“You can't always just put color filters in 80s aerobic videos or take stuff from public-access and look at it in this very ironic, self-conscious way. That only takes you so far.” WayLooksSelfStuffColorConsciousAccessVideoIronic80sSelf ConsciousFilters Author:Alan Palomo
“I find it so funny that for the first time in history, people have access to this great equalizer in the Internet, which grants everyone the same knowledge base, and we use it to read album reviews and watch kitten videos... not to put those two things in the same light!” PeopleFirstsTwoUseLightWatchesInternetFirst TimeAlbumsAccessVideoTwo ThingsGrantsReviewsKittenEqualizer Author:Alan Palomo
“I think Paris Hilton is really our generation's Marilyn Monroe. She's the image of the youth today. There's a real fascination with Paris, ranging on the obsessive. I'm repulsed by her, but because of her notoriety, she has access to an audience.” ThinkingRealTodayAudienceGenerationsYouthAccessParisFascinationObsessiveOur GenerationNotoriety Author:Matt Tong
“The goal of dream study is to increase one's contact with and access to the abilities of their subconscious mind. I became interested in dreams as an avenue to increase my knowledge of the subconscious mind, and increase my psychological and emotional effectiveness. I have been recording my dreams since I was seventeen.” MindHas BeensDreamGoalAbilityStudyEmotionalIncreaseAccessContactPsychologicalSubconsciousAvenuesEffectivenessSeventeenSubconscious Mind Author:Charles McPhee
“Rich countries want unfettered access to poor countries' markets, which are often heavily protected by tariffs, but they don't want to give up all the protections for their own goods and services.” WantGivingCountryPoorRichGiving UpProtectionAccessGoodsProtectedWant UGoods And ServicesPoor CountriesTariffsRich Countries Author:Daniel Altman
“Achieving something that has never existed in manned spaceflight and that is high volume and public access.” AchieveAccessVolumeSpaceflight Author:Burt Rutan
“Over my career, I'd say the last 25 years; we've gone from music and computer being for 10 people in the world to having personal computers, to now being able to do amazing things on your iPhone, or with Rock Band. So, right now there's enormous capability with technology in our devices that everybody has access to.” PeopleWorldYearsAbleLastsCareersTechnologyGoneRocksRight NowBandComputerAccessEnormousDevicesCapabilityAmazing ThingsIphoneRock BandsPersonal Computers Author:Tod Machover
“You're alone with yourself and your own feelings and that gives you deeper access to what you need to get in touch with to write poetry.” NeedsGivingWritingFeelingsDeeperAccess Author:Edward Hirsch
“You see it even in our educational systems, where the market model becomes central. It's a matter of just gaining a skill or gaining access to a job to live in some vanilla suburb, as opposed to becoming a critical citizen concerned with public interest and common good.” MatterJobsInterestCommonBecomingCitizensSkillsModelsConcernedEducationalCriticalAccessSuburbsCommon GoodEducational SystemPublic InterestVanilla Author:Cornel West
“When we talk about God, I think what most of us mean is some greater thing, some higher power that can help us access our own strength or give us strength.” ThinkingGivingMeanHelpingGreaterHigherAccessHigher PowerGreater Things Author:Lori Lansens
“The communications revolution has given millions of people both a wider and more detailed understanding of the world. Because of technology, ordinary citizens enjoy access to information that formerly was available only to elites and nation-states. One consequence of this change is that citizens have become acutely conscious of environmental destruction, entrenched poverty, health catastrophes, human rights abuses, failing education systems, and escalating violence. Another consequence is that people possess powerful communication tools to coordinate efforts to attack those problems.” PeopleWorldHumansStatesProblemGivenNationsEnjoyUnderstandingPowerfulEffortEducationPovertyMillionsTechnologyRightsViolenceFailingInformationCommunicationRevolutionCitizensHealthyOrdinaryConsciousConsequenceToolsDestructionAbuseEnvironmentalHuman RightsAvailableAccessElitesCatastropheEducation SystemCoordinatesOrdinary CitizensAccess To InformationEscalatingEnvironmental Destruction Author:David Bornstein
“I love music, right? I can't say "I'm only going to listen to a physical medium," because there's a bunch of meaningful records that as a music fan I love that I would've never been able to access. So if I want to be part of something I have to get dragged along with technology.” IfsWantI CanAbleTechnologyRecordsFansAccessMeaningfulBunchMediumsMusic LoveI Love MusicMusic Fans Author:Chuck Klosterman
