“I work sometimes with dealers and sometimes people just come to me. A lot of the commissions, they just know me. They have seen something and they just approach me.” PeopleKnowsSometimesApproachKnow MeDealer Author:Robert Barry
“I think the worst thing you can do is take an arrogant approach and not give people enough content to wrap their heads around.” PeopleThinkingGivingEnoughCan DoWorstApproachArrogantWorst ThingsWraps Author:Tyrese Gibson
“The problem with us EU politicians is that we approach everything with cool rationality, and then wonder why we don't win people over emotionally.” PeopleProblemWinningWonderPoliticianApproachRationality Author:Martin Schulz
“I think the issue will come up after the election of the new Tory leader. They may well decide to call an election. What the British people need now is stability. Stability to retain their jobs, stability to protect those working conditions, and we need a plan from this government now on how they're going to approach the negotiations for leaving the European Union before they invoke Article 50.” PeopleThinkingNeedsWellsMayGovernmentJobsLeaderIssuesPlansConditionsProtectApproachElectionUnionsLeavingCome UpBritishStabilityArticlesNegotiationEuropean UnionInvokeWorking Conditions Author:Jeremy Corbyn
“I'm not a one-stop music shop with jazz improv in aisle 3 and country and western in aisle 4. I have a fairly focused and established kind of melody and approach, so people know what they're getting into when they go into business with me.” PeopleKnowsKindCountryApproachJazzWesternFocusedShopsMelodyAisle Author:Charlie Clouser
“The British people rejected politics as usual and government as usual. They want and need a new approach to running this country.” PeopleWantNeedsCountryGovernmentRunningApproachBritishUsualRejectedWants And NeedsNew Approach Author:Michael Gove
“I take my fearless approach into my teaching by helping my students to realize their potential through yoga. I have a gift for making difficult poses accessible and reminding people that postures, and anything in life, are only as hard as you make them out to be.” PeopleHardHelpingDifficultRealizingTeachingStudentsApproachYogaFearlessPostureRemindingAnything In Life Author:Kathryn Budig
“Many animal rescue organizations hit with a hard-core, heartbreaking message. Their videos and stories can become difficult for average people to watch. By taking a more positive, heartwarming approach to animal rescue, I've been able to engage people and keep them engaged for years. Instead of selling the agony and misery - and sadly, there is no shortage of that - I start with the happy endings. I work backwards so the first message they get is joy and success due to their involvement. Opening the mind with humor and joy gets the rescue message in that much deeper.” PeopleYearsMindFirstsHardStoriesAbleJoyDifficultAnimalWatchesApproachMessagesOrganizationMiseryAverageDeeperDuesCoreVideoOpeningSellingEngagedRescueAgonyBackwardsInvolvementHappy EndingsHeartbreakingShortageHeartwarmingHard CoreAnimal RescueRescue Me Author:Elayne Boosler
“Everybody has their own approach. I don't adhere to any one philosophy. I learn a lot from life and people - watching and other people watching.” PeoplePhilosophyApproach Author:Bailey Chase
“There's something about the American people: They have such an innate sense of fairness that the red light goes on and the bells go off the second you approach that line. Any kind of personal attack is verboten. You shouldn't do it; it's not worth it.” PeopleKindLightLinesGoes OnApproachRedBellsFairnessWorth ItInnateNot Worth ItRed LightsPersonal Attacks Author:Roger Ailes
“We're not like the distance guys. I have a very simple approach. I don't overcomplicate. People ask me, are you doing 42 steps, 44 steps for 100 metres? I don't know.” PeopleKnowsGuyAsksSimpleStepsApproachDistanceAsk Me Author:Usain Bolt
“I have been working with the World Health Organization since 1989 in an effort to redefine approaches to contraceptive introduction. This has given me the opportunity to insist that strategies for research and policy development must simultaneously address people's needs, the capacity of programs to provide good quality of care, and the range of technological options available.” PeopleWorldNeedsHas BeensCareOpportunityGivenEffortQualityPolicyDevelopmentApproachResearchCapacityProgramOrganizationStrategyAvailableRangeAddressesTechnologicalIntroductionGood QualityContraceptivesWorld HealthWorld Health Organization Author:Ruth Simmons
