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While some members of Congress have attempted to stall progress on climate change, their actions amount to little more than political theater. We will not abandon our responsibility to our children and grandchildren, nor will we cede global leadership on the defining issue of our time.

~Brian Schatz

Topics: Abandon Actions Amount Attempted Change Children Climate Climate Change Congress Defining Global Grandchildren Issue Leadership Little Members More Nor Our Our Time Political Progress Responsibility Some Stall Than Theater Time While Will

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Is Duran's 'No Mas' a more defining moment in his career than his victory over Sugar Ray Leonard in their first fight? For many, it is.

~Brin-Jonathan Butler

Topics: Career Defining Defining Moment Fight First His Many Moment More Over Ray Sugar Than Victory

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I don't like defining myself. I just am.

~Britney Spears

Topics: Am Defining Just Like Myself

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Robin McKinley's 'The Blue Sword' was a defining book of my teen years, and I'd love to have more books like that in the world.

~Carrie Vaughn

Topics: Blue Book Books Defining Like Love More Robin Sword Teen Teen Years World Years

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For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with.

~Charley Pride

Topics: Confidence Defining Defining Moment Entertainers Experience Moment Most Self-Doubt Single Us Wrestle

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Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign.

~Colin Powell

Topics: Campaign Defining Down Economy Get Got Issue May Moving Rate Unemployment

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While historians may go on attempting grand, sweeping and defining narratives, they work in a time when readers know that another narrative always lies in wait, and that the more intelligent an historian is, the more tentative and self-scrutinizing the tone.

~Colm Toibin

Topics: Always Another Attempting Defining Go Grand Historian Historians Intelligent Know Lies May More Narrative Narratives Readers Sweeping Time Tone Wait While Work

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In a story, you have to have a theme and an angle, you have to have a beginning, middle and an end. You have to have a defining moment and kick it to death. You gotta be able to recognize that, by the way. It probably takes experience.

~Dan Jenkins

Topics: Able Angle Beginning Death Defining Defining Moment End Experience Gotta Kick Middle Moment Recognize Story Takes Theme Way You

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The key to any good sports story is identifying the defining moment. In football games or a boxing match, it's usually pretty obvious. But in golf, sometimes it happens on Thursday. Usually it's Sunday, but guys who don't know the game, they can miss it.

~Dan Jenkins

Topics: Any Boxing Defining Defining Moment Football Football Games Game Games Golf Good Guys Happens Identifying Key Know Match Miss Moment Obvious Pretty Sometimes Sports Story Sunday Thursday Who

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In many ways, leadership is about defining reality and inspiring hope, but if you have these great people around you and they know that what they do is going to be recognized, it can be incredibly powerful.

~Dan Schulman

Topics: About Around Defining Going Great Great People Hope Incredibly Inspiring Know Leadership Many People Powerful Reality Recognized Ways You

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