“I think it’s important that nobody forgets that although Hollywood commercially dominates the world cinema, in fact what comes out of the filmmaking here is only a tiny slice out of the massive amount of operation that goes on around the world.” ThinkingWorldImportantFactsForgetGoes OnAmountHollywoodTinyAround The WorldOperationsCinemaMassiveFilmmaking Author:Mike Leigh
“Business leaders, labor unions, governors, mayors, congressmen and presidents have all complained about a lack of funding for years, but aside from a one-time cash infusion from the stimulus program, nothing much has changed. There is still no consensus on how to solve the problem or where to get the massive amounts of money needed to fix it, just another example of political paralysis in Washington.” YearsStillsProblemPoliticalPresidentLeaderExampleChangedAmountNeededProgramLaborUnionsSolveMassiveOne TimeCashGovernorsConsensusFundingStimulusMayorsCongressmanBusiness LeadersParalysisLabor UnionInfusion Author:Steve Kroft
“Christianity has a built-in defense system: anything that questions a belief, no matter how logical the argument is, is the work of Satan by the very fact that it makes you question a belief. It's a very interesting defense mechanism and the only way to get by it -- and believe me, I was raised Southern Baptist -- is to take massive amounts of mushrooms, sit in a field, and just go, "Show me.".” WayBelieveMatterFactsShowsBeliefInterestingChristianityFieldsAmountBuiltArgumentRaisedDefenseSatanLogicalMassiveSouthernMechanismBelieve In MeShow MeVery InterestingBaptistsMushroomsDefense MechanismsSouthern Baptist Author:Bill Hicks
“Obese kids watch no more television than kids who aren't obese. All the thin kids watch massive amounts of television, too. There is no statistical correlation between obesity and media use, period.” ChildrenUseKidsWatchesMediaTelevisionAmountPeriodsMassiveObesityCorrelationObese Book:Nurtureshock: Why Everything We Thought About Children is Wrong Source: Nurtureshock: Why Everything We Thought About Children is Wrong
“Having breast cancer is massive amounts of no fun. First they mutilate you; then they poison you; then they burn you. I have been on blind dates better than that.” FirstsHas BeensFunAmountBlindCancerPoisonBreastsMassiveBreast CancerBlind Date Author:Molly Ivins
“Germany is a country that has absolutely had to since the Second World War ask itself massive moral questions. And it's reforged its identity based on culture. I mean, the amount of artists living and working in Berlin is unparalleled. It's one of the strongest economies, not only in Europe, but globally, and it's because of its understanding of the importance of culture.” WorldMeanWarCountryArtistCultureAsksUnderstandingMoralEconomyIdentityAmountEuropeImportanceWar Of The WorldsGermanyMassiveStrongestBerlinSecond World War Author:Cate Blanchett
“The idea of massive amounts of fame-having my face on Walgreens end-caps and pizza boxes-I don't fantasize about that. I'm happy with just being a songwriter. I'd rather have smaller numbers [of fans] that are really into what I'm doing than a massive amount of people that don't really know what I'm about.” PeopleKnowsIdeasEndsFacesNumbersFansAmountFameBoxesMassiveJust BeingSongwritersPizzaCaps Author:Kacey Musgraves
“I love hard work. One Man, Two Guvnors was so physically tiring I ached all the time, but I took a massive amount of pride in the fact that I only ever missed two shows.” MenTwoHardFactsShowsHard WorkPrideAmountMassiveOne ManTire Author:James Corden
“Stripped of its academic jargon, the welfare state is nothing more than a mechanism by which governments confiscate the wealth of the productive members of a society to support a wide variety of welfare schemes.” IfsStatesGovernmentPoliticalWealthSupportAmountMembersProgramWideSpendingScalesFinanceVarietyWelfareProductiveMassiveMechanismAcademicSchemesTaxationDeficitResortsPolitical PowerExpendituresWelfare StateLarge ScaleJargonDeficit Spending Author:Alan Greenspan
“I learned the cello , but I would still need a massive amount of practice. But I do play classical music, so I understand where that comes from.” NeedsStillsPlayPracticeAmountMassiveClassical Music Author:Alicia Keys
“Meaning coming from feeling, feeling coming from within, you absorb a massive amount of information, it goes through your whole body, a little bit of it floats up to your head where there is deliberation. You are conditioned by the way your whole body is responding to what is going on.” WayLittlesWholeFeelingsBodyBitsInformationAmountLittle BitMassiveWithin YouFloatsRespondingDeliberation Author:Bill Henson
“One of the wonderful things about making a film of any genre is that you have dialogue. You can take up a position. If you want to say something about your position, you can just say it. You don't have to spend massive amounts of screen time.” IfsWantFilmWonderfulPositionAmountScreensDialogueGenreMassiveWonderful ThingsGenre IsScreen Time Author:Woody Allen
“The Hubbell space telescope, it's first year up after they fixed it, categorized and counted 500 billion galaxies in any one photograph field of view of dark matter. That's like grains of sand at the beach and you've just got a handful. It's massive amounts. I'm sure that of all of the galaxies, and I'm sure the universe is teeming with life.” YearsFirstsMatterUniverseDarkSpaceViewsFieldsAmountPhotographBillionsBeachFixedSandMassiveGrainGalaxyHandfulTelescopesGrains Of SandDark Matter Author:Alex Jones