“We have emphasized the importance of applied action research because it allows evidence-based policy and program development and a focus on learning. We are also committed to using a participatory approach in which local people, local program managers and providers, local researchers, women's health activists, and national decision-makers play the leading role. International "experts" from technical assistance agencies or universities can make important contributions, but they certainly don't have all the answers.” PeopleImportantPlayActionDecisionAnswersRolesFocusPolicyDevelopmentApproachResearchEvidenceProgramImportanceUniversityInternationalCommittedLocalsManagersExpertsAgencyContributionActivistMakersAssistanceResearchersProvidersDecision MakersImportant ContributionsWomen's Health Author:Ruth Simmons
“We wanted to see how access to care can be expanded and service quality can be improved when one uses a participatory approach to program development. We showed that major changes become possible if you work in a participatory manner, listen to local people, diagnose what the problems are, provide training and identify where there are opportunities for mobilizing local resources to take action. In time leaders from other municipalities expressed interest in replication and the project succeeded in expanding innovations to three other areas.” PeopleIfsUseProblemCareActionWantedThreeOpportunityInterestQualityLeaderDevelopmentProjectsApproachMajorsTrainingResourcesAreasProgramInnovationAccessLocalsExpandingMunicipalityMajor ChangeQuality ServiceReplication Author:Ruth Simmons
“In my teaching and consulting practice, I encourage people to learn to experiment with confidence and to see themselves as scientists in the laboratory of their lives, continually trying new ways to pursue what matters most to them and to the people who depend on them. Smart, small wins are crucial to this approach, as is devoting time and attention to reflecting on what works and what doesn't.” PeopleWayTryingMatterWinningAttentionPracticeTeachingDependsApproachSmartScientistExperimentsPursueCrucialNew WaysWhat MattersReflectingLaboratoryConsultingSmall Wins Author:Stewart D. Friedman
“The good news is we are seeing an incredible surge in non-animal technologies in laboratories. With researchers using stem cells, visually impaired people may one day have new corneas and lenses grown from their own cells. That is likely to be a more effective and cheaper approach than using animals.” PeopleMayAnimalTechnologySeeingOne DayApproachNewsIncrediblesCellsStemGood NewsLensesLaboratoryCheaperResearchersStem Cell Author:Wayne Pacelle
“There are whole states where people [with addiction or mental health issues] can't get to a doctor. If that were true of pancreatic cancer, if that were true of heart disease, if that were true of diabetes, we'd all understand that it made no sense at all. And yet we somehow approach mental health from a very different standard.” PeopleIfsHeartMadeDifferentStatesWholeIssuesDiseaseApproachStandardsDoctorsMental HealthAddictionCancerDiabetesHeart DiseaseHealth IssuesPancreatic Cancer Author:Newt Gingrich
“America's creative approach to solving the problems the country is faced with, its openness and open-mindedness which make it possible to unleash the potential of the people. I believe that largely due to these qualities America has made such tremendous strides in its development.” PeopleBelieveMadeCountryProblemAmericaI BelieveQualityCreativeDevelopmentApproachDuesOpennessStrideOpen Mindedness Author:Vladimir Putin
“What are we seeking to achieve? We are seeking to optimize budget spending. I believe that even in such uneasy times we employ a very pragmatic approach towards economic and social issues. We do address major social problems and deliver on our promises to our people.” PeopleBelieveProblemI BelieveSocialIssuesEconomicAchievePromiseApproachMajorsSeekingSpendingBudgetsAddressesSocial IssuesPragmaticUneasySocial Problems Author:Vladimir Putin
“People with antisocial personality disorders aren't automatically bad - they simply approach the world with a more ruthless set of lenses. The lack of empathy or very weak empathy and the ability to read other people's weak spots can be a flammable combination when you get in the way of something they want. But they aren't a different species. They're a part of our spectrum.” PeopleWorldWayWantDifferentAbilityPersonalityApproachEmpathyWeakSpeciesSpotsCombinationDisorderLensesSpectrumRuthlessAntisocialLack Of EmpathyPersonality DisordersWeak Spots Author:Eden Robinson
“I use a "Debt Dash" approach to paying off debt. I recommend people focus on paying off the debt with the lowest balance first. So if the primary has less debt you would focus on that.” PeopleIfsFirstsUseFocusBalanceApproachDebtPrimariesLowest Author:Michelle Singletary
