“I know that the fantastic amount of profit that people want to make on anything is damaging. And that none of us seem able to resist it.” PeopleKnowsWantSeemsAbleAmountProfitFantastic Author:Jamaica Kincaid
“None of us seem to think that we should draw a line under what would be a satisfactory amount of wealth.” ThinkingShouldSeemsWould BeLinesWealthAmountDraws Author:Jamaica Kincaid
“If you look at communal experiments in general for any amount of time, you'll find a lot of horrors: raped children, sexual slavery, eugenics experiments, on and on.” IfsLooksChildrenAmountHorrorSlaveryExperimentsEugenics Author:Lauren Groff
“Twitter provides a great amount of timely information, but we still need those people to fill out the rest of the story and the context.” PeopleNeedsStillsStoriesInformationAmountTimely Author:Biz Stone
“There is no set period of time or total amount of carbon emissions that we can stay below to ensure we stay safe.” AmountPeriodsSafeCarbonEmissionsCarbon Emissions Author:Katharine Hayhoe
“Freedom is having real choice. This offers a limited amount of choices. This is participating in a very imperfect system that we're desperately hanging onto, that we don't want to see further eroded.” WantRealChoicesAmountOffersImperfectParticipating Author:Darryl Pinckney
“Snow Cake is a lovely film. Really proud of that. We shot it in 21 days. I thought Sigourney was amazing in it. And very, very accurate. I think there was some element that thought she had pushed it too far. But not at all when you do the amount of homework she had done and spent the amount of time she did with adult autistics. She was right on the money. And I think Marc Evans is a terrific director. He's a sweet, open, honest man and a really good director of actors.” ThinkingMenDoneFilmActorsHonestSweetAmountProudDirectorsElementsShotsAdultsLovelySnowCakeAccurateTerrificHomeworkHonest ManGood Directors Author:Alan Rickman
“Because jurors have an extraordinary amount of power over the situation and of the people and the story in front of them, they tend to pay pretty intense attention to what's happening.” PeopleStoriesPayAttentionSituationFrontsAmountHappeningsExtraordinaryIntenseJurors Author:Zephyr Teachout
“The president has been a true friend of the ag industry, because he continues to invest large amounts of money at a time when savings is really the goal of the federal government to deal with the deficit.” Has BeensGovernmentGoalPresidentDealsIndustryAmountSavingFederal GovernmentDeficitTrue FriendSavings Author:Mike Johanns
“Inside the White House there were always extreme amounts of doubt about whether they should be escalating in Afghanistan. In fact, most of the president's advisers said, "This is probably not going to work." A lot of people in the military said, "This is probably not going to work."” PeopleShouldSaidFactsHousePresidentWhiteDoubtMilitaryAmountExtremesWhite HouseAfghanistanGoing To WorkAdviserEscalating Author:Michael Hastings
“Turning the blog into a book was extremely difficult, a tremendous amount of sustained, hard work. Blogging is easy; writing a book is difficult.” WritingBookHardEasyDifficultHard WorkAmountBlogsWriting A BookBlogging Author:Kate Christensen
“The Illusionist is the storyteller in so many ways. Symbols become his obsession. It's not simply about creating plot - one must also grapple with theme. Nowadays we have a lot of characters and a lot of action but it's hard to sit still and really meditate on meaning, worldviews, concepts, ideologies even. I make my Illusionist do what I've had to do, often with copious amounts of stumbling and frustration. His real humanity comes from being an artist, I think - his creativity is what makes him a man.” ThinkingMenWayStillsRealHardCharacterActionArtistHumanityCreativityAmountCreatingConceptsObsessionIdeologySymbolsThemeFrustrationPlotStorytellerWorldviewBeing An ArtistStumblingIllusionists Author:Porochista Khakpour
“In fictional families - in sitcoms, in dramas - the members are sharing huge amounts of their interior lives. And that has not been my real-life experience. In fictional families - in sitcoms, in dramas - the members are sharing huge amounts of their interior lives. And that has not been my real-life experience.” RealHugeAmountDramaMembersReal LifeLife ExperienceInteriorsSitcomReal Life Experiences Author:Mary Kay Zuravleff
“CDs are usually an hour long because that's the amount a CD could hold - not because that's the optimal amount of time for any given musical expression.” LongGivenHoursExpressionAmountMusicalCdsOptimalMusical Expression Author:Annie E. Clark