“Consumer habits have changed dramatically. People have gotten used to getting the news they want, when they want it, how they want it, and where they want it. And this change is here to stay. Despite all the dire reports about the state of the newspaper industry, we are actually in the middle of a golden age for news consumers who can surf the Net, use search engines, access the best stories from around the world, and be able to comment, interact, and form communities.” PeopleWorldWantStatesStoriesUseAgeAbleFormUsedCommunityMiddleChangedIndustryHabitNewsAccessNewspapersGoldenDespiteAround The WorldConsumersReportsCommentEnginesSurfGolden AgeSearch Engine Author:Arianna Huffington
“It was a great challenge to reconstruct Gypsy Rose Lee life, and my interviews with her sister [June Havoc] proved invaluable. It's not often that writers have access to living primary source material; this was the only person who experienced life on the vaudeville circuit with Gypsy during the 1920s, and who saw her perform at Minsky's Burlesque in the 1930s. She knew things that no one else could ever possibly know.” KnowsPersonsChallengesSawsMaterialsSourceRoseAccessPrimariesInterviewsJuneGypsyCircuits1930sInvaluableHavocVaudevilleBurlesquePrimary Source Author:Karen Abbott
“I feel like utopia is neither here nor there. It's in that sort of space where you feel the most present, and that can be on tour [or] at home. It's easier to get to that place on tour because your environment is constantly changing, and from a very primal, evolutionary perspective, you have heightened awareness when you're in an unfamiliar place, so it's easier to access that state.” FeelsStatesHomeSpaceEnvironmentAwarenessPerspectiveEasierAccessOur EnvironmentUtopiaPrimalUnfamiliar Author:Taraka Larson
“We have the ability to be the ocean. And access all that infinite possibility, understanding, knowledge, awareness. Or we can get caught up in identifying ourselves as being the droplet, which cannot disconnect us literally from the ocean but does disconnect us from the awareness of the ocean, which means that we isolate our point of observation to that of the droplet. That’s when we identify with being the image in the mirror.” MeanDoeUnderstandingAbilityAwarenessPossibilityOceanInfiniteMirrorsCaughtAccessObservationCaught UpIdentifyingInfinite PossibilitiesDropletsUnderstanding Knowledge Author:David Icke
“Today in America many people are living in a virtual world. They enter it through an internet access device and they navigate freely around it, and those people who learn how to navigate better in that space are finding that they have better access to information about jobs and education and all the good things that our society produces.” PeopleWorldTodayJobsAmericaSpaceInformationProduceInternetFindingsGood ThingsAccessOur SocietyDevicesNavigateAccess To InformationVirtual WorldInternet AccessJobs And Education Author:William E. Kennard
“The internet makes information easier to come by, but harder to control - think of the success of blogs like ConservativeHome and Guido Fawkes. I definitely think Parliament's website can be improved - perhaps it could have better access to video feed, include interactive features or have discussion forums.” ThinkingInformationInternetEasierHarderAccessVideoDiscussionFeaturesParliamentBlogsWebsiteForumsInteractiveGuidosFawkes Author:Theresa May
“Because GMOs aren't labeled, it's very hard to prove causality in terms of health effects. It's even more difficult because the seeds are patented, so independent researchers have a hard time gaining access to them.” HardDifficultTermEffectsProveIndependentSeedsAccessHard TimesResearchersCausalityGmos Author:Zoe Lister-Jones
“Human rights are not the preserve of Western activists: The definition must extend to encompass the right to the dignified life; the right to send your kids to school, for that child to get health care, for access for greater prosperity for generations to come and to have a say in the destiny of your community and country. Under that definition, Rwanda has nothing to learn from advocacy groups who think they own the copyright on what constitutes human rights under all conditions in every corner of the world.” ThinkingWorldHumansChildrenCountryCareKidsSchoolCommunityDestinyGreaterRightsGenerationsGroupsConditionsWesternHuman RightsDefinitionsProsperityCornersAccessHealth CarePreservesActivistCopyrightAdvocacyRwandaCorners Of The World Author:Paul Kagame
“It is nonsense that people shopping online in some parts of Europe are unable to access the best deals because of where they live. I want completing the single market to be our driving mission.” PeopleWantDealsEuropeMissionsAccessDrivingNonsenseOnlineShoppingCompleting Author:David Cameron
“I have a musical ancestry as much as I have a family ancestry. Honoring those ancestors gives you access to a greater source of appreciation and information than you would have if you were just going on your own ego system.” IfsGivingGreaterInformationSourceEgoMusicalAppreciationAccessAncestorAncestry Author:Billy Corgan
“If you're really going to uncover something as an artist, you're going to come into access with parts of your personality and your psyche that are really uncomfortable to face: your own ambition, your own greed, your own avarice, your own jealousies, and anything that would get in the way of the purity of your own artistic voice.” IfsWayFacesArtistVoicePersonalityAmbitionGreedAccessArtisticUncomfortablePurityAvarice Author:Billy Corgan
