“My point is, if we respect the winner and approach that person, have access to that person and that person will look at what we are presenting, that is not too bad.” IfsLooksPersonsApproachAccessWinnerPresenting Author:Jim Brown
“If you look at the Associated Press wires, there's a constant flow of information coming in. At that time I happened to have direct access to AP wires. The day the marines landed in Haiti and restored [ Jan Bètran] Aristide there was a lot of excitement about the dedication to democracy and so on. But the day before the marines landed, when every journalist was looking at Haiti because it was assumed that something big was happening, the AP wires reported that then [Bill] Clinton administration had authorized Texaco to ship oil illegally to the military junta.” IfsLooksBigsDemocracyHappenedMilitaryInformationHappeningsFlowDirectBillsPressesConstantClintonOilAccessShipsAdministrationJournalistExcitementDedicationMarineWireHaiti Author:Noam Chomsky
“If you can create a reality that is entirely fictitious, it doesn't owe anything to this stuff out here, but you interact with it on your own terms. I mean, if you took it to the point where finally you get, say, tactile feedback, so you were wired in in terms of the whole nervous system. The sensorium. You would have the ultimate art form. I mean, any painter would want it, any filmmaker would want access to it you know, any musician would want access to it. It would eliminate the need for the divisions between what we describe as the arts, converting the whole thing to experience.” IfsKnowsWantNeedsMeanArtWholeRealityFormStuffTermMusicianUltimateAccessPainterNervousFilmmakerDivisionFeedbackNervous SystemConvertingTactile Author:Jerry Garcia
“We have to find ways in which, collectively, we agree there's some things that government needs to do to help protect us, that in this age of non-state actors who can amass great power, I want my government - and I think the German people should want their government - to be able to find out if a terrorist organization has access to a weapon of mass destruction that might go off in the middle of Berlin.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantNeedsShouldStatesHelpingGovernmentMightAgeAbleActorsMiddleProtectWeaponsMassDestructionOrganizationAgreeAccessTerroristBerlinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionGreat Power Author:Barack Obama
“One footnote says that divorced and remarried faithful, who are not recognized by the Catholic Church because it upholds the indissolubility of marriage, might in some particular cases have access to the sacraments.” MightChurchCasesParticularCatholicAccessFaithfulSacramentsDivorcedCatholic ChurchFootnotes Author:Sylvia Poggioli
“It turns out the Internet is this amazing resource for everyone who has access to it.” TurnsInternetResourcesAccess Author:Alexis Ohanian
“I think that poets can say, "What we want is for everybody on earth to wake up free from fear and with access to medicine and clean water and education." But I don't think poets have any special insight on how to get there. And the 20th century is a pretty good record of that because so many of the great poets were Stalinists: Vallejo, Neruda, Eluard, Aragon, etc. They wrote their odes to Lenin and Stalin. They glorified some of the most violent and grotesque dictatorships of the 20th century. And a lot of the ones who were not Stalinists were fascists or fascist sympathizers.” ThinkingWantEarthWaterRecordsSpecialCenturyPoetWake UpMedicineCleanInsightAccessViolentEtcDictatorship20th CenturyFascistsGrotesqueGreat PoetClean WaterOdesGood RecordsLenin And Stalin Author:Robert Hass
“I told [ David Lange] he was crazy, because you can't have an alliance relationship if you refuse access to their ships. And the Americans wanted to punish him very severely and I intervened there and softened them somewhat. They wanted to really take some tough, reactive measures to New Zealand.” IfsWantedCrazyToughRefuseAccessShipsAlliancesNew Zealand Author:Bob Hawke
“We have a moral concern to feed all of the hungry, wipe out malnutrition, so that every American be housed and every child have access to education.” ChildrenMoralConcernAccessHungryWipeMalnutritionAccess To Education Author:Jesse Jackson
“When you're actually filming, there are times when you get access to places you'd never get to see.” Access Author:Elaine Cassidy
“I think that too far, too much, to a greater degree than is anywhere near appropriate, America and our politics are being governed by more and more powerful interests, by fewer and fewer people in the sense of the amount of money that has controlled access and other kinds of things.” PeopleThinkingKindAmericaInterestPowerfulGreaterToo MuchAmountDegreesAccessAppropriateControlledFewer Author:John F. Kerry