“It's that we're experiencing emotion through photo-real apes, and that's really holding a mirror up to who we are. It's interesting, because as we're showing the movie now, we're getting a lot of response about things [people] think are very topical. And the intention is never to approach it from the outside-in, which is to say, "Ah, this is going on, let's draw that in."” PeopleThinkingRealInterestingEmotionApproachDrawsMirrorsIntentionResponseWho We AreApes Author:Matt Reeves
“I do have investments, investments in new jobs, investments in education, skill training, and the opportunities for people to get ahead and stay ahead. That's the kind of approach that will work.” PeopleKindJobsOpportunitySkillsApproachTrainingInvestmentNew JobGet AheadInvestment In EducationSkills Training Author:Hillary Clinton
“If you hear what people had to say about Abraham Lincoln or what they had to say about FDR, or what they had to say about Ronald Reagan when he first came in and was trying to change our approach to government, that elicited huge responses.” PeopleIfsTryingFirstsGovernmentHugeApproachResponseAbrahamTrying To Change Author:Barack Obama
“I see myself, in terms of the question of capitalism, as I would support democratic socialism over a capitalist system, because any approach... or participatory economics, which is another great model that people like Michael Albert are putting out there... any system that encourages us to think about interdependency, and to be able to use the world's resources in a wiser way, for the good of the whole, would be better for the world than capitalism.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayWholeUseWould BeAbleTermSupportApproachModelsCapitalismResourcesEconomicsDemocraticSocialismCapitalistWiserDemocratic Socialism Author:Bell Hooks
“People should find what approach really speaks to them, and then do it. Obviously, better with a good teacher, who can help you on the path. But in any case, basic principles.” PeopleShouldHelpingSpeakPrinciplesCasesPathTeacherApproachGood TeacherBasic Principles Author:Tenzin Palmo
“The International Criminal Court uses a prosecution-only approach. And by putting their fate in the hands of outsiders, countries are really dodging responsibility for actions taken in the name of that country, in the name of the people in that country, by the people of that country themselves. That is, I think, fundamentally the wrong direction to go in.” PeopleThinkingCountryUseHandsActionNamesResponsibilityTakenFateApproachCourtInternationalCriminalsOutsidersProsecutionWrong Direction Author:John Bolton
“I speak as a private citizen and not as a representative of the Executive Branch of the United States government. The impression that people of faith are uniformly opposed to stem-cell research is not documented by surveys. In fact, many people of strong religious conviction think this can be a morally supportable approach.” PeopleThinkingStatesFactsGovernmentSpeakStrongReligiousUnitedUnited StatesCitizensApproachResearchConvictionImpressionCellsBranchesExecutivesRepresentativesStemSurveysState GovernmentStem CellUnited States GovernmentStem Cell ResearchExecutive Branch Author:Richard Dawkins
“People are pulled towards the best in themselves, and spotlighting the right is a much stronger approach than nagging.” PeopleApproachStrongerNagging Author:Michelle Gielan
“I don't expect that the president-elect [Donald Trump] will follow exactly our blueprint or our approach, but my hope is that he does not simply take a real-politic approach and suggest that, you know, if we just cut some deals with Russia, even if it hurts people or even if it violates international norms, or even if it leaves smaller countries vulnerable or creates long-term problems in regions like Syria, that we just do whatever is convenient at the time.” PeopleIfsKnowsLongDoeRealCountryProblemPresidentTermHurtDealsCuttingTrumpApproachInternationalRussiaVulnerableLong TermRegionsSyriaIt HurtsNormConvenientBlueprints Author:Barack Obama
“By the way, everybody approaches acting differently. Like, I'm kind of sloppy and I like it kind of loose. I like to kind of play around. Some people don't.” PeopleWayKindPlayActingApproachSloppy Author:Diane Keaton
“I have never seen white people who would sit, who would, who would approach a solution to their own problems nonviolently or passively. It's only when they are so-called "fighting for the rights of Negroes" that they nonviolently, passively, and lovingly, you know, approach the situation.” PeopleKnowsProblemFightingWhiteSituationRightsApproachSolutions Author:Malcolm X
