorism is quite vague and open-ended and if we look at how Chinese officials and the media have used the terrorism tag in the past, it's chiefly applied to the Uyghurs as well as the Tibetans.

– James Leibold

Found on CNN
8 years ago

That's the definition of a no-fly zone, if that offends folks in the U.N. crowd, I'm sorry, but America needs to assert itself again.

– New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We’ve accepted a definition of performance that is narrow and quite possibly inappropriate.

– Rosanna Landis Weaver

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Life is a tale full of expectations and each new episode, each fresh piece gives us a new definition to the message of our story. ( "Waiting for the pieces to fall into place" )

– Erik Pevernagie

added by anonymous
8 years ago

Right now, people on the No-Fly list can walk into a store and buy a gun. That is insane. If you're too dangerous to board a plane, you're too dangerous, by definition, to buy a gun, and so I'm calling on Congress to close this loophole, now. We may not be able to prevent every tragedy, but -- at a bare minimum -- we shouldn't be making it so easy for potential terrorists or criminals to get their hands on a gun that they could use against Americans.

– President Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

This has completely changed our definition of an ass-load of guns.

– Chesterfield County

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There are no prosecutions, they're not investigated particularly well and there are issues around the definition of what constitutes a hate crime, the implementation of any law in Bosnia is completely stymied by the political system. It's very difficult to ascertain whether the Bosnians are against LGBT [rights] or if they can’t do anything at all really.

– Adam Fagan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The fact that owners representing 63 percent of capital and 68 percent of shares have chosen to sell their shares to us at this level means that it per definition is an attractive offer, and I assume the remaining owners will reach the same conclusion.

– Per Franzen

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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