“What I do respect is that Donald Trump knows that it is an emotional appeal and it might be emotional appeals that I don`t - can`t expect.But he knows that you have to appeal to the voter, and that`s why I may be wrong. I made a big deal about there`s no way he`s going to win.” KnowsWayMayMadeBigsMightWinningDealsEmotionalTrumpAppealsVotersBig DealEmotional Appeal Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“People don't seem to care about convictions any more. When I was a teenager, the deal was that, y'know, you had a band that you were really loyal towards, almost to a fault, and you stayed really loyal to that band. That was the whole thing, that was such a big deal.” PeopleKnowsWholeBigsSeemsCareDealsBandFaultsConvictionTeenagerLoyalBig Deal Author:Marnie Stern
“I used to love ballet and I did it really, really intensely. But it came so much about achieving physical perfection, which when I was 14 was a big deal.” BigsUsedDealsAchievePerfectionBalletBig DealUsed To Love Author:Mia Wasikowska
“The second book, which was probably more from a professional standpoint - when I read Junot Díaz's Drown, I was like, Oh my god, you can write these stories and people will actually read them beyond your own little community. This guy's book is blowing up and it seems like [he's writing about] the neighborhood that I grew up in. That was a big deal. I read that in graduate school, so that's when I was really taking writing seriously, but I didn't know you could do it. I didn't know you can actually be an author. It was a weird epiphany.” PeopleKnowsWritingLittlesBookStoriesBigsSeemsSchoolGuyCommunityDealsGrewGrew UpNeighborhoodGraduatesThis GuyBig DealStandpointEpiphanyGraduate SchoolBlowing Up Author:Matt de la Pena
“The whole guilt thing of not feeling Mexican enough was a big deal, too. On the one hand, you have your grandmother who is anointing you as a chosen one because you are light, but then you feel like you're less because you are lighter than your cousins, who are more down on the streets. You know? So that confusion was all I wrote about.” KnowsFeelsEnoughWholeFeelingsHandsBigsLightDealsStreetsLike YouGuiltChosenConfusionGrandmotherCousinMexicanBig DealLightersAnointingYour GrandmotherChosen OneYour Cousin Author:Matt de la Pena
“If I hadn't spent a big chunk of time in academia I might not have the depth of consciousness I do about ideas like that. I might think, for instance, that Freud was no big deal in terms of the shape of social organization then or now. I might think that the discourses of politics and law are real and stable and fair.” IfsThinkingIdeasRealBigsMightLawSocialTermDealsConsciousnessShapesFairsOrganizationDepthInstanceStableDiscourseBig DealAcademiaChunksSocial Organization Author:Lidia Yuknavitch
“I really loved when Prada Sport came into fashion, which kind of created all the nylon which she had for quite some time. You also wanted a Prada bag, you wanted a Prada shoe, not that you don't today, but that craze for Prada accessories was really big. It was a really big deal.” KindBigsTodayWantedSportsDealsFashionShoesBagsBig DealAccessoriesCrazePradaNylon Author:Roopal Patel
“I did my gospel record, but there was nothing really of it. Maybe a hundred people bought it. But it's one of those things on the internet that people find and they make into a big deal.” PeopleBigsDealsRecordsInternetHundredBig Deal Author:Katy Perry
“It feels good, it feels like a badge of honor, honestly. Amongst the artists here, in California, that festival is such a big deal. People live and die for Coachella. So to be a part of it on such a big scale is really flattering, and I feel really lucky to be part of the community.” PeopleFeelsBigsArtistDiesCommunityDealsHonorLuckyHonestlyScalesFeel GoodCaliforniaFestivalsBig DealFlatteringBadgesCoachella Author:Zella Day
“I got a parking ticket one time in L.A. and I was furious about it. I was trying to prove a point to the guy who gave it to me and I put it in my mouth and chewed it up. And the guy just kept watching me, like, "Yeah?" He didn't think I was going to finish the job. So then I swallowed it. The good news is that paper is not a big deal if you eat it.You'd be full, but you could eat the phone book. So that was the weirdest thing: a parking ticket.” IfsThinkingTryingBookBigsJobsGuyDealsProvePaperNewsMouthsYeahPhonesOne TimeTicketsGood NewsBig DealFuriousParking Author:Rob Huebel
“Why was Donald Trump's decision not to participate in the Fox debate such a big deal?” BigsDecisionDealsTrumpDebateFoxesBig Deal Author:Michel Martin
“The thing is, Guantánamo is also a naval base, and they're under the delusion - especially the people on the naval side who are not dealing with the prison - that they can just pretend this is an ordinary Caribbean naval base. For them, it's: "Why are you making such a big deal out of the most notorious prison in the world?" It's like if people living near Buchenwald said they wanted to talk about the other lovely things in the region besides the camp.” PeopleIfsWorldSaidBigsWantedSidesDealsOrdinaryPrisonLovelyDelusionRegionsCampsBig DealCaribbeanNavalNotoriousLovely ThingsBuchenwald Author:Molly Crabapple
