“As a writer I'm committed to exploring what I call "The invisible things" - the things that people aren't talking about. I think that's where the juiciest conversations and the juiciest drama lives. My goal with the series is to get people talking about and reflecting on how issues of race play out in their own lives. Since I've spent a fair amount of time watching time travel shows and movies where the leads are White (and can blend in really easily no matter the time period) I thought I would turn that on its head and see what might happen.” PeopleThinkingMatterPlayShowsMightHappensTurnsGoalWhiteRaceTalkingIssuesAmountPeriodsDramaConversationFairsSeriesCommittedInvisibleTime TravelExploringReflectingPeople TalkingTime PeriodsInvisible ThingsDrama Life Author:Steven C. Harper
“We don't have storm troopers that just knock on the door of every American citizen. We don't do that for any crime. But when we have evidence that a particular person has committed a crime, we send law enforcement to apprehend them.” PersonsLawDoorsCrimeParticularCitizensEvidenceCommittedStormLaw EnforcementEnforcementAmerican Citizens Author:Ted Cruz
“My interest in the psychological roots of psychosis has both personal (my brother Andrew committed suicide) and professional origins (I was trained in a behaviorist approach to psychology which - whatever its limitations - at least taught me to see human behavior in its social context).” HumansSocialInterestPsychologyTaughtBrotherBehaviorApproachRootsSuicideCommittedPsychologicalLimitationMy BrotherHuman BehaviorAndrewPsychosis Author:Richard Bentall
“By arguing that the bundle theory does not entail and is not committed in any way to the principle of identity of indiscernibles, I have thereby defended the bundle theory from a traditional objection to it.” WayDoePrinciplesIdentityTheoryCommittedArguingTraditionalObjectionsBundles Author:Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
“My father was a deeply committed humanitarian. He was a fighter for social justice. He was spirited in the deepest sense.” FatherSocialJusticeSocial JusticeCommittedHumanitarianFighterSpirited Author:Marianne Williamson
“Marco [Rubio] made reference earlier to the litigation against Trump University. It's fraud case. I want you think about if this man is the nominee, having the Republican nominee on the stand in court being cross examined about whether he committed fraud. You don't think the mainstream media will go crazy on that?” IfsThinkingMenWantMadeCasesCrazyMediaTrumpRepublicanCrossesCourtUniversityCommittedFraudMainstreamI Want YouMarcosMainstream Media Author:Ted Cruz
“People have to allow themselves to be used by God and Martin [Luther King, Jr.] committed himself totally to God's will and purpose and God is always waiting for someone who is willing to do that.” PeopleUsedPurposeWaitingWillingKingsCommittedGods WillLutherAlways Waiting Author:Coretta Scott King
“It's just this long overdue. These people [ex-Nazi brought to trial] should be grateful to the apathy that exists there that prevented them from being brought to trial earlier. All of the people that they committed crimes against had their lives snuffed out, some of them at very young ages. Some of them never had a chance to get married and have children.” PeopleShouldChildrenLongAgeYoungChanceCrimeMarriedGratefulCommittedTrialsApathyBe GratefulNaziExesYoung AgeOverdue Author:Marvin Hier
“The idea that a prisoner would confess to a complete stranger that he had committed a crime - I just didn't buy that.” IdeasCrimeCommittedStrangerPrisoner Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“It seems all "protection" has to be monitored, considered, weighed and justified - I am suggesting we do that (but it's something Mary Shelley (and Gertrude Stein) also suggest). "Torch Song," the book's final section, looks at an arson committed by someone hired to protect the wilderness from fires, a catastrophic failure of protection!” LooksBookSeemsSongFireProtectFinalsCommittedProtectionWildernessMarySectionsJustifiedTorchesSuggestingGertrudeShelleyArson Author:Laura Mullen
“Actually, my experience over the past couple of years hasn't necessarily been something that would be interesting, were it committed to record.” YearsWould BePastInterestingRecordsCoupleCommittedOver The Past Author:Scott Hutchison
“I meet almost no one that goes to an African-American church or thinks, "I'm going to do that." Now there are whites in African-American churches. They're interracially married. They're highly committed. Maybe there's a professor or two, or a student.” ThinkingTwoChurchStudentsMarriedCommittedAfrican AmericanProfessors Author:Michael Emerson