“I think raising wages, investing in infrastructure, making sure that people have access to good educations that equip them for the jobs of the future. Those are all agenda items that would help alleviate some of those economic pressures and dislocations that people are experiencing. The problem was I couldn't convince the Republican Congress to pass a lot of them.” PeopleThinkingHelpingProblemJobsEconomicRepublicanPressureInvestingCongressAccessConvinceAgendasWagesItemsInfrastructureGood EducationAlleviateDislocation Author:Barack Obama
“There are many places where we need to fight important battles to make sure that customers have access to solar.” NeedsImportantFightingBattleCustomersAccess Author:Bill McKibben
“The American people want to make sure that the rules of the game are fair. And what that means is that if you look at surveys around Americans' attitudes on trade, the majority of the American people still support trade. But they're concerned about whether or not trade is fair, and whether we get the same access to other countries' markets that they have with us. Is there just a race to the bottom when it comes to wages, and so forth.” PeopleIfsWantLooksMeanStillsCountryGamesRaceAttitudeSupportConcernedFairsTradeMajorityBottomAccessOther CountriesWagesSurveysRules Of The Game Author:Barack Obama
“We all know of the dangers and inequities of the traditional digital divide: People who have good access tocomputer networks have a distinct advantage - in terms of both life opportunities and quality of life, I wouldargue - over the vast majority of the world's population that does not yet have good access to computernetworks. The "other" digital divide points to an increasingly unstable situation that has developed inlibrarianship as digital libraries have evolved and matured.” PeopleKnowsWorldDoeOpportunityTermQualitySituationDangerAdvantageMajorityLibraryPopulationAccessTraditionalDigitalDividesQuality Of LifeUnstableMaturedLife OpportunityDigital Divide Author:Tom Peters
“People of all demographic categories and geographic regions will access a good digital library.” PeopleLibraryAccessDigitalRegionsCategoriesDemographics Author:Tom Peters
“I want the public as well as libraries and schools to enjoy unlimited access to public-domain books. This means no charges for these kind of texts themselves.” WantWellsKindMeanBookSchoolEnjoyLibraryAccessUnlimitedDomainPublic Domain Author:Tom Peters
“I used to be skeptical when educators and technologists predicted that we may be entering a new era of oral culture, in which audible information will be at least as important as visible information. Now that I have adopted into my own daily life a device that makes music and spoken-word files easy to access from anywhere, I have tempered my skepticism.” MayImportantUsedCultureEasyMy OwnInformationAccessUsed To BeErasVisibleDaily LifeDevicesSkepticismEnteringAdoptedFilesSkepticalEducatorSpoken WordNew Era Author:Tom Peters
“One concern I had while I was working actively in the intelligence community - being someone who had broad access, who was exposed to more reports than average individuals, who had a better understanding of the bigger picture - was that the post - World War II, post - Cold War directions of societies were either broadly authoritarian or [broadly] liberal or libertarian.” WorldWarIndividualUnderstandingCommunityColdConcernBiggerAverageLibertarianAccessPostsWar Of The WorldsReportsBroadsExposedWorld War IiWorld War ICold WarBigger PictureIntelligence Community Author:Edward Snowden
“In the United States the White House has appointed two different independent panels who had full access to classified information for the last 10 years that master balance has been in place in the United States, and they found that despite intercepting the calls - everybody in the country, - it had never stopped a single terrorist attack. So the question is, why would these officials be pursuing these policies, if we know they don't work, if they don't stop terrorism?” IfsKnowsYearsHas BeensTwoDifferentCountryStatesLastsFoundHouseWhiteUnitedUnited StatesInformationPolicyMastersBalanceIndependentTerrorismAccessTerroristDespiteOfficialsWhite HouseTerrorist AttacksClassified Information Author:Edward Snowden
“Imagine, if you will, you're sitting at my desk in Hawaii. You have access to the entire world, as far as you can see it. Last several days, content of internet communications. Every email that's sent. Every website that's visited by every individual. Every text message that somebody sends on their phone. Every phone call they make.” IfsWorldLastsIndividualImagineCommunicationInternetMessagesSittingPhonesAccessDesksEmailHawaiiWebsitePhone CallsText Message Author:Edward Snowden
“Donald Trump has every intention to repeal the Affordable Care Act, as much because it's known as Obamacare [as because he wants] to try and deconstruct the legacy of President Obama. But that has implications that mean women who were accessing family planning and contraception as a preventative service with no co-pay will lose access to that coverage. We [will] only see an exacerbation of the things we were engaged in trying to prevent - like unplanned pregnancy and the need for abortion, which creates a societal dilemma.” WantNeedsTryingMeanCarePresidentLosesPayKnownTrumpIntentionAccessPlanningLegacyEngagedAbortionPregnancyPresident ObamaImplicationsDilemmaObamacareAffordableCoverageContraceptionFamily PlanningAffordable Care ActUnplanned Pregnancy Author:Willie Parker
