“The economics of baseball are the big problem. The big clubs make a lot of money and the little clubs don't.” Quote by Fay Vincent
“I tried to instill a different motivation, to give them the security and the conviction that they were doing something good, something necessary, something useful - if you want to use a grandiose expression, that they were doing something for peace.” IfsWantGivingDifferentUseMotivationSecurityExpressionConvictionInstillGrandiose Author:Markus Wolf
“In the same period, Polish literature also underwent some significant changes. From social-political literature, which had a great tradition and strong motivation to be that way, Polish literature changed its focus to a psychological rather than a social one.” WayPoliticalMotivationLiteratureStrongSocialFocusChangedPeriodsTraditionSignificantPsychologicalPolishSignificant Change Author:Andrzej Wajda
“But I find with Francis Bacon, some of the things were in the place, and someone who was connected with these schools of thought, and someone who had a motivation that equals the scope of the comedy and the tragedy in the plays.” PlaySchoolMotivationComedyTragedyConnectedScope Author:Mark Rylance
“We negotiated with the Honduran government the establishment of a regional military training center, for training central American forces, but the primary motivation for doing that was to be able to bolster the quality, improve the quality of the El Salvadoran fighting forces.” GovernmentAbleMotivationFightingForceQualityMilitaryTrainingPrimariesEstablishmentMilitary Training Author:John Negroponte
“It's what the Pixies always said about music - they were writing songs and just trying not to be boring. That was their main motivation and it worked for them. I remember reading that and thinking that was the way to do it.” ThinkingWayWritingTryingSaidRememberMotivationSongReadingBoringWriting SongsPixies Author:Jonny Greenwood
“Well, I actually grew up in the sixties. I feel very lucky, actually, that that was my slice of time that I was dealt. Let's remember that the real motivation in the sixties, and even in the fifties, was the Cold War.” FeelsWellsWarRealRememberMotivationGrewColdLuckyGrew UpSixtyCold War Author:Ann Druyan
“If we take as given that critical infrastructures are vulnerable to a cyber terrorist attack, then the question becomes whether there are actors with the capability and motivation to carry out such an operation.” IfsMotivationActorsGivenCriticalTerroristVulnerableOperationsCapabilityInfrastructureTerrorist AttacksCyber Author:Dorothy E. Denning
“One of the things I have tried to do with this book and with all of them really is avoid that simple, easy, reductionist view of motivation and to show we do things for a complex net of reasons, a real braid of reasons.” BookRealReasonShowsMotivationEasySimpleViewsComplexesBraids Author:Russell Banks
“I don't think movies can ever be too intense, but people have to understand why you're showing them the things you are showing them.” PeopleThinkingIntenseMovie Author:Edward Zwick
“Yes. Otherwise I could have done a lot of Hollywood movies. After Crouching Tiger I got a lot of offers, but I turned them down because they were all victim roles - poor girls sold to America to be a wife or whatever. I know I have the ability to go deeper, to take on more original roles than that.” KnowsDoneAmericaGirlAbilityPoorRolesWifeOffersHollywoodOriginalsVictimDeeperMovieTigersHollywood Movies Author:Zhang Ziyi