“I think Justin Bieber played a couple of songs up the block from it - and they said that some-one in his camp came and got him a burger. We had been talking about him a lot. Especially actually, last time we came to Australia, C.T. was on a real big Justin Bieber kick. I just thought it was really interesting to finally cross paths with him in New Zealand. And like really - the TV, everyone's just talking about it on the radio - it's a big deal that he was here. I think he just left.” ThinkingSaidRealBigsLastsSongLeftInterestingDealsTalkingPathTvsCoupleCrossesRadioBlockKicksAustraliaCampsLast TimeThey SaidBig DealReally InterestingNew ZealandBurgersJustin Author:Chris Baio
“One of my biggest lessons has been to be easier on myself and not make things such a big deal. It's a wonderful feeling to experience a shift when you realize that you have the power to change the patterns within yourself. Today, I still have moments where I feel myself start to go to the place of not being on my own team, but then I reel myself back.” FeelsHas BeensStillsMomentsFeelingsBigsTodayRealizingMy OwnDealsWonderfulTeamEasierLessonsPatternsBig DealPower To Change Author:Renee Marino
“It comes with it, this is my work and all the media thing is just a big bonus for me. I'm just enjoying being in the spotlight right now so it's not a big deal for me.” BigsEnjoyDealsMediaRight NowBig DealSpotlightBonus Author:Alexander Gustafsson
“10 years ago [in 2006], nearly 90 percent of those albums sold enough in that year to reach Gold status. 10 years later, about 30 percent were eligible. With the new rules, we figure about 40 percent of the top 200 best-sellers for the year will be eligible. We were very cautious in our approach to changing how we calculate what is eligible because the integrity of the process is our foremost consideration. It's difficult to get certified sales awards, and it's a big deal and we didn't want there to be a huge change in how many would be eligible.” WantYearsEnoughBigsWould BeProcessDifficultDealsFiguresHugeIntegrityApproachPercentYears AgoGoldAlbumsConsiderationAwardsBig DealCautiousSellersBest SellersHuge Changes Author:Cary Sherman
“I am as conservative as anyone running in this [president's] race, but I am a conservative that can win. That's a big deal.” BigsRunningWinningPresidentDealsRaceConservativeBig Deal Author:Marco Rubio
“"Embrace Of The Serpent" has been a big deal for Colombians outside the Amazon. It's been showing continuously there for more than three months. And the Oscar nomination, the film's producer says Colombians are comparing it to having the national team in the World Cup.” WorldHas BeensBigsFilmThreeDealsTeamMonthsEmbraceProducersCupsCompareOscarsBig DealAmazonThree MonthsSerpentWorld CupNominationsNational Team Author:Tom Cole
“The problem now is that young people, young indigenous people, are not so interested in preserving traditional knowledge. So for them, seeing that it was important for us and for the outside world, this traditional knowledge, it was a big deal to them.” PeopleWorldImportantProblemBigsYoungDealsSeeingTraditionalBig DealIndigenousOutside WorldIndigenous People Author:Ciro Guerra
“Buddha was a responsible guy and believed in his monks being responsible, their responsibility would no longer be to their practice or to the sangha, but to their child because that's the only honest way to do it. You can't have it both ways. So anytime a monk would have sex, there was always that possibility and it was a very big deal.” WayChildrenBigsGuySexDealsResponsibilityPracticeHonestPossibilityResponsibleMonkBig DealBeing ResponsibleSangha Author:Brad Warner
“They told me I'd have to be there for the entire shooting of the movie which was two and a half months and again, I was surprised. Most movies I'd worked on before took only a day or so, so I realized this was a pretty big deal. I got to the set and was involved in a very integral way, which was a fun experience to be a part of.” WayTwoBigsFunDealsHalfMonthsInvolvedI RealizedShootingBig Deal Author:Mike Vallely
“As far as my sport is concerned, my mission is to make it as big as it deserves to be. We've been growing, it's just not as noticeable. The NCAA picked beach volleyball up to be a championship sport, and it was the fastest test sport that's been adopted. That's a really big deal for our sport because that just means the USA system is going to have a feeder system from the college system.” MeanBigsSportsDealsGrowingCollegeDeserveConcernedTestsMissionsBeachUsaChampionshipAdoptedBig DealVolleyballNcaaBeach Volleyball Author:Kerri Walsh