“Anyway, it's not true that the authorities cannot access the content of the phone even if there is no back door. When I was at the NSA, we did this every single day, even on Sundays. I believe that encryption is a civic responsibility, a civic duty.” IfsBelieveI BelieveResponsibilityDoorsDutyAuthorityPhonesAccessSundayCivicsNsaCivic DutyBack DoorsEncryptionCivic Responsibility Author:Edward Snowden
“I think the increased ubiquity of the internet and networked computing in general allowed me to have some tether no matter where I was geographically. I could log in to a computer from anywhere in the world and access the same information and the same people. It allowed me to transcend the physical differences.” PeopleThinkingWorldMatterDifferencesInformationInternetComputerAccessComputingUbiquity Author:Chelsea Manning
“If you look at the families who live below the poverty line, only 47% of them have internet access at home. And of that low income population, they are disproportionately urban and people of color, which makes it a social justice issue.” PeopleIfsLooksHomeSocialLinesJusticePovertyIssuesColorInternetLowsSocial JusticePopulationAccessIncomeUrbanLow IncomeInternet Access Author:David L. Cohen
“If we hold onto our American ideals, we've got to make sure that all opportunities are available - including access to the internet - no matter what income level you're at or where you live.” IfsMatterOpportunityLevelsInternetIdealsNo Matter WhatIncludingAvailableAccessIncomeWhere You Live Author:David L. Cohen
“Giving people equal access to enjoying the benefits of America is the biggest problem that we're not making any progress in resolving.” PeopleGivingProblemAmericaEnjoyProgressEqualBenefitsAccess Author:Jimmy Carter
“Donald Trump has a lot of supporters with a deep hatred of Hillary Clinton and access to incredibly powerful lethal weapons.” PowerfulTrumpWeaponsHatredClintonAccessSupporterLethal Weapon Author:Chris Murphy
“Nothing is more important for transgender people than to have access to excellent health care in trans-affirmative environments, to have the legal and institutional freedom to pursue their own lives as they wish, and to have their freedom and desire affirmed by the rest of the world. This will happen only when transphobia is overcome at the level of individual attitudes and prejudices and in larger institutions of education, law, health care, and kinship.” PeopleWorldImportantHappensCareLawDesireIndividualWishLevelsAttitudeEnvironmentOvercomingPrejudiceInstitutionsAccessPursueHealth CareExcellentTransgenderTransAffirmativeKinship Author:Judith Butler
“The internet has huge advantages but its downside is the easy access to resources.” EasyHugeInternetResourcesAdvantageAccessEasy Access Author:Horace Panter
“I don't feel qualified to comment on whether or not the internet has damaged collaboration and creativity. That is not my experience... my experience is that I have had access to meeting people online that I might otherwise not have met, gone on to meet them in real life and collaborated on fun projects.” PeopleFeelsRealMightFunCreativityGoneInternetMetsProjectsMeetingsAccessReal LifeOnlineCommentCollaborationQualified Author:Horace Panter
“I don't think it is appropriate for male coaches and male teachers to have access to girls' locker rooms and showers while the young girls are naked and exposed.” ThinkingYoungGirlRoomsTeacherMalesAccessCoachesNakedAppropriateExposedShowersLockersLocker Room Author:Dan Forest
“I feel it's important that in advising the president, if confirmed, that I deal with facts, that I deal with sufficient information. Which means having access to all information.” IfsFeelsMeanImportantFactsPresidentDealsInformationAccessSufficient Author:Rex W. Tillerson
“We raised the matter of an agreement that was reached at the Growth and Development Summit, which was that we should access a certain part, 5% was mentioned, of the funds in the hands of the institutional investors, domestically, for investment in the real economy. That being an agreement of the Growth and Development Summit, we will engage South African business to see how we can make that a practical thing. So, there is a different set of engagement with local business.” ShouldDifferentRealMatterHandsCertainGrowthEconomyDevelopmentInvestmentSouthRaisedAccessPracticalsLocalsAgreementFundInvestorsEngagementSouth AfricaSummitPractical ThingsLocal Business Author:Thabo Mbeki
“Many people have already lost their health care, millions already lost their health care, because they have it and can't use it because of the explosive skyrocketing premiums, or they literally lost their doctors or insurance plans or their access to health care through Obamacare.” PeopleUseCareLostMillionsPlansDoctorsAccessHealth CareObamacareExplosives Author:Kellyanne Conway