“Acting is never really effortless, at least not for me. It requires a massive amount of work. But, there's definitely an added level of having to just create the whole thing again, every time. It's also a very exciting thing, to do that.” WholeLevelsActingAmountExcitingThings To DoMassiveEffortlessExciting Things Author:Charlie Hunnam
“In some ways, I think "Pulp Fiction" hurt cinema in a very, very minor, small way. It did a massive amount of good. But it also made it impossible to make a movie even remotely like it without someone comparing it to "Pulp Fiction".” ThinkingWayMadeHurtFictionImpossibleAmountMade ItCompareCinemaMassiveMinorsPulp Author:Roger Avary
“You go to the cinema and you realize you're watching the third act. There is no first or second act. There is this massive film-making where you spend this incredible amount of money and play right to the demographic. You can tell how much money the film is going to make by how it does on the first weekend. The whole culture is in the crap house. It's not just true in the movies, it's also true in the theater.” FirstsDoePlayWholeFilmCultureHouseRealizingAmountThirdsTheaterIncrediblesCinemaMassiveWeekendCrapDemographics Author:Dustin Hoffman
“I think to always treat others as you would want to be treated yourself and treat every single person with the same amount of respect. It's not often you see it, but sometimes you meet someone who is not very nice to their peers. But when you do, it's a massive lesson in treating everybody with respect.” ThinkingWantPersonsSometimesNiceAmountLessonsTreatsTreatedMassivePeersVery NiceSingle Person Author:Christine Bottomley
“The conference also has a moral duty to examine the corruption of science that can be caused by massive amounts of money. The United States has disbursed tens of billions of dollars to climate scientists who would not have received those funds had their research shown climate change to be beneficial or even modest in its effects. Are these scientists being tempted by money? And are the very, very few climate scientists whose research is supported by industry somehow less virtuous?” StatesUnitedMoralUnited StatesEffectsDutyIndustryAmountResearchScientistDollarsClimateClimate ChangeCorruptionBillionsFundMassiveVirtuousModestTemptedConferencesBeneficialMoral Duty Author:Patrick Michaels
“When you're depressed, you know, it's like the world has ended. Even getting out of bed takes the most massive amount of effort. But when you're manic, oh, it's so addicting. You know, I have finished novels in two weeks in manic stages.” KnowsWorldTwoEffortNovelWeekStageAmountBedFinishedMassiveTwo WeeksManic Author:Sherman Alexie
“I begin with understanding the intentions of the story. That helps me to zero in. Then I gather research for each individual character and analyze the time period with comparisons to the figure and the facial structure. It helps to be comfortable with computers because the massive amount of research is kept electronically and shared with my staff this way. Very little is printed out. I work with an illustrator to come up with the proper silhouettes and details of the clothing from the time period to time period. And on and on.” WayLittlesCharacterHelpingStoriesIndividualUnderstandingFiguresAmountPeriodsComfortableComputerResearchStructureIntentionCome UpDetailsHelp MeComparisonMassiveZeroClothingsStaffPrintedFacialSilhouettesIllustratorsTime Periods Author:Ruth E. Carter
“I think that the best approach would be if the American people ever insist that we cut down on the massive amounts of money that moves into the campaigns from special interest groups, and if we resist publicly by saying "No more negative advertisements that destroy the reputations of one's opponents." In the meantime, just don't pay any attention to negative ads, if you can avoid them, and try to focus on the issues.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingWould BeMovingInterestPayAttentionIssuesFocusCuttingGroupsSpecialAmountApproachNegativeCampaignsReputationOpponentsMassiveAdsSaying NoAdvertisementsSpecial InterestsInterest GroupsSpecial Interest Groups Author:Jimmy Carter
“You need to think about the system that you live in and the comforts that you have. But the comforts that you have that are causing the discomforts of a massive amount of people around the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldNeedsAmountComfortAround The WorldMassiveDiscomfort Author:Lupe Fiasco
“The changes are coming so quickly it's been difficult for workers to retrain themselves and for entrepreneurs to figure out where the next opportunities may be. The catalyst is something called computer learning or artificial intelligence - the ability to feed massive amounts of data into supercomputers and program them to teach themselves and improve their performance.” MayNextOpportunityDifficultAbilityTeachFiguresAmountComputerProgramPerformancesEntrepreneurWorkersDataMassiveArtificial IntelligenceArtificialCatalystSupercomputers Author:Andrew McAfee
“Cranberries contain a massive amount of natural pectins. They will gel all on their own, which is why you can basically make cranberry sauce out of filling.” NaturalAmountMassiveFillingSauceCranberries Author:Alton Brown