“There's nothing like space and the ability to make unlimited amounts of noise at any time, especially in San Francisco.” AbilitySpaceAmountNoiseUnlimitedSan Francisco Author:John Vanderslice
“I don't want to be like, yes, I think the American answer is always stupid, or I think it's always the right answer. So I'm in this weird place there. I'm feeling it out. Cambodia is going through an enormous amount of change right now. Daily.” ThinkingWantFeelingsAnswersStupidAmountRight NowEnormousRight AnswersCambodiaWeird Places Author:Anne Elizabeth Moore
“Everybody has a direct view of the person "behind" the art, so there is going to be a certain amount of awareness of who is making songs. But I like paintings where you can see the brush-strokes.” PersonsArtCertainSongViewsBehindsAwarenessPaintingAmountDirectStrokesBrushesBrush Strokes Author:Jeffrey Lewis
“When you have a large amount of the workforce being laid off, some of them have no other choice but to go out there and invent something.” ChoicesAmountBlack HistoryWorkforceLaid Off Author:Daymond John
“The whole thing of singing on my own has been accidental and random. I sang a huge amount as a kid, and I was a boy soprano. I didn't do that much classical music; I did a little bit. I had a lovely voice. And then when my voice dropped, I didn't worry about it consciously because I wasn't that invested in my singing at the time.” LittlesHas BeensWholeKidsBitsVoiceMy OwnBoysWorryHugeAmountLittle BitSingingLovelyClassical MusicSopranosLovely Voice Author:Sam Amidon
“When I started doing these advocacy groups, it sort of propelled and compelled me to write songs, because otherwise I wasn't really sure what I was going to do, music-wise. I wasn't particularly motivated to write songs. But this level of humanity and spirit that I witnessed greatly impacted and so inspired me, so that I felt this sort of renewed vigor to write music. As far as how grounding it is, yeah, it's the ultimate amount of perspective.” WritingSpiritSongHumanityFeltLevelsWiseGroupsPerspectiveAmountUltimateYeahInspiredMotivatedCompelledVigorAdvocacyGrounding Author:Thao Nguyen
“Sometimes having a big amount of time is a gift, because by the time you're at the end of the run you feel like you've figured it out finally or discovered everything you can about the character. Sometimes that's not the case.” FeelsEndsSometimesCharacterBigsRunningCasesLike YouAmount Author:Gillian Anderson
“Though it does seem like I have written an immense amount of work, over the years I have pushed the pause button. I have poems that I haven't sent out for publication, mostly based on political/social issues.” YearsDoeSeemsPoliticalSocialIssuesWrittenHavensAmountImmenseButtonsPausesSocial IssuesPublicationPause Button Author:Denise Duhamel
“The collaboration wish list is huge, very long. It goes from people like Elton John, for whom I have an unbelievable amount of respect, to Snoop Dogg, whom I also respect a great deal.” PeopleLongWishDealsHugeAmountListsCollaborationUnbelievable Author:Dave Koz
“Crowdsourcing is an invaluable resource for filmmakers, but be prepared for an enormous amount of work.” AmountResourcesPreparedEnormousFilmmakerBe PreparedInvaluableCrowdsourcing Author:Chris Hegedus
“One of the reasons I like to hang out with scholarly types is they can do a broad reach conceptualization of things that is astonishing to me. I'm really good at the particulars but I have to do an immense amount of critical thinking to make something larger of it.” ThinkingReasonCan DoTypeAmountCriticalHanging OutBroadsImmenseAstonishingCritical ThinkingScholarlyConceptualization Author:Lucy Corin
“I really thought the process and what I'm used to doing on film would be different. I thought that because I wouldn't have the same amount of time, I wouldn't do all of the tracks that I like to do or the lighting that it takes. And then, I got there and realized that I don't know any other way. I just do all that stuff really, really fast and under a lot of stress.” KnowsWayDifferentWould BeFilmUsedStuffProcessAmountStressTrackLighting Author:Len Wiseman
“There are stories that are by and for Latin Americans, where a certain amount of cultural fluency is expected, where we can delight in the details, the humor, the particularities of speech, of dialects. Something is always lost in translation; we know instinctively that this is the case. A Radio Ambulante story looks at Latin America from the inside.” KnowsLooksStoriesAmericaCertainLostCasesAmountSpeechRadioDetailsDelightExpectedLatinTranslationsLatin AmericaDialectLatin AmericanFluencyLost In Translation Author:Daniel Alarcon