“It was the first time I worked with Matthew McConaughey [in the True Detective].They're fun guys [with Woody Harrelson]. They don't take life at all too seriously, but yet they take their work very seriously. And both of them are just so committed to character and the story.” FirstsCharacterStoriesGuyFunFirst TimeCommittedDetectivesWoodyMatthew Author:Michelle Monaghan
“I would be happier if people who went through MFA programs also were already, by then, deeply committed readers of poetry because we need readers of poetry as much as writers of poetry.” PeopleIfsNeedsWould BeReaderProgramCommittedPoetry Is Author:Edward Hirsch
“Martin King was fundamentally committed to the least of these [poor, working people]. Of course, he was a Christian soldier for justice from the 25th chapter of Matthew.” PeopleChristianCoursesJusticePoorKingsSoldierCommittedChaptersMatthew Author:Cornel West
“In the town of Ravella, where I have a house, when the Supreme Court said that an act of sodomy, as they describe it, could not be committed between a man and his wife, the entire square burst into laughter.” MenSaidHouseWifeLaughterTownsCourtCommittedSupremeSquaresSupreme Court Author:Gore Vidal
“You can do all these kinds of things that are up close and personal, but you really have to bring your strength, and really - you have to really be committed to actually strangle the life out of somebody, to crush their larynx and just squeeze every drop of life out of them.” KindCan DoCommittedCrush Author:Quentin Tarantino
“Be a Mother who is committed to loving her children into standing on higher ground than the environment surrounding them. Mothers are endowed with a love that is unlike any other love on the face of the earth.” ChildrenEarthFacesMotherEnvironmentMomHigherStandingCommittedHigher Ground Author:Marjorie Pay Hinckley
“To be a top performer you have to be passionately committed to what you're doing and insanely confident about your ability to pull it off.” MotivationalAbilityAchievementCommittedPerformersTop Performers Author:John Eliot
“I believe that no man who holds a leader's position should ever accept favors from either side. He is then committed to show favors. A leader must stand alone.” MenShouldBelieveShowsI BelieveSidesResponsibilityLeaderAcceptingPositionCommittedFavorsStand Alone Author:Mother Jones
“I have always had a good functioning in my artistic life, but I had problems mostly in my private life, I got very angry with my boyfriends and stuff...I would probably have good reasons to be angry but the volume would be too high, just getting to some level of wounding that perhaps was not appropriate to the actual offence committed.” ReasonProblemWould BeStuffLevelsAngryCommittedArtisticAppropriateVolumePrivate LifeOffenceMy BoyfriendGood FunArtistic Life Author:Sinead O'Connor
“I'm still committed to the socialist idea because the socialist idea, correctly understood, includes the principles of freedom and social justice. It also includes the recognition of the value of democracy. When we speak about social justice, it means that freedom should be used not only in the interest of profit but also in the interest of the advancement of the people who create all values.” PeopleShouldMeanStillsIdeasUsedValuesSpeakSocialInterestJusticePrinciplesDemocracyUnderstoodSocial JusticeProfitCommittedRecognitionSocialistAdvancement Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“We certainly would be happy for more help, but not at the price of condescension and arrogance. If the Europeans believe they can afford to be less committed in Somalia, please - we can deal with it ourselves.” IfsBelieveHelpingWould BeDealsPleaseCommittedArroganceCondescensionSomaliaCondescension And Author:Yoweri Museveni
“The Islamists had control over territory that was about half the size of the Federal Republic of Germany. For years, we have been putting the lives of our troops on the line, we have taken huge losses and the Europeans cut the budget? If money is more important than the lives of our children, what else is this than the usual arrogance and superficiality? And where is all this terror coming from? It is a result of mistakes the West committed in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the 1980s, when they armed the Islamic rebels against the Soviet troops.” IfsYearsChildrenHas BeensImportantLinesLossResultsMistakeHalfTakenCuttingHugeOur ChildrenWestSizeTerrorCommittedBudgetsArroganceGermanyIslamicRepublicTerritoryRebelAfghanistanUsualSovietTroopsPakistanOur TroopsSuperficialityIslamists Author:Yoweri Museveni