“Compassion is the key to a successful relationship because by means of compassion we can access the innermost needs of the other. When we are aware of those needs, we can begin to communicate and not just profess what we think we know and demand that others change because we want them to.” ThinkingKnowsWantNeedsMeanCompassionSuccessfulKeysDemandCommunicateAccessSuccessful Relationship Author:Sharon Gannon
“I stand on the shoulders of giants that have gone before me, in terms of affording people like myself, women, the access to democracy, the vote, medical treatment, education, everything that I've been given. It's all been earned.” PeopleGivenTermGoneDemocracyVoteAccessMedicalShouldersGiantsTreatmentMedical TreatmentAffording Author:Annie Lennox
“When I'm talking about a developing world, I also look at clean-water access - women who are more vulnerable to sexual violence when they're fetching water. And talking about what we have going on here, with our carbon footprints and our emissions, is just as important to me as figuring out how to provide clean water to people who need it in regions around the world.” PeopleWorldNeedsLooksImportantWaterTalkingViolenceCleanAccessVulnerableAround The WorldDevelopingRegionsCarbonEmissionsFootprintClean WaterCarbon Footprint Author:Sophia Bush
“I am afraid that I think both the near future environmental reality and political landscape are not looking good - and they are connected. The best tool we have for advancing environmental solutions is our democracy, and we can't currently access it because it has been so thoroughly hijacked by big corporate interests.” ThinkingHas BeensBigsRealityPoliticalInterestDemocracySolutionsToolsEnvironmentalConnectedAccessLandscapeCorporateLooking GoodAdvancing Author:Annie Leonard
“When we practice paying attention, moving with ease of body and mind, and being efficient, our body becomes very capable and strong, and the mind is able to be calm and travel further inward, where we have direct access to your unique creativity, intuition, and feelings of connectivity.” MindFeelingsBodyAbleMovingStrongAttentionCreativityPracticeCapableUniqueDirectCalmIntuitionAccessPay AttentionEaseEfficientInwardMind And Body Author:Tara Stiles
“If you look at the record and the enviable record which Sandra Day O'Connor has written, you find she was the fifth and decisive vote to safeguard Americans' right to privacy, to require our courtrooms to grant access to the disabled, to allow the federal government to pass laws to protect the environment, to preserve the right of universities to use affirmative action, to ban the execution of children in America.” IfsLooksChildrenUseGovernmentActionAmericaLawRecordsEnvironmentWrittenProtectVoteUniversityAccessPreservesPrivacyGrantsExecutionFederal GovernmentFifthDisabledBansAffirmative ActionAffirmativeCourtroomRight To PrivacySandra Day O ConnorProtect The Environment Author:Dick Durbin
“I think that equality needs to be broadened to include equal access to comprehensive healthcare, equal access to jobs, and equal rights in the workplace.” ThinkingNeedsJobsRightsEqualAccessHealthcareWorkplaceEqual RightsComprehensive Author:Jill Stein
“So many state Republican governors and legislators are defunding Planned Parenthood and shutting down clinics that not only provide a safe abortion but HIV testing, cancer screenings, and so much else that women have every right to access, which is harder if you are unemployed or you are a low-income woman that's part of the real service that Planned Parenthood provides.” IfsRealStatesRepublicanSafeLowsHarderCancerAccessIncomeAbortionParenthoodGovernorsTestingHivUnemployedLegislatorsScreeningClinicPlanned ParenthoodLow IncomeShutting Down Author:Hillary Clinton
“On a more human level, the closest things to truths that I have been able to access are Love, Art, and Play.” HumansHas BeensArtPlayAbleLevelsAccessClosest Author:Brandon Boyd
“Families want their child to get an education; families want safe access to healthcare; families want a roof over their head. When we silo issues, we end up with solutions that are in conflict with each other.” WantChildrenEndsIssuesSafeConflictSolutionsAccessHealthcareRoof Author:Cameron Sinclair
“We all have so much access to the information on the Internet and in books, but we don't necessarily get that information in a usable way so that we can turn information into action.” WayBookActionTurnsInformationInternetAccess Author:Daphne Oz
“I think you can find a lot of joy and inspiration through food. I think when you find depression and sadness and hopelessness, many times it's connected to certain food and access to quality and nutrition.” ThinkingInspirationJoyCertainQualitySadnessConnectedAccessNutritionHopelessness Author:Adrian Grenier
“Yoga practice seems to be used to access some deeper dimension or some enlightened state. Understand right now there is no connection between flexibility and enlightenment.” StatesSeemsUsedPracticeRight NowEnlightenmentYogaConnectionsDeeperAccessDimensionsEnlightenedFlexibilityYoga Practice Author:Bryan Kest