“If you're trying to get something done, there will always be people who don't want to see you get something done, or who have a stake in the status quo. And if they approach that through ad hominem criticism of you, you've got to have enough confidence and thickness of skin to be able to endure.” PeopleIfsWantTryingDoneEnoughAbleApproachCriticismSkinsEndureStakesAdsStatus QuoWant To See YouThickness Author:Susan Rice
“We have to deal with issues like inequality, we have deal with issues of economic dislocation, we have to deal with peoples fears that their children won't do as well as they have. The more aggressively and effectively we deal with those issues, the less those fears may channel themselves into counter-productive approaches that pit people against each other.” PeopleWellsMayChildrenDealsIssuesEconomicApproachInequalityProductivePitsDislocation Author:Barack Obama
“I had a point of view, which was different. I looked at magic as theater, as storytelling, and I tried to have an approach that was different from what they were doing. "How can I move people and really get them to dream with a card trick, with coin magic, or even a piece of stage magic?"” PeopleDifferentDreamMovingViewsPiecesMagicStageApproachTheaterPoint Of ViewTricksStorytellingCardsCoinsCard Tricks Author:David Copperfield
“It's an important moment as a reader, I think, when you can forget the question of whether you need to know what happened. Some people really want hard explanations. I'm the other way. I like mysteries. I don't want to frustrate people. I don't want people to feel like they got no answers, but I want to approach the mystery and sit with it.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWantNeedsFeelsImportantHardMomentsAnswersForgetHappenedMysteryReaderApproachExplanationImportant Moments Author:John Darnielle
“I'm not saying that you need a State Department that looks like the litigation department of a major law firm. But you need people who are not afraid to make the case for the United States, who are not afraid to stand their ground, not afraid to be isolated in international organizations when that's the correct approach for our diplomacy. This is a cultural change that has to be effected through incentive systems, promotion systems, career training systems. This is not something that you can do with the stroke of a magic wand, it's going to take years to make this change.” PeopleNeedsYearsLooksStatesLawCan DoUnitedCareersCasesUnited StatesMagicApproachMajorsTrainingOrganizationInternationalFirmDepartmentNot AfraidIsolatedStrokesDiplomacyIncentivesPromotionWandsMagic WandsCultural ChangeLaw Firms Author:John Bolton
“I would especially like to appeal to my country's media that we should stop looking at everything in India from the prism of Pakistan. India is an independent country. It is a country of 125 crore people. Whenever it approaches any country, it will only be concerned about its own interests. It has been our biggest shortcoming and mistake that we have been tagging ourselves with another country and trying to do things.” PeopleShouldTryingHas BeensCountryInterestMistakeMediaApproachConcernedIndiaIndependentAppealsPakistanShortcomingsPrismsIndependent Country Author:Narendra Modi
“Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.” PeopleWritingBelieveMatterLightI BelieveDealsToo MuchHolyApproachSacredToneIntensityReverenceSolemnity Author:C. S. Lewis
“I'm struck by how very few people outside a rarefied world of true believers understand what you mean when you say human rights - that includes development experts and economists who are very keen to implement the UN Millennium Development Goals. They've told me quite frankly, that they don't know exactly what a human rights approach is.” PeopleKnowsWorldHumansMeanGoalRightsDevelopmentApproachHuman RightsBelieverExpertsEconomistMillenniumTrue BelieverMillennium Development Goals Author:Mary Robinson
“If you're working on better conditions for prisoners, if you make that a popular issue and you invite mainstream media to weigh in on that subject, you're going to end up with a much more regressive public-policy environment than if you approach it in a quieter way. It's not because the public is stupid, it's just that people with only a cursory interest in something are going to have a knee-jerk reaction to it. That's impossible to explain in a cable-news media... it doesn't make sense.” PeopleIfsWayEndsInterestIssuesEnvironmentImpossibleConditionsSubjectsMediaStupidPolicyApproachNewsReactionsMake SenseKneesPrisonerInvitesMainstreamCablesJerkPublic PolicyMainstream MediaNews MediaCable NewsKnee Jerk Reactions Author:Rachel Maddow
