“I'm concerned with the world economy, I'm a specialist in forecasting in that area, and I have a lot of influence in that area, naturally. How big it is, or how big it is personally, is not relevant. The fact is, I'm on the case, where other people are not, and more and more people realize, again and again, that I'm on the case!” PeopleWorldFactsBigsRealizingCasesEconomyInfluenceAreasConcernedRelevantAgain And AgainSpecialistsWorld EconomyForecasting Author:Lyndon LaRouche
“I agree with those who argue that it is possible to distil from the religions of the world their common values and relevance. As far as I'm concerned I am involved in a complementary process with people who have a moral or spiritual commitment to human rights.” PeopleWorldHumansSpiritualValuesProcessCommonMoralRightsInvolvedCommitmentConcernedAgreeHuman RightsArguingRelevanceComplementary Author:Mary Robinson
“I had a very depressing response because I realized that these were my own people, these were Negroes throwing eggs at me. I'm concerned about the fact that maybe all of us have contributed to this by not working harder to get rid of the conditions, the poverty, the social isolation, and all of the conditions that cause individuals to respond like this.” PeopleFactsIndividualSocialCausesMy OwnPovertyConditionsConcernedHarderResponseI RealizedIsolationEggsThrowingDepressingVery DepressingSocial Isolation Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“So if we are really concerned about generating more taxes, we ought to be investing in our people, not taking away the kinds of resources that contribute to their ability to become greater taxpayers in this country.” PeopleIfsKindCountryAbilityGreaterOughtTaxesResourcesConcernedInvestingTaxpayers Author:Patrick J. Kennedy
“The thing that has disturbed me most about the Russian hacking episode is - and the thing that surprised me most has not been the fact of Russian hacking. The cyber world is full of information gathering, you know, propaganda, et cetera. I have been concerned about the degree to which, in some circles, you've seen people suggest that Vladimir Putin has more credibility than the U.S. government. I think that's something new.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldHas BeensFactsGovernmentInformationDegreesConcernedCirclesPropagandaSomething NewEpisodesGatheringCredibilityPutinDisturbedHackingCyber Author:Barack Obama
“The press tend to stick with that the people don't care about foreign policy in their daily lives and aren't concerned about it and so on and so forth. I don't think that's actually true.” PeopleThinkingCarePolicyConcernedPressesSticksDon't CareDaily LifeForeign Policy Author:John Bolton
“I think people who are concerned about the alt right are properly focusing on making sure it doesn't get mainstreamed, because it shouldn't be.” PeopleThinkingConcerned Author:Matt Schlapp
“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
“Donald Trump, I hate to tell people who are concerned about it, is not going to be impeached. The American people believe in giving somebody a fair chance. He's a new president. There have been troubles, there have been problems.” PeopleGivingBelieveHas BeensProblemHatePresidentChanceTroubleTrumpConcernedFairsI Hate Author:Mark Shields
“The Republican establishment, the Democrat establishment agree and accept that the media is an equal player in the ruling class. Trump has blown all of that out the window. As such, the normal ways that people in politics are controlled, the normal way that people are contained - the ways people are promoted, punished, destroyed, what have you - are all out the window where Trump is concerned. And therefore the media is considered by the ruling class to be one of the great leveling factors.” PeopleWayAcceptingClassPlayerMediaTrumpRepublicanEqualNormalConcernedWindowAgreeDemocratFactorsDestroyedControlledEstablishmentRuling Author:Rush Limbaugh
“[Donald Trump] has nothing to show for it but fear in every way. To people who are sick, fear, to people who are immigrants, fear, to people who are concerned about the greed on Wall Street taking us back to where we were.” PeopleWayShowsStreetsWallTrumpConcernedSickGreedImmigrants Author:Nancy Pelosi
“What I saw during the Hillary Clinton campaign [2016] with data dummies who were more concerned with polls than people, they were more concerned with donors than voters. And it wasn't a lot of heart felt on that campaign and I think it left us vulnerable.” PeopleThinkingHeartLeftFeltSawsConcernedClintonCampaignsVulnerableDataVotersPollsDonorsDummyHeart Felt Author:Van Jones