“You can say to this unemployed family, people are indigent, that they must pay for water and this and that and refuse removal and so on. They have no money. We may very well say that, but does the municipality have the capacity to do it? So, that's why we said that we need to have a thorough look at the functioning of local government and that will include the financing. So that this poor person does indeed access that water.” PeopleNeedsWellsLooksMayPersonsDoeSaidGovernmentWaterPoorPayCapacityRefuseAccessLocalsNo MoneyThoroughUnemployedRemovalFinancingLocal GovernmentMunicipality Author:Thabo Mbeki
“Under the Occupation, we in Nantes were denied access to the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. It was therefore not until after the War was over that I saw the sea for the first time, in the vicinity of St Nazaire. It was there that I discovered the bunkers.” FirstsWarSawsSeaOceanFirst TimeAccessOccupationDeniedCoastBunkersVicinityAtlantic Ocean Author:Paul Virilio
“I think what I'm trying to build is a reputation for evolving and for change. Because of the rate of information that we have access to at this point, it's almost hard not to be ever-growing.” ThinkingTryingHardGrowingInformationRateAccessReputationEvolve Author:Miguel
“I look at some of the things that Donald Trump will do around cutting red tape, reducing bureaucracy, helping entrepreneurs, helping businesses grow more rapidly, more access to capital - I'm all for it. That's all stuff that I've been trying to do in Colorado.” TryingLooksHelpingGrowsStuffCuttingTrumpRedEntrepreneurAccessTapeBureaucracyReducingColoradoRed Tape Author:John Hickenlooper
“The unconscious mind is way bigger than the conscious mind. Using tools to access its wisdom and self-organizing features is powerful medicine.” WayMindSelfPowerfulConsciousToolsBiggerMedicineAccessFeaturesUnconsciousUnconscious MindConscious Mind Author:Kelly Carlin-McCall
“Maybe one thing that has happened is that the claims of non-partisanship of the mainstream media have been a little bit exploded. Mostly I'd say what, if anything has caused the change, are just the obvious technological changes - proliferation of easier access to getting your opinions out and the proliferation of media.” IfsLittlesHas BeensBitsOpinionHappenedOne ThingMediaEasierLittle BitClaimsObviousAccessWhat IfMainstreamTechnologicalProliferationPartisanshipMainstream MediaTechnological Change Author:William Kristol
“I still would say generally that more people have access [to] and take advantage of more diversity of opinion than was once .” PeopleStillsOpinionDiversityAdvantageAccess Author:William Kristol
“We listen so much to everybody - more than ever, because we have a kabillion voices whose opinion we can access - and we care so much if everybody agrees with us. To bust through all of the noise is very challenging.” IfsCareVoiceChallengesOpinionAgreeAccessNoise Author:Alicia Keys
“More than poverty, more than degree of education, religion, access to natural resources, even degree of democracy - violence against females is the biggest indicator of whether a country will be violent in itself or be willing to use military violence against another country.” CountryUseNaturalPovertyDemocracyViolenceMilitaryWillingDegreesResourcesFemaleAccessViolentNatural ResourcesIndicators Author:Gloria Steinem
“I knew where the magnets were, behind the gyprock, and the magnets were very powerful. I think they had to be powerful for me, otherwise the reader wouldn't have a reciprocal experience. But I was very careful to bury them deeply, deeply in the plaster and paint over them. I didn't want anybody to directly access them, and that's gradually changed for me.” ThinkingWantPowerfulBehindsChangedReaderPaintCarefulAccessVery PowerfulMagnetReciprocalPlasters Author:William Gibson
“We`re talking of passing the legislation that repeals and replaces Obamacare with a patient-centered system that brings down prices and expands choices, so people have more - better access to more affordable healthcare choices and options, but that takes time to put into place.” PeopleChoicesTalkingPatientAccessPassingPassingsHealthcareTake TimeLegislationObamacareAffordable Author:Paul Ryan
“Our goal is to make sure that everyone in this country has access to affordable healthcare, including people with pre-existing conditions. So they can access affordable coverage. That is not what you have with Obamacare.” PeopleCountryGoalConditionsIncludingAccessHealthcareObamacareAffordableCoverage Author:Paul Ryan
“Mike Pence and Mitch Daniels in Indiana, the woman who`s coming in to run the Medicaid program at the federal level, her name is Seema Verma, a brilliant young woman, she made Indiana - healthy Indiana work so that actually low-income people in Indiana, actually have real healthcare coverage that they get access to a doctor. Those kinds of reforms on the state level we want see happen in all 50 states.” PeopleWantKindMadeRealStatesHappensRunningYoungNamesLevelsHealthyLowsProgramDoctorsBrilliantAccessIncomeReformHealthcareYoung WomenMikeCoverageIndianaLow IncomeMedicaid Author:Paul Ryan