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Make no mistake about it. These are not 'kookie' birds. Right now the greatest player, the big tent on the political scene in America, is called the Tea Party movement.

My tenure in the Senate was really as an independent and whichever, regardless of party label.

I have not broken any promises, but I have full freedom to say or write about what others have said to me during my tenure in the PMO.

'Madea' is a Southern term. It's short for 'mother dear.' So there are a lot of Madeas out there.

I hate the term 'Bollywood,' because we're not a 'me too' of Hollywood. The Indian film industry is prolific.

I'm the one who originally coined the term 'dwarf planet,' back in the nineteen-nineties.

See, my strumpf is in my hair. Now, I don't know what strumpf means. It's just a term some brothas gave me.

I love how 'melodrama' is a denigrated term - a lower-class citizen to other genres. And yet that's what life is, man.

The term 'human rights defender,' incidentally, isn't something I or my attorneys came up with. Personally, I find it a little embarrassing.

'Me too' became a term that was both succinct and powerful, and it was a way to ring up immediate empathy between survivors.

This is my first term. I was told it was going to be an exciting term, and a lot of things would be done, and I cannot think about something more exciting than save Social Security.

I'm perplexed, though, by your application of the term 'negative' to my figural imagery.

Well, I think the best thing we can do for the short term is move good energy legislation through to the Congress; I'm encouraged that there's some prospect for that now.

When you talk about a 'broad-based business tax,' that's a pretty broad term. I don't know what that means. But it's not something I would be supportive of.

I'm confident President Obama will continue his unambiguous commitment to the Jewish state in his second term.

What makes a classic is difficult to define. It's entirely subjective, of course. And the term is employed far too promiscuously.

The pushback I get is, 'He's a hedge fund guy.' Full stop. Some places, that can be a badge of honor. In others, it's almost a term of derision.

It isn't true, in any conventional meaning of the term, that the United States or its NATO partners 'invaded' Afghanistan.

I have become a prisoner of the peace movement. But you can't say that the termination is coming and then say that you are going back to your own garden to dig.

There should not be a micro-managing of terminology with the Library of Congress.

In 'Dear Father,' you will see some remarkable work in terms of the screenplay.

We've had to be innovative, in terms of reaching the customer, and that's all been about making it an experiential shopping environment.

I can't say that I wouldn't prefer to make small films, basically because I think they are probably more interesting in terms of the material. But every now and again, it's quite good to do a big one.

I once pitched this show that was just like 'Quantum Leap,' in terms of the set-up, and I got a pass because they said 'Quantum Leap' didn't work, even though it was on for six or seven seasons. You can't say 'Quantum Leap' didn't work!