“I think people are much more concerned about money now. There aren't the big advances of the past. You feel the sense of nervousness about the book industry. It's not like before. Not that I knew very much about what it was like because I was a newcomer to it, but I get that feeling that people are more conservative in their book choices and what they are going to publish and what's a sure sell. As opposed to - just like in the economy - a sense of luxury and sense of risk taking ten years ago.” PeopleThinkingFeelsYearsBookFeelingsBigsPastChoicesEconomyRiskIndustryTenConcernedYears AgoSellsConservativeLuxuryPublishRisk-takingNervousnessNewcomers Author:Sandra Cisneros
“As far as piano players are concerned, Oscar Peterson is my very favorite. I also like McCoy Tyner. I think that the big jazz stars, both now and in the past...how shall I say it? These guys are as great as Bach, Beethoven; all of them. People don't know it yet. If jazz survives and is put on a pedestal as an art form, the same as classical music has been through the years, a hundred years from now the kids will know who they were, with that kind of respect.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsYearsKindHas BeensArtBigsKidsPastFormGuyStarsPlayerHundredConcernedJazzPianoOscarsClassical MusicPedestalThrough The Years Author:Nina Simone
“For me, I've never been too concerned of what people think of me, so now as the youngest Baldwin brother in Hollywood making movies while simultaneously being a charismatic evangelical born again Christian who's an evangelist - that's a pretty crazy combination. But early on in my walk of faith I said a very personal prayer and made a commitment to God. I said if you reveal yourself to me in a way that is more thrilling and powerful and exciting than anything I've experience thus far, then I'll go anywhere and do whatever you want. And that can be very tough.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantMadeSaidChristianBornPrayerWalksPowerfulCrazyBrotherCommitmentToughConcernedHollywoodExcitingCombinationThrillingCommitment To GodEvangelicalBorn AgainThink Of MeCharismaticDo Whatever You WantEvangelists Author:Stephen Baldwin
“I think it's harder to make a classic now, not because of what people say, but because artists now are so concerned with what people say.” PeopleThinkingArtistConcernedHarderClassic Author:Nas
“When your so focused on what people say, how can your really be focused on the music? If you're concerned with what someone says, you aren't working on a real record. You're working on something that's just for now, to please people this very second... because you don't believe in yourself.” PeopleIfsBelieveRealRecordsPleaseConcernedDon't BelieveFocusedBelieve In YourselfBelieve In You Author:Nas
“I think many people in the church are probably concerned that they can't answer all the questions that might come up. I am sure this affects people by playing on their doubts - especially if they have their own questions that they are wrestling with.” PeopleIfsThinkingMightChurchAnswersDoubtConcernedCome UpWrestling Author:Mark Dever
“I'm not interested in details that might get someone into trouble. I'm more interested in generalities rather than the particulars, as a journalist would be. Names, dates and times don't interest me at all. I'm interested in feelings and emotions. Most people are game, once they realize that you're on the level as far as that's concerned and you're not about exposing them, then they feel quite free to talk about it. Police officers and social workers are no exception.” PeopleFeelsFeelingsMightWould BeGamesNamesSocialInterestRealizingLevelsEmotionTroubleConcernedPoliceWorkersDetailsJournalistExceptionOfficersNot InterestedFeelings And EmotionsPolice OfficerExposingSocial WorkerGeneralities Author:Irvine Welsh
“The United States is a very insular society. Most people know very little about the outside world and don't care that much. They're concerned with their own affairs.” PeopleKnowsWorldLittlesStatesCareUnitedUnited StatesConcernedAffairDon't CareOutside World Author:Noam Chomsky
“Critics, often for good reason, are concerned that the Fed is wielding its vast powers in the interests of the banks and not in the interests of the people. After the financial crisis, Americans have perceived that the banks have been bailed out, but a significant proportion of the population is still in serious economic trouble.” PeopleHas BeensStillsReasonInterestTroubleEconomicSeriousConcernedCrisisCriticsFinancialPopulationSignificantProportionFedsFinancial Crisis Author:Gerald Epstein