“You need to identify the values that come out of that kind of belief system, because I don't see them. All the polls I look at say, for example, that adultery is committed as much in the Bible Belt as in any other part of the country. The same goes for abortion, child abuse, spouse abuse or murder.” NeedsLooksKindChildrenCountryValuesBeliefExampleAbuseMurderCommittedAbortionChild AbuseSpousePollsBeltsAdulteryBelief Systems Author:John Shelby Spong
“You don't bargain with terrorists. You don't appease terrorists. And anybody who believes that this is about something we've done has to ask themselves why it is, on September 11, 2001, before we were in Afghanistan, before we were in Iraq, he committed a dastardly attack killing over 3,000 people. I mean, this is not a matter of negotiation; it's a matter of victory.” PeopleBelieveMeanMatterDoneAsksVictoryKillingIraqCommittedTerroristAfghanistanSeptemberNegotiationBargainsSeptember 11AppeaseSeptember 11 2001 Author:Michael Chertoff
“I would rather have 10 people working on a record that are really committed and believe in it and love it, than 50 people who have no idea who I am or what I'm for.” PeopleBelieveIdeasRecordsAnd LoveCommittedWho I AmNo Idea Author:DJ Shadow
“I really feel that the Church leaders have blood on their hands. I feel that there are gay Mormons who have committed suicide or whose lives have been destroyed because of the attitude of the Church.” FeelsHas BeensHandsChurchAttitudeLeaderBloodGaySuicideCommittedDestroyedChurch Leaders Author:Andrew Solomon
“If really good people who are deeply committed and who are thriving spiritually have to beat down the nature with which they seem to have been born and cut themselves off from the full realization of love, how can that be pleasing to God?” PeopleIfsHas BeensSeemsBornCuttingBeatsCommittedRealizationGood People Author:Andrew Solomon
“Enforcement priorities developed by my administration are not affected by this ruling. This means that the people who might have benefited from the expanded deferred action policies, long-term residents raising children who are Americans or legal residents, they will remain low priorities for enforcement, as long as you have not committed a crime, our limited immigration enforcement resources are not focused on you.” PeopleMeanChildrenLongMightActionTermCrimePolicyLowsResourcesCommittedFocusedPrioritiesImmigrationAdministrationLong TermAffectedEnforcementRulingRaising ChildrenResidents Author:Barack Obama
“David [Cameron] has been an outstanding friend and partner on the global stage and, based on our conversation, I'm confident that the UK is committed to an orderly transition out of the EU.” Has BeensStageConversationCommittedPartnersTransitionOutstandingOrderlyCameron Author:Barack Obama
“I'd just written the book Ocean Of Sound, and this terrible thing happened in my life: my wife committed suicide. I was a single parent because of that; I was completely shattered. I had a book that I'd just finished that had been produced through a really, really terrible period, but I had managed to finish it.” BookParentSoundWifeWrittenHappenedPeriodsTerribleOceanSuicideCommittedMy WifeFinishedThings HappenTerrible ThingsShatteredSingle Parent Author:David Toop
“Who talks about the real human rights violations, those committed by the West? Europeans and North Americans have already butchered hundreds of millions of people, or close to one billion, to be precise. They have been looting, torturing and raping. Even now, they are killing millions directly and tens of millions indirectly.” PeopleHumansHas BeensRealMillionsRightsWestKillingHuman RightsCommittedBillionsPreciseViolationReal HumanLooting Author:Andre Vltchek
“Anyone can quit, but it takes a strong, committed person not to quit when times are tough.” PersonsStrongToughCommittedQuitting Author:Pat Summitt
“What we would be committed to would be a representative government where all the Iraqi people decide who should lead their nation, and lead it in a way that keeps it together as a single nation and where all parts of the nation - Shia, Sunni and Kurds - are able to live free and in peace and believe that their interests are represented by the government.” PeopleWayShouldBelieveGovernmentWould BeAbleTogetherNationsInterestCommittedRepresentativesLive FreeKurdsShiaRepresentative Government Author:Colin Powell
“Most of us, however committed we are to our ideals, will find ourselves every now and again reading an attention-grabbing headline from the Daily Mail or some other lowest-common denominator. That's not the same thing as frequenting a site like the white supremacist Stormfront.” ReadingWhiteCommonAttentionIdealsCommittedMailSiteLowestHeadlinesCommon DenominatorGrabbingLowest Common DenominatorDaily Mail Author:Mallory Ortberg