“I felt like I was homeless anyway, so the change in environment wasn't that much of a big deal. I felt pretty much the same. After six months of living on the streets [in Camden], I started singing, busking.” BigsFeltDealsEnvironmentStreetsMonthsSixSingingHomelessSix MonthsBig DealLiving OnCamdenBusking Author:Benjamin Clementine
“I mean, so if I've talked to whites in City of Refuge, sometimes they'll wonder, "Why do we do things a certain way, and why do we make a big deal out of events?" And what's happening is they're falling back on their understanding of the way that church should work. It's not always working exactly like that, and they feel frustration or confusion. Sometimes people leave. That's certainly common in mixed churches.” PeopleIfsWayFeelsShouldMeanSometimesBigsCertainFallUnderstandingChurchDealsCommonCitiesWonderEventsHappeningsConfusionFrustrationWorking ItRefugeBig DealAlways Working Author:Michael Emerson
“On almost every environmental issue I care about, in fact, I've been wrong at one point or another. I used to think that climate change was no big deal, that most environmental problems were massive exaggerations, that oil reserves were effectively unlimited, and more.” ThinkingFactsProblemBigsCareUsedDealsIssuesClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangeOilMassiveReservesI CareUnlimitedBig DealExaggerationEnvironmental ProblemsEnvironmental Issues Author:Ramez Naam
“Comics are actually dubbed by euphemistic label of graphic novel, which became a big deal.” BigsDealsNovelLabelsBig DealGraphicGraphic Novels Author:Francoise Mouly
“I know that I'm kind of a big deal online, but I think that some of that is starting to seep into the streets, and you want to kind of continue to make sure it does that.” ThinkingKnowsWantKindDoeBigsDealsStreetsStartingOnlineBig Deal Author:Joe Budden
“Music was not a big deal to me when I was in middle school. And then I slowly became a big jazz fan. Even more than concerts, a lot of my high school time was spent going to jazz clubs in the city.” BigsSchoolDealsCitiesFansMiddleHigh SchoolJazzClubsConcertsBig DealMiddle SchoolSchool Time Author:Nick Kroll
“You think you're going to be on TV a year out of college and you're not. Then you tell people and it's embarrassing. And then it's not a big deal at all.” PeopleThinkingYearsBigsDealsCollegeTvsEmbarrassingBig Deal Author:Nick Kroll
“Europe was a very contentious subject in literature and yet jazz musicians still depended on Europe. Now it's not such a big deal.” StillsBigsLiteratureDealsSubjectsMusicianEuropeJazzBig DealJazz MusicJazz MusicianContentious Author:Darryl Pinckney
“I guess we all had that work ethic. None of us were rock stars, so if you had time in a studio, it was a big, big deal: you're not going to sit around taking drugs and drinking and waste it, you'll do something.” IfsBigsStarsDealsRocksDrugWasteEthicsDrinkingStudiosWork EthicBig DealRock Star Author:David Toop
“I also think the women's movement has unintentionally contributed to the dishonoring of motherhood. It happened because we made such a big deal about our right to go out into the world.” ThinkingWorldMadeBigsDealsHappenedMovementMotherhoodBig Deal Author:Marianne Williamson
“One of my biggest lessons has been to be easier on myself and not make things such a big deal.” Has BeensBigsDealsEasierLessonsBig Deal Author:Renee Marino
“Going to the Grammys, being nominated for a Grammy, that was a really big deal for me, for us as a band.” BigsDealsBandBig DealGrammy Author:John Petrucci
“Here they are today, the Democrats; they're making this big deal about how this woman [Hillary Clinton] has overcome all of this discrimination. She has overcome the biggest guns of opposition that have been arrayed against her!” Has BeensBigsTodayDealsGunOvercomingClintonDemocratDiscriminationOppositionBig Deal Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I've battled psoriasis; I've had an autoimmune disease since I was two. So I'm very vigilant about taking care of myself and eating right and what I put in my body. It's something that I had to be aware of since a young age. So health is a big deal.” TwoBodyBigsCareAgeYoungDealsDiseaseEatingYoung AgeBig DealVigilantEating RightAutoimmune Disease Author:LeAnn Rimes
“Yoga class is intimate even just from the standpoint of taking off your socks. Exposing your bare feet can be a big deal. You may be an African American next to a Caucasian or a Latino. But once practice begins and we drop in, separation dissolves.” MayBigsNextDealsClassPracticeFeetYogaSeparationAfrican AmericanIntimateBig DealLatinoSockStandpointExposingBare FeetCaucasian Author:James Fox
“And it blew my mind when I started to get wind of the fact that they actually liked me being around. That was humbling, because Kentucky basketball is a big deal, and I am not the biggest fan - I am just the most notorious one.” MindFactsBigsDealsFansWindBasketballBig DealHumblingKentuckyNotoriousBiggest Fan Author:Ashley Judd