“I am not a great believer in dialectical struggle. I am much more of a fusion person. I see it as a dialogue, or trialogue, or polylogue: many, many, many voices, going back a long way. The cultural picture is much more mutually enriching at many different levels, manufacturers...absolutely, design and calligraphy. It's an amazing amount of cross-interests between people.” PeopleWayPersonsLongDifferentVoiceInterestLevelsStruggleDesignAmountCrossesBelieverDialogueLong WayFusionDifferent LevelsEnrichingCalligraphy Author:Marina Warner
“There are things that are happening way earlier than that when it comes to someone deciding whether they're going to spend x amount of millions of dollars on a movie. I want $100 million success. The moviegoer is the person I'm more interested in than the Academy.” WayWantPersonsMillionsAmountHappeningsDollarsOscarsAcademy Author:Don Cheadle
“You don't have to fit into a particular box. You fit into a box that you're comfortable in, and you'll attract people with like minds. It took me a while to figure this out, but there are many ideals. You have to figure right what's best for you and that will radiate out of you. I think a certain amount of letting go and being brave and not being afraid to make mistakes to get there.” PeopleThinkingMindCertainMistakeFiguresParticularAmountFitLetting GoComfortableIdealsBraveBoxesMaking MistakesBeing Afraid Author:Evan Rachel Wood
“I'm also a sucker for a view. Take me to a high place where I can see the landscape or the stars or the whole city, and I'm putty, I'm melting in your arms. Then I think having a romantic night, getting a little dressed up, but don't kill yourself trying to force the romance. A bunch of little subtle changes that will make the day more special will amount to a big awesome day in your memory. I like little breadcrumbs along the way. Draw it out!” ThinkingWayTryingLittlesI CanWholeBigsRomanceNightForceStarsMemoriesViewsCitiesSpecialArmsAmountDrawsBunchLandscapeSubtleTake MeOur MemoriesMeltingSuckerDressed UpKilling YourselfHigh Places Author:Evan Rachel Wood
“To say that certainly America was very lucky to get a large amount of land, and the native Indians were extremely unlucky to have white men coming over here, is one thing. But to say that the whole of the American prosperity was based on exploiting the indigenous population would be a great mistake.” MenWholeWould BeAmericaWhiteMistakeOne ThingLandAmountLuckyPopulationProsperityNativeWhite ManIndigenousUnluckyGreat Mistakes Author:Amartya Sen
“What i'm trying to get at is that to me nothing felt glamorous or exciting or sexually liberating about it. I also think the amount of money you can make escorting is exaggerated (it wasn't uncommon for me to see ads for escorts for 40-60$/hr where I live.)” ThinkingTryingFeltAmountExcitingAdsLiberatingGlamorousSexuallyExaggeratedUncommonEscorting Author:Marie Calloway
“'Princess' is a good word, as is 'girlish', 'pixie-like' and all these other things. I personally find it a bit boring, it's all been done before. The amount of times you read reviews of bands and it's an all-girl four-piece, and they talk about what the women are wearing... you'll never read a review that's like: "Male singer Thom Yorke, who was dressed in a white t-shirt and jeans..." You would never read that about a man.” MenDoneGirlBitsWhitePiecesFourAmountBandMalesBoringSingersShirtsReviewsPrincessJeansT ShirtGood WordsPixies Author:Lauren Mayberry
“Writing about a war will always be political writing, no matter what amount of hermetical hide-and-seek or aesthetical operations are involved.” WritingWarMatterPoliticalAmountInvolvedNo Matter WhatOperationsHide And SeekPolitical Writing Author:Sasa Stanisic
“Given that the label "immigrant literature" is already established, unavoidable for anyone with a migrant background and used in any given context, I strongly advocate an absurd amount of specification to go along with the label.” UsedLiteratureGivenAmountBackgroundsAbsurdLabelsImmigrantsMigrantsSpecifications Author:Sasa Stanisic
“I also did a great amount of writing while doing research. It gave me the opportunity to meet and talk to people other than family, but also to explore my own memory deeper by comparing it to the memories of others who were in my home town during, for example, the political transition from socialism to a nationalistic "democracy" or during the bombings.” PeopleWritingHomePoliticalOpportunityMemoriesMy OwnDemocracyExampleAmountResearchTownsDeeperSocialismCompareTransitionBombingNationalisticHome Town Author:Sasa Stanisic
“You know, there are those writers who work at writing every day. I'm not one of those guys. I tend to work at varying levels of intensity, based on the amount of time and energy I have available.” KnowsWritingGuyEnergyLevelsAmountAvailableIntensityTime And EnergyWriting Every Day Author:Kevin Keck
