“People don’t realize that when you’re Latin, you’re so diverse. I am black. I am Latin. I am Spanish. You know? It’s a little bit of everything, and that’s beautiful. So, everybody, claim me. I’m fine with that!” PeopleKnowsLittlesBeautifulBitsBlackRealizingFineLittle BitClaimsLatinDiverse Author:Joan Smalls
“Our work in Britain suggests that radicalization is driven by an ideology which claims that Muslims around the world are being oppressed and - and this is the key bit of the argument - which then legitimizes violence in their supposed defense.” WorldBitsViolenceKeysArgumentClaimsDefenseDrivenIdeologyAround The WorldBritainOppressed Author:Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones
“My first inclination is to be a bit skeptical about the claims that human-produced carbon dioxide is the direct contributor to global warming.” FirstsHumansBitsDirectClaimsGlobal WarmingCarbonInclinationSkepticalCarbon DioxideContributors Author:Buzz Aldrin
“Writing on the blog, you want to get attention and make strong claims. In academic work, that often doesn't pay, so sometimes it's a little bit difficult going back and forth to navigate these differences.” WantWritingLittlesSometimesStrongBitsDifficultDifferencesPayAttentionLittle BitClaimsAcademicBlogsBack And ForthNavigateAcademic Work Author:Alex Tabarrok
“Scientists in general tend to have what I would call a bit of hubris that the public do not necessarily understand. So scientists some times make claims that are misunderstood by the public.” BitsScientistClaimsMisunderstoodHubris Author:George Coyne
“Now the cigarette companies claim that they don't do that [ pay to have their product advertised in movies ] anymore, although it certainly makes you wonder a bit when an independent production like "In The Bedroom", you know, seems to focus constantly on Marlboros and almost it turns into a Marlboro ad, whether there was any money exchanged.” KnowsSeemsTurnsBitsPayCompanyWonderFocusProductsClaimsIndependentProductionsAdsCigaretteBedroom Author:Joe Eszterhas
“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 knowed a man in Paphlagonia who'd swallow a live snake every morning, when he got up. He used to say, he was certain of one thing, that nothing worse would happen to him all day. 'Course they made him eat a bowlful of hairy centipedes before they hung him, so maybe that claim was a bit presumptive.” MenMadeHappensUsedCertainCoursesBitsMorningOne ThingClaimsEvery MorningHungSnakesCentipedes Book:Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess's Stardust: Being a Romance Within the Realms of Faerie Source: Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess's Stardust: Being a Romance Within the Realms of Faerie
“So, this is how it's become? This is how I've become? A walking contradiction? I'm surrounded by people and feel alone. I claim to crave a bit of normalcy but now that I have some, it's like I don't know what to do with it, I don't know how to be a normal person anymore.” PeopleKnowsFeelsPersonsBitsKnow HowWalkingNormalClaimsContradictionCraveNormalcyWhere She Went Book:Where She Went Source: Where She Went
“A campaign, like a brand, is not just a number of bits put together - a claim here, a pack shot there, a reason why somewhere else. If we try to produce it by the atomistic approach, we will end up with a sort of Identikit brand. It will be a perfect description of the structure of the brand, as the Identikit can describe the contours of the face. But it won't be the same thing. The brand will never come to life.” IfsTryingEndsReasonTogetherFacesBitsPerfectNumbersBusinessProduceApproachShotsClaimsStructureCampaignsBrandsReason WhyDescriptionPacksSomewhere Else Author:Stephen King