“I see no real argument in Britain that is concerned that an Indian company owns our most successful car manufacturer or that the sewer system under London is being renewed in part by Chinese investment. There are the odd voices that express concern but they are very marginal and they are not being listened to by the British people.” PeopleRealVoiceCompanySuccessfulCarConcernConcernedArgumentInvestmentBritishLondonChineseIndianOddBritainSewers Author:George Osborne
“There is a lack of interest in voting in the United States, and that troubles me. It is very necessary that people get registered, study the issues and be aware of the politics of our country. We will really be set back if people don't take the time to learn about the candidates who are concerned about the well-being of all the citizens and vote.” PeopleIfsWellsCountryStatesInterestUnitedUnited StatesStudyIssuesTroubleCitizensConcernedVoteOur CountryWell BeingCandidatesVoting Author:Rosa Parks
“The EU might have become a large federal nation. But they would have had to do things differently. Number one, they would've had to make people feel like participants in a common project of autonomous law-giving. Much more political accountability, much more participation. That didn't happen, I think, because the movers and shakers were more concerned with economic union than political union.” PeopleThinkingGivingFeelsMightHappensLawPoliticalNationsCommonNumbersEconomicProjectsConcernedUnionsAccountabilityParticipationParticipantsAutonomousShakersMovers And Shakers Author:Martha C. Nussbaum
“People always ask me about the role models that I'm providing for kids, and I say I can't be concerned with that. I'm not worrying about corrupting youth. I'm worrying about writing realistically and truthfully to affect the reader.” PeopleWritingI CanKidsAsksRolesWorryYouthReaderModelsConcernedAsk MeRole ModelsProvidingNot Worrying Author:Robert Cormier
“Some people say 'Why is a football coach concerned?' I explained I'm an American first and all Americans should care about justice.” PeopleShouldFirstsCareJusticeFootballConcernedCoachesFootball Coach Author:Jim Harbaugh
“I'm in bed, so to speak, more with those people who consider themselves atheists but who are concerned about the same things, ideas, and politics I'm concerned with than those who claim to be religious in the same way that I am but have no interest in the political reorganization of society, which needs to be talked about from the pulpit.” PeopleWayNeedsIdeasPoliticalSpeakInterestReligiousBedConcernedClaimsAtheistPulpitReorganization Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“Perhaps one could appoint three or four professional people specially concerned with the task of bridge building between the majority and the minority. Bridge building of this kind requires an effort from both sides. It's no good if the majority alone do it. The question is whether there is any response, whether people on the other side of the river also wish to try to build a bridge.” PeopleTryingKindWishEffortBuildingConcernedResponse Author:Norbert Elias
“Very often people who live in a ghetto accept some of the stigmatisation against them. I mention the case of a Japanese minority the Burakumin, which was pure Japanese in descent, but which was concerned with dirty work: leather work, cadavers, and some other things.There was a famous story of an old man who asked: 'Do you yourself believe you are the same as the Japanese?' And the outsider said: 'I do not know, we are dirty.' This kind of conscience was never there in the surroundings in which I lived. One always felt as someone whom could be proud of, being both German and Jewish.” PeopleMenBelieveKindAcceptingProudConscienceConcernedDirtyOld ManOutsidersBe ProudGhetto Author:Norbert Elias
“I have never believed the manmade global warming allegation, but I fully understand however the people who do. All it takes is a 105-degree day in July, and the normal reaction is, "Man, it's getting hotter! I wonder if we're getting hotter?" When I was a kid, everybody wondered, "Are we on getting closer to the sun?" This is a natural thing. This is really where the left is really smart. They have the ability to tap into what people of their own volition are already concerned about, and then they give 'em a reason, and they give 'em substantiation for it.” PeopleMenGivingReasonKidsNaturalAbilityWonderHe ManSmartConcernedGlobal WarmingReally Smart Author:Rush Limbaugh
“One of the things that I'm really concerned about is that people who don't have power are not priorities for people in public life. Maybe it's always been that way, but I see it more starkly now.” PeopleConcernedPriorities Author:John Kasich
