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I have a liberal definition of news because I think news can be what excites people. I'm not very sanctimonious about what news is and isn't.

~Diane Sawyer

Topics: About Because Definition Excites Liberal News People Sanctimonious Think Very I Think

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A journalist gathers information for a media outlet that disseminates the information through a broadly defined 'medium' - including newspaper, nonfiction book, wire service, magazine, news Web site, television, radio or motion picture - for public use. This broad definition covers every form of legitimate journalism.

~Dick Durbin

Topics: Book Broad Covers Defined Definition Every Form Including Information Journalism Journalist Legitimate Magazine Media Medium Motion Motion Picture News Newspaper Nonfiction Outlet Picture Public Radio Service Site Television Through Use Web Web Site Wire

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The definition of winning has become distorted. If winning the rights to a property brings with it hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, what have you won? When faced with the prospect of heavy financial losses, we have consistently walked away and have done so again.

~Dick Ebersol

Topics: Again Away Become Brings Consistently Definition Distorted Dollars Done Faced Financial Heavy Hundreds Losses Millions Millions Of Dollars Property Prospect Rights Walked Winning Won You

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A 'first meeting' is, by definition, a one-time opportunity, and there's no going back. Over the course of my career, I've been on both sides of inspiring first meetings that energized me for the next stage of a partnership and disappointing first meetings that left me uncertain about next steps.

~Dinesh Paliwal

Topics: About Back Been Both Both Sides Career Course Definition Disappointing First Going Inspiring Left Me Meeting Meetings Next Opportunity Over Partnership Sides Stage Steps Uncertain

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Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must - must - redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent healthcare is by definition re-distributional.

~Donald Berwick

Topics: Among Any Care Civilized Definition Equitable Excellent Fortunate Funding Health Health Care Healthcare Humane Just Less Must Plan Poorer Richer Us Wealth

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By definition, conservatives struggle with change.

~Donna Brazile

Topics: Change Conservatives Definition Struggle

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Here's my definition of a great beach read - a fabulous story that sucks me in like a black hole and when it's over, it jettisons my bones across the galaxy with a hair on fire mission to convince everyone I know that they must read that book or they will die.

~Dorothea Benton Frank

Topics: Across Beach Black Black Hole Bones Book Convince Definition Die Everyone Fabulous Fire Galaxy Great Hair Here Hole Know Like Me Mission Must Over Over It Read Story Sucks Will

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I think making a great action movie is one of the hardest cinematic endeavors. By definition, smart characters avoid action. Smart people don't go down dark alleys, but if you're making an action movie and you want to have an action sequence, somehow you have to get that character into that dangerous situation.

~Doug Liman

Topics: Action Action Movie Alley Avoid Character Characters Cinematic Dangerous Dark Definition Down Endeavors Get Go Great Hardest Making Movie People Sequence Situation Smart Smart People Somehow Think Want You I Think

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My experience politically has always been that one-word definition of politics: money. Keep your eye on the buck. And that tells you where the American people are going to be.

~Douglas Wilder

Topics: Always American American People Been Buck Definition Experience Eye Going Keep Money People Politically Politics Tells Where You Your

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I think that magic, at its root, is a very abstract notion. There's no real, approved definition. And, in that sense, it's like love; you can only see magic by the effect it has on people.

~Drummond Money-Coutts

Topics: Abstract Approved Definition Effect Like Love Love You Magic Notion Only People Real Root See Sense Think Very You I Think

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