“It seems to me if I would want to access the special, mysterious, mystical, powerful and most important, I simply need to live my life more fully.” IfsWantNeedsImportantSeemsPowerfulSpecialAccessMysteriousMysticalLiving My Life Author:Bryan Kest
“I think the most exciting thing is access to information. People's ability to document things and expose things that may have not otherwise been documented and exposed. All the information you want is available instantly, which is overwhelming, but I think can have a positive change on the political process and accountability for leaders and corporations.” PeopleThinkingWantMayPoliticalProcessAbilityLeaderInformationExcitingAvailableAccessCorporationsAccountabilityOverwhelmingExposedDocumentsPositive ChangeExciting ThingsAccess To Information Author:Moby
“Presumably, if you see spirit at the moment it gained access, then it'll be dropped.” IfsMomentsSpiritAccess Author:Allen Ginsberg
“This is the same notion - Catholic exorcism, psychotherapy, shamanistic practices - getting to the moment when whatever it was gained access. And also to the name of the spirit. Just to know that it's the Ugly Spirit. That's a great step. Because the spirit doesn't want its name to be known.” KnowsWantMomentsSpiritNamesKnownStepsPracticeCatholicNotionUglyAccessPsychotherapyExorcism Author:Allen Ginsberg
“We do assess that hostile actors gained access to the private commercial email accounts of people with whom Secretary Hillary Clinton was in regular contact from her personal account.” PeopleActorsAccountsClintonAccessContactSecretaryHostileEmail Author:James Comey
“You do research into specific occupations of the character, with specific behaviorisms that their daily life might give them. You do as much research as you want, as you can. Now that you have such open access to the Internet, it's very easy to do so.” WantGivingCharacterMightEasyInternetResearchAccessDaily LifeOccupationBehaviorism Author:Guy Burnet
“In memory, you can access something from the past, anything that you've experienced that you remember - it's there. Now, you might have a memento of it in a photograph or in a film or a building or some clothes that you wore. There might be something that connects you to this memory. But all of us are just all caught in this time, whatever that is.” MightPastRememberFilmMemoriesBuildingClothesPhotographCaughtAccessMemento Author:Annie Lennox
“If indeed we can create systems that allow individuals to access goods and services like health and housing and energy and water, in a way that they can afford, they'll all have greater choice, greater opportunity, greater dignity.” IfsWayChoicesOpportunityIndividualEnergyWaterGreaterDignityAccessGoodsHousingGoods And Services Author:Jacqueline Novogratz
“I still feel that the kind of leader I want to be is one that spends time understanding our work in a way that allows me to translate it for policymakers and people who have real access to resources.” PeopleWayWantFeelsKindStillsRealUnderstandingLeaderResourcesAccessTranslateEnd TimesSpend Time Author:Jacqueline Novogratz
“I'm most passionate about, you know, making everybody understand that we should all have equal access on this earth.” KnowsShouldEarthEqualPassionateAccess Author:Chuck D
“I have the greatest respect for Mr. Rishi Kapoor - he's simply amazing and also Sridevi. I personally think that is what acting IS about! If you have tapped into your talent, you should be trained enough to access it easily!” IfsThinkingShouldEnoughActingTalentAccess Author:Kajol
“In the developing world, they don't have smartphones yet. They have the older plastic phones, but women are saving money on those, because they don't have access to banks. Having that access to digital money changes everything for her because she actually doesn't have to negotiate with her husband, which she will tell you is very hard in these circumstances, especially when the means are meager. She's expected to have money to pay for the kids' health or to help with the school fees.” WorldMeanHardHelpingKidsSchoolPayCircumstancesHusbandPhonesExpectedAccessSavingDevelopingDigitalPlasticSaving MoneyFeesSmartphones Author:Melinda Gates
“Women and girls face a whole host of issues. We start with health, so we work very deeply on maternal deaths, making sure that a mom doesn't die in childbirth, making sure that she has access, for instance, to AIDS medication.” WholeFacesDiesGirlIssuesMomAidsAccessInstanceHostChildbirthMedicationVery Deep Author:Melinda Gates
“Childbearing, I mean, if there's no place to go to deliver your baby, then you're the one that's delivering in those unhealthy circumstances. Or if you can't get access to family planning, your chances of surviving and being able to bring your kids up if they come one right after the other, that locks you into a cycle of poverty.” IfsMeanKidsAbleChancePovertyBabyCircumstancesAccessPlanningCyclesLocksSurvivingUnhealthyDeliveringPlaces To GoFamily PlanningChildbearingCycle Of Poverty Author:Melinda Gates