“Surrendered people enjoy life, relish their personal development, and value their friends. They may have an exceptionally good career and be wealthy, but they are more concerned with meaning and fulfillment. The drive to acquire money and power is a behavior that drains people of their passion and emotional connection to others.” PeopleValuesPassionEnjoyEmotionalBehaviorConcernedPersonal DevelopmentFulfillmentWealthyEnjoy LifeMoney And Power Author:Judith Orloff
“And one of the things that I'm most concerned about is the confidence, the confidentiality of those kind of meetings between President and Russian Foreign Minister, as you know, are extremely important. And so, I am really concerned about kind of leaks, because it undermines everybody's trust in that kind of an environment where you can have frank, candid, and often times unconventional conversations to try to protect American interests and secure the American people.” PeopleTryingKindImportantPresidentInterestEnvironmentProtectConcernedMeetingsFrank Author:H. R. McMaster
“Those self-evident principles of life and liberty, pursuit of happiness, they're not self-executing. They require each of us to get engaged. And what Barack Obama is really concerned about is to ensure that the American people appreciate their power to influence the democracy.” PeopleLibertyDemocracyInfluenceConcernedAppreciateBarackPursuit Of Happiness Author:Valerie Jarrett
“Ronald Reagan comes out of nowhere, at least as far as these people are concerned in the establishment. I'm telling you, back in 1980, the media and the Washington-New York establishment was as disdainful of Ronald Reagan as they are of Donald Trump.” PeopleConcerned Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I hear all of these liberals so concerned with people's health and so critical of tobacco cause it kills, it's deadly, and secondhand and third, and they've created a bunch of insane people out there. I'm telling you, liberalism has created literally deranged people afraid of everything. I mean it makes no sense to be afraid of secondhand smoke a hundred yards away from it. They have created this. They have created this inordinate fear of ordinary, everyday life.” PeopleMeanConcernedEverydayInsaneLiberalismEveryday LifeTobaccoDeranged Author:Rush Limbaugh
“What we love that 'The Way Back' is not subsidized, it's alive and kicking. And if I can't make the kind of film that I want to make, then the hell with it, I've had a great run. But I'm more concerned with the younger people coming up that want to make this kind of film.” PeopleKindRunningFilmHellConcerned Author:Peter Weir
“People always focus on people like me who use synthesizers, right, which are explicitly electronic and therefore obvious. "Ah, yes, that's electronic music." But they don't realize that so is the concept of actually taking a piece of extant music and literally re-collaging it, taking chunks out and changing the dynamics radically and creating new rhythmic structures with echo and all that. That's real electronic music, as far as I'm concerned.” PeopleRealRealizingFocusConcernedObviousElectronic Music Author:Brian Eno
“Going to UCLA, as far as I'm concerned, afforded me two things. One was the advantage of meeting friends and getting to know a group of guys I hung out with, was chummy with. All of us eventually had success with film. Making films, cutting our own little movies together, 3 in the morning going out and shooting stuff, finding gels that people had thrown away, making our own lights. It was like a frat house for film geeks, the Pad O' Guys. That's what being at UCLA afforded me.” PeopleTogetherFilmGuyHouseMorningCuttingConcernedMeetingsHungGeek Author:Shane Black
“Everyone in the Lotus Eaters is so concerned with appearances, but there's an emptiness under the surface that they're trying to ignore. We talked about the theme of perception versus reality a lot with mirrors and masks what people were wearing - and we shot on two formats; we shot it on film and on digital, and a lot of the night-time scenes are film, and it looks better, and people can put on a mask and they can go out there and show an artifice to the world.” PeopleWorldTryingRealityFilmScenePerceptionConcernedAppearanceEmptinessMask Author:Alexandra McGuinness
“There is a growing literature about the multitude of journalism's problems, but most of it is concerned with the editorial side of the business, possibly because most people competent to write about journalism are not comfortable writing about finance.” PeopleWritingProblemLiteratureSidesGrowingComfortableConcernedFinanceJournalismMultitudesCompetentEditorials Author:Russell Baker