“There's something about Saint Francis's approach to life, zero expectations but pleasant surprise. In a lot of ways he was a really conflicted person. Some people would say he's masochistic . I don't really know, but I've always loved his reverence and his mindfulness.” PeopleKnowsWayPersonsApproachMindfulnessExpectationsSurpriseSaintPleasantZeroReverenceMasochisticPleasant SurprisesSaint Francis Author:Denison Witmer
“I think blogging and the ability to instantaneously respond to news items has changed the way we approach all media. We're seeing people talking back to columnists, and going much further in the sexual realm than most papers, even alternative weeklies, will publish. I'm surprised more papers aren't having people do what you're doing with an online only column, and to be honest, I read almost all the media I do read online, and plenty of other people do, too, so I don't know what's stopping them.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayAbilityTalkingSeeingHonestMediaChangedPaperApproachNewsPlentyAlternativesBeing HonestRealmsOnlineStoppingPapersItemsPublishColumnsBloggingColumnistsPeople TalkingTalking Back Author:Rachel Kramer Bussel
“I think that [having not a lot of time sweating the details] can be both a strength and a weakness. I think it depends on how [Donald Trump] approaches it. If it gives him fresh eyes, then that can be valuable. But it also requires you knowing what you don't know and putting in place people who do have the kinds of experience and background and knowledge that can inform good decision making.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsGivingKindEyeDecisionKnowingDependsTrumpApproachWeaknessDetailsValuableBackgroundsDecision MakingSweatingGood Decision Author:Barack Obama
“Just be comfortable. Sometimes, when open up for a bigger artist at a conventional concert, you can feel unwelcome. But when you're playing a festival, people come to see music in general - so don't be fearful. The people are there to enjoy and discover new music so approach the show with confidence and optimism.” PeopleFeelsSometimesShowsArtistEnjoyComfortableApproachOptimismBiggerConcertsFearfulConventionalFestivalsNew MusicUnwelcome Author:Vince Staples
“That's always been my approach, to expose what's going on and what's not being said. I could go the selfish route, and probably make a whole lot more money, but that's not what it's about, it's about speaking for people who can't speak for themselves.” PeopleSaidWholeSpeakApproachSelfishMore MoneyRoutes Author:Ice Cube
“Sometimes people will find things that are wrong. Sometimes they will even find an approach that you took wrong. If you think you took the right approach, then you just absorb the criticism, but you don't change your mind.” PeopleIfsThinkingMindSometimesApproachCriticismDon't ChangeChanging Your Mind Author:Doris Kearns Goodwin
“The idea that writing about characters of another race requires a passage through a critical gauntlet, which involves apology and self-examination of an almost punitive nature, as though the act of writing race was somehow morally suspect, is a dangerous one. This approach appears culturally sensitive, but often it reveals a failure of nerve. I believe the demand that we ought to reveals a species of fascism within the left - an embrace of political correctness with its required silences, which has left people afraid to offend or take a stand.” PeopleWritingBelieveIdeasSelfCharacterPoliticalLeftI BelieveRaceSilenceDangerousOughtDemandApproachEmbraceSpeciesCriticalSensitiveSuspectsNervesPassagesFascismApologyExaminationPolitical CorrectnessCorrectnessSelf-examinationGauntlet Author:C.E. Morgan
“Longing is the fullest sense of desire; it's the most deeply felt kind of desire. I think the most interesting artwork comes out of some sense of longing. It could be called dissatisfaction; it could be called distance. There are many kinds of wanting to get closer to something else, whether that is an idea, a body, a place. Longing is also one of the conditions people approach reading, visual art, or music with - it's to satisfy that sense of longing. It's part of my job, on some level, to grapple with that notion.” PeopleThinkingKindArtIdeasBodyJobsDesireReadingFeltInterestingLevelsConditionsApproachLongingDistanceNotionVisualsMost InterestingDissatisfactionArtworkVisual Art Author:Tom Burr
“I approach every show from the same fundamental perspective: this is a conversation, and my job is to make people leave the show feeling like they've seen something singular. It's not about smashing someone over the head from the jump-off.” PeopleShowsFeelingsJobsPerspectiveConversationApproachFundamentalsSmashing Author:James Vincent McMorrow