“I am also full of admiration for Chelsea Manning [formerly PFC Bradley Manning]. Regardless of which side of the argument you're on, he stood up for something he felt wasn't right. That was an extraordinarily brave thing to do, and I think he was unfairly punished for it. It's a really big deal what he did, and he did it for the betterment of all us, including the soldiers on the ground, as well as the civilians caught up in those conflicts.” ThinkingWellsBigsFeltSidesDealsConflictArgumentBraveIncludingSoldierCaughtThings To DoAdmirationCaught UpBig DealCiviliansStood UpBettermentChelseaBradley Manning Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“The paparazzi have got worse for everyone over the years. It has just become such a big deal. No-one in this business really has much privacy.” YearsBigsDealsPrivacyBig DealPaparazzi Author:Carmen Electra
“I have students that I tell, "If your book doesn't sell or you can't publish it, write another book. Quit sitting around." The publishing world is a business, but it's not any big deal. An editor is not your guru. Your agent is not your guru.” IfsWorldWritingBookBigsDealsStudentsSittingSellsQuittingAgentsEditorsPublishingPublishBig DealGuruSitting Around Author:Natalie Goldberg
“The play I was doing [on a Broadway ], I was playing an obnoxious, outspoken kid, so [the director James Lapine ] saw me do the play, and he was like, "That's what I'm looking for." I tested for the part [in Life With Mikey]. Back then, I used to do screen tests. I mean, they still do every once in awhile, but it was a big deal.” MeanStillsPlayBigsKidsUsedDealsSawsDirectorsTestsScreensTestedBroadwayBig DealObnoxiousOutspokenMikey Author:David Krumholtz
“All of us roughly know what memory is. I mean, memory is sort of the storage of the past. It's the storage of our personal experiences. It's a very big deal.” KnowsMeanBigsPastMemoriesDealsBig DealPersonal ExperiencesStorage Author:Daniel Kahneman
“Barack Obama's said some very nice things and he says them well. But if you ask me, the reason that we're looking at somebody who is such an inexperienced senator, who has said some very pleasant but not especially sterling or innovative things, the reason that he's considered such a big deal is simply because he's black.” IfsWellsSaidReasonBigsAsksBlackDealsNiceBarackAsk MePleasantSenatorsInnovativeBig DealVery NiceNice ThingsSterling Author:John H. McWhorter
“It's a big deal in my city to have a breath of fresh air.” BigsDealsCitiesAirBreathsBig DealFresh Air Author:Donnis
“I come from a very naked family, so that's just something that's not a big deal for me. I don't think it means anything other than that.” ThinkingMeanBigsDealsNakedBig Deal Author:Gaby Hoffmann
“I think it's a sign of a gotcha political system that's looking to take down public interest candidates that they make a big deal out of a comment to a parent concerned about the exposure of young children to Wi-Fi. Now it turns out that Wi-Fi is actually untested. A large study by the NIH [National Institutes of Health] released a month ago raised serious questions about whether kids ought to be exposed, whether young children ought to be exposed to Wi-Fi. And you know, I'm not saying they should or they shouldn't but that this should be studied. Absolutely it should be studied.” ThinkingKnowsShouldChildrenBigsKidsYoungPoliticalTurnsParentInterestDealsStudySeriousMonthsOughtConcernedRaisedCandidatesCommentExposedExposureBig DealInstitutePolitical SystemsYoung ChildrenPublic InterestInstitutes Author:Jill Stein
“One of the reasons we moved to L.A. in the first place [was] so that it was no big deal that I was in show business. We decided if we move[d] to L.A., then everyone in one way or another was involved in it.” IfsWayFirstsReasonShowsBigsMovingDealsInvolvedDecidedMovedOne WayShow BusinessBig Deal Author:Eric Idle
“I can't tell you how exciting it was, because Vincent Price had made a huge impression on me when I was a little kid. I just loved him in films. And so meeting him and becoming friends with him was a big deal for me.” LittlesMadeI CanBigsKidsFilmDealsHugeBecomingExcitingMeetingsImpressionLittle KidBig Deal Author:Cassandra Peterson
“I've traveled everywhere, and it's been amazing. I used to think taking a flight was kind of a big deal, you know? I'm from the valleys of South Wales and when my family used to go on holiday, it was a big thing. Packing the bags, checking in, not losing your passport, going through customs, the X-ray machine, all that stuff used to be quite an intense thing. Now it's like catching a bus, I don't even think about it.” ThinkingKnowsKindBigsUsedStuffDealsGoes OnLosingMy FamilyMachinesSouthIntenseFlightUsed To BeHolidayBagsCustomsBusValleysRaysTraveledBig ThingsBig DealCatchingPassportsWalesPacking Author:Luke Evans