“My background is such that I am uneasy about religious laws, I think there's always a real danger when you start appealing to a higher authority. It's self-righteousness, it's not righteousness, it's self-righteousness that takes control. But I think that it's absolutely crucial that that's not confused with the debate that takes place over Shari'a law in Great Britain at the moment. Because as far as anybody is concerned, when you talk about Shari'a courts now you're talking about - I don't know what people think.” PeopleThinkingRealMomentsReligiousDangerAuthorityConcernedDebateConfusedRighteousnessUneasy Author:Sadakat Kadri
“Unemployment is higher in Europe than in the United States and primarily concentrated in immigrant minority populations, so people are worried about what's going to happen and if American-style ghettos are emerging in Europe. There are some of the problems there that America sees associated with the lack of economic inclusion - family breakdown, gang behavior, and racial tensions. I get the sense that in Europe they are much more concerned about these issues than in the United States.” PeopleProblemEconomicBehaviorConcernedWorriedTensionInclusionGangEmergingBreakdownGhetto Author:William Julius Wilson
“I think people were a little bit too concerned about what I would or would not be allowed to say. So let me just get that out of the way and get on to the business of telling, you know, a story, or two, or three, or 15. And also to say, "Okay, look. Here it is, don't worry about it. The restrictions and the watered-down and all the stuff that you thought was gonna happen really isn't the case." So we done got that out the way, and now we can just kind of move on.” PeopleThinkingKindDoneMovingWorryConcernedOkayLet Me Author:Aaron McGruder
“The bottom line for most people who are normal is their need for other people. Even the greedy ones have this need - as long as they're not sociopathic. They may be very misguided and unhappy and do bad things and so forth, but in general if you look down deep, you find that these people are mainly concerned with other people and what other people think of them.” PeopleThinkingLongConcernedBottomUnhappyGreedy Author:Martha Stout
“Even famous people - are most concerned of all with what people who are close to them think. And the sociopath is generally not concerned with that at all.” PeopleThinkingConcernedSociopath Author:Martha Stout
“I'm very concerned with the healing process of a song and music in general. I think that's why I make music - it heals me and I'm extremely sensitive to people who tell me that this or that song made them feel better or helped them go through a difficult time in their life. I think that music is almost medicine. I don't know if that's my philosophy, but that's my thought process.” PeopleThinkingPhilosophySongDifficultHealingMusic IsConcernedHealSensitiveFeel BetterMy ThoughtsDifficult Times Author:Olivia Merilahti
“I was desperate to do more TV and film. Because I considered myself to be a theater creature. A theater animal. I was convinced that I was going to be onstage for the rest of my life. Because it's something I can really do. I thought I was pretty good at it, and it's kind of stupid, but I was concerned that people would go, "Oh yeah, he's very good onstage, I'm not sure he can do television."” PeopleKindFilmAnimalStupidConcernedVery GoodNot SureDesperate Author:James Callis
“Early on I was a lot more unsure of myself on stage. When our band The Decemberists was getting bigger audiences I was more concerned about alienating them, so I wasn't as willing to take risks and do weird stuff on stage. But once you get more accustomed to it you tend to have more fun with it and not worry about being pilloried for acting out. Whenever you play in front of 400 or 500 more people than you're used to it's always a weird, transitional period.” PeopleFunActingWorryAudienceRiskConcernedUnsure Author:Colin Meloy
“Everybody has their own approach to songwriting. When you're an electronic musician, the whole writing process just depends. Some people have a very live way of writing electronic music, very improvisational. They set up a lot of gear and do live takes. I'm concerned with having a specific kind of sound. There's not one second that I haven't put thought into. I put almost as much time into my live shows as I do into writing music, but they're two completely different processes. Some people think the way I perform live is how I write songs, which isn't true at all.” PeopleThinkingWritingKindDifferentSongMusicianConcernedSongwritingWriting ProcessElectronic Music Author:Travis Stewart