“I have committed to contribute in raising general public awareness, as well as inspiring broad, positive, committed action against illegal trade. It is an on-going and tough fight, but I believe that if we all join our hands, we can conquer!” IfsBelieveWellsHandsActionFightingI BelieveAwarenessToughTradeCommittedConquerIllegalBroadsGeneral Public Author:Yaya Toure
“I have decided that now is not the right time for me to run for the leadership - though I remain completely committed to ensuring we secure our position as a great trading nation with sensible controls on migration. I believe that Theresa May has the strength, judgment and values to deliver those things.” BelieveMayRunningValuesI BelieveNationsPositionDecidedCommittedSecureJudgementSensibleRight TimeTradingMigrationTheresa Author:Jeremy Hunt
“[Helmut] Kohl said Europe must return to being a community committed to stability and the rule of law.” SaidLawCommunityReturnEuropeCommittedStabilityRule Of Law Author:Martin Schulz
“Many people say they're looking for love, yet they're actually committed to never finding it. Many people would really rather not know the true scars and triumphs of the person who lies in their arms.” PeopleKnowsPersonsLyingArmsFindingsCommittedTriumphScarLooking For Love Author:Marianne Williamson
“Consciously or subconsciously, we become slaves to debt and social obligation. As a result, we end up more committed to the minutia and less in tune with the bigger picture: our deepest sense of purpose.” EndsPurposeSocialResultsBiggerSlaveCommittedDebtObligationTunesBigger PictureSocial Obligation Author:Romany Malco
“I have three commitments. Number one commitment is promotion of human value. Number two commitment is promotion of race harmony. Number three commitment is about Tibet. My retirement is the third commitment. The previous two commitments, to my death, I have committed.” HumansTwoValuesThreeNumbersRaceCommitmentThirdsHarmonyCommittedRetirementPromotionHuman ValuesTibetNumber Three Author:Dalai Lama
“Some liberal interest groups have come out in full force and have attempted to paint Judge [Samuel] Alito to be an extremist and to be an activist. They've criticized a nominee who has, from what I see described by these lawyers and fellow judges, a reputation of being a restrained jurist committed to the rule of law and the Constitution.” LawForceInterestGroupsJudgingConstitutionFellowsPaintCommittedLawyerReputationActivistRule Of LawExtremistInterest GroupsJurists Author:Chuck Grassley
“I have spent forty-five years teasing out the universal principles of success that are necessary to create massive breakthroughs. I am committed to teaching and disseminating those around the world. I also believe that most transformational leaders are focusing too much on outer techniques and overlooking the important inner qualities of beingness and presence that are required to create real and lasting transformation in the world.” WorldYearsBelieveImportantRealQualityLeaderPrinciplesFiveToo MuchTeachingUniversalTransformationCommittedTechniqueAround The WorldFive YearsFortyMassiveLastingBreakthroughTeaseOverlooking Author:Jack Canfield
“I believe that President [George W.] Bush was correct. I thought that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and I supported him steadfastly, and once we committed we should see it through.” ShouldBelieveI BelievePresidentWeaponsMassDestructionIraqCommittedWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionPresident George W Bush Author:Jeff Sessions
“Kissinger-type foreign policy is clearly, in my view, the proper tilt for us in the future, and he [Donald Trump] gets it. And some of our members, I guess, have been so deeply committed to the [George W.] Bush agenda, the neo-conservative agenda, that it's harder for them to acknowledge that. But I acknowledge it.” Has BeensViewsPolicyTypeTrumpMembersHarderConservativeCommittedAcknowledgeAgendasForeign PolicyTiltKissinger Author:Jeff Sessions
“It's pretty much what a lot of committed Catholics are making of [Pope Francis]. They're thrilled, they're refreshed, they think it's a breath of fresh air.” ThinkingAirBreathsCatholicCommittedPopeFresh Air Author:Ralph Martin
“I am a very committed person when it comes to finding common ground.” PersonsCommonFindingsCommittedCommon Ground Author:Hillary Clinton
“I've worked very hard to transform my fearful delusions into loving beliefs, and I am committed to maintaining this way of being.” WayHardBeliefCommittedDelusionFearfulMaintaining Author:Gabrielle Bernstein