“I've found that depending on the amount of the check, disciplined inspiration can be called upon willingly. I think the name of the lesser known tenth muse was Dollar Dollar Bill Y'all.” ThinkingInspirationFoundNamesKnownAmountBillsDollarsChecksMuseDollar BillsLesser Known Author:Kevin Keck
“I've been to Loch Ness three times, I've done a fair amount of research on the Chupacabra and things like that, so I've actually done a bit of the sort of paranormal investigation that happens on this show [X-files].” DoneShowsHappensThreeBitsAmountResearchFairsParanormalInvestigationThree TimesFilesX Files Author:Rhys Darby
“Chekhov used to correspond with aspiring writers, and once he gave this advice to Maxim Gorky when he was encouraging him to pare his wordy sentences: "When someone expends the least amount of motion on a given action, that's grace." The short story, by definition, embodies this notion of grace, because it requires such forceful compression to achieve its effects.” StoriesActionUsedGivenGraceAchieveAdviceEffectsAmountNotionDefinitionsSentencesShort StoryMaximsChekhovAspiring WritersCompression Author:Catherine Brady
“I'd read an enormous amount but had spent so much time in my own head that I didn't have extensive social skills. Suddenly I was in this world where I was surrounded by these incredibly polished and wealthy kids who had gone to prep schools, and I felt daunted by them. I don't think people were aware of how full of anxiety I was... For a long time I felt like I was living in a place where I shouldn't have been.” PeopleThinkingWorldLongHas BeensKidsSchoolSocialFeltMy OwnGoneThis WorldAmountSkillsAnxietyLong TimeEnormousWealthyPolishedPrepsSocial Skills Author:Dan Chaon
“I still to this day maintain that in that million-and-a-half feet of film [Heaven's Gate] that we shot, we thought we were making a great American film. I honestly believe that Michael [Cimino] was under a tremendous amount of pressure, and Michael's response to pressure from what I saw was to double down and to get more aggressive and to get more kind of arrogant, but I don't think it was real. I think it was the response to pressure.” ThinkingBelieveKindStillsRealFilmHeavenHalfMillionsSawsFeetAmountShotsPressureDown AndResponseHonestlyGatesThis DayAggressiveArrogantGreat AmericanAmerican Film Author:Richard Masur
“Maybe if I'd gone in younger, I wouldn't have had that feeling, but I've seen an enormous amount of changes since the early-'70s in how this stuff is shot. I did the first TV movie ever shot in 18 days; before this film the normal length of shooting a TV movie was between 21 and 26 days. We shot a full-up, two-hour TV movie in 18 days with Donald Sutherland playing the lead, who had never worked on television before.” IfsFirstsTwoFeelingsFilmStuffHoursGoneTelevisionTvsAmountNormalShotsEnormousShootingLength Author:Richard Masur
“When I started out in the profession, it was definitely about proving that I was worthy, but after achieving a certain amount of success, I realized I didn't have to prove anything to anybody.” CertainAchieveAmountProveWorthyProfessionI Realized Author:Naomie Harris
“Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.” PhilosophySpiritualityAtheismAmountSmall Amounts Author:Francis Bacon
“After we finished touring 'Ignore The Ignorant' we had this perfect idea that we were going to take a couple of years off, that was the plan. Because we thought we were definitely going to take time off, I was going to go back to college, that was what I was going to do. Because the whole idea of it was that I have spent ten years in this band and not even realised that that amount of time has passed.” YearsIdeasWholePerfectPlansCollegeAmountCoupleBandTenFinishedIgnorantTake TimeTouringRealisedTime OffBack To College Author:Ryan Jarman
“I don't have a passion for TV or movies or acting. I have a passion for wrestling and I find it hard to leave that for TV and movies. But if it is a thing that is a short amount of time I would consider it, but wrestling is what I love to do!” IfsHardPassionActingTvsAmountWrestling Author:Daniel Bryan
“There's a place in Botswana where there are 100,000 elephants living in a single population. Think of the amount of space they need. Remember, the United States would fit in Africa three times over and there would still be space. That's how big Africa is.” ThinkingNeedsStillsStatesBigsRememberThreeSpaceUnitedUnited StatesAmountFitPopulationElephantsThree Times Author:Patrick Bergin
“I think the work is always personal. This album differs. It seems to be a lot more positive. It seems to have a certain amount of optimism about it.” ThinkingSeemsCertainAmountOptimismAlbums Author:John Rzeznik