“Imagine filling a college with the first 1,000 students to get perfect SATs. Whatever the racial composition of that class would be, the notion seems absurd because we know that college in America is supposed to be about creating citizens and leaders in a diverse nation.” KnowsFirstsSeemsWould BeAmericaNationsPerfectLeaderClassImagineStudentsCollegeCitizensCreatingNotionAbsurdSupposed To BeSatDiverseCompositionFilling Author:Eric Liu
“People think I am America's party girl, which is just stupid. I have done 24 movies and I am creating my own TV show.” PeopleThinkingDoneShowsAmericaGirlMy OwnPartyStupidTvsCreatingTv ShowsParty Girl Author:Tara Reid
“[...] There is none that disperses its control more complexly through the voting system, the work situation, the church, the family, the school, the mass media - none more successful in mollifying opposition with reforms, isolating people from one another, creating patriotic loyalty.” PeopleSchoolAmericaChurchSituationSuccessfulMediaCreatingMassLoyaltyReformOppositionVotingPatrioticMass Media Book:A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present Source: A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present
“Our main agenda is to have all guns banned of course. We must use whatever means possible. It doesn't matter if you have to distort facts or even lie. Our task of creating a socialist America can only succeed when those who would resist us have been totally disarmed.” IfsMeanHas BeensMatterFactsUseAmericaLyingCoursesSucceedCreatingGunTasksAgendasSocialistBanned Author:Sarah Brady
“The people of America are red, white, black, yellow, and all the shades in between. Their eyes are blue, black, and brown, and all the shades in between. Their hair is straight, curly, kinky, and most of it in between. They are tall and short, slim and fat, athletic and anaemic, and most of them in between. They are the different peoples of the world becoming more and more the "in between." They are a people creating a new bridge of mankind in between the past of narrow nationalistic chauvinism and the horizon of a new mankind--a people of the world. Their face is the face of the future.” PeopleWorldDifferentEyeAmericaPastFacesBlackWhiteMankindHairBecomingCreatingRedBlueFatsBridgesBrownTallHorizonShadeYellowAthleticDifferent PeoplesBecoming MoreSlimKinkyChauvinismNationalistic Book:Reveille for Radicals Source: Reveille for Radicals
“It is inherent in human consciousness to improve. So there is nothing unique about a people searching for and creating ways to make their life better - all civilizations throughout history have done this. What is unique about us in America is the accelerated rate at which we continually search for novelty and progress.” PeopleWayHumansDoneAmericaConsciousnessUnited StatesProgressCivilizationCreatingUniqueRateInherentNoveltyHuman ConsciousnessNewness Book:Real Moments Source: Real Moments
“Starbucks being an extension of peoples home and work. The sense of community, human connection. That appears to be as relevant in Turkey, China, Japan and Spain as it is here in America. And Starbucks I think is creating something for people all over the world that has not existed before.” PeopleThinkingWorldHumansHomeAmericaCommunityCreatingConnectionsChinaJapanRelevantExtensionsSpainTurkeysStarbucksCreating SomethingHuman Connection Author:Howard Schultz
“America has an important role to play as the world leader in creating a global order, free trade, free waterways, free commerce, free movement of people. That happens because of U.S. military might.” PeopleWorldImportantPlayMightHappensAmericaOrderLeaderRolesMilitaryMovementCreatingTradeCommerceFree TradeWorld LeaderE CommerceFree Movement Author:David Brooks
“Simply cutting the taxes for America's wealthiest families is clearly not creating the needed new jobs, and that strategy is unlikely to succeed in the future.” JobsAmericaCuttingNeededSucceedTaxesCreatingStrategyUnlikelyNew Job Author:Tim Johnson
“We were told that all this new high technology, all these new high-tech jobs that we were going to be creating here in the United States of America would stay here, so our people would benefit with the jobs and health care and everything else.” PeopleStatesCareJobsAmericaUnitedTechnologyUnited StatesBenefitsCreatingHealth CareUnited States Of AmericaHigh Technology Author:Tim Ryan
“Small business in America is what fuels the American economy. We need more small business to assist us in creating a great nation and in creating more jobs. It's this frontier that is endless in terms of opportunity and potential.” NeedsJobsAmericaOpportunityNationsTermEconomyCreatingEndlessFuelSmall BusinessFrontiersGreat NationsAmerican Economy Author:Debbi Fields
“I think the War on Terror has succeeded in creating more terror, more terrorists, a less safe America, and a less safe world.” ThinkingWorldWarAmericaSafeCreatingTerrorTerroristWar On Terror Author:Stephen Gaghan
“Entrepreneurs embody the promise of America: the idea that if you have a good idea and are willing to work hard and see it through, you can succeed in this country. And in fulfilling this promise, entrepreneurs also play a critical role in expanding our economy and creating jobs.” IfsIdeasCountryHardPlayJobsAmericaRolesEconomyWillingHard WorkPromiseSucceedCreatingEntrepreneurCriticalGood IdeasFulfillingExpandingCreating Jobs Author:Barack Obama
“This president and this is what the focus ought to be, it's not the differences between us, it's Barack Obama does not believe America's leadership in the world is a force for good. He does not believe that our strength is a place where security can take place. He leads from behind. He creates an environment that now we're creating the most unstable situation we've had since the World War II era.” WorldBelieveDoeWarAmericaForcePresidentDifferencesBehindsSituationEnvironmentFocusSecurityOughtCreatingBarackErasWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IUnstable Author:Jeb Bush
“And so there are a lot of bad things. And in this campaign, if there's somebody you don't think should be nominated, if you think there's a coarseness to the campaign that's horrible, if you think it's creating voices around the world that seem to speak for America and damages in the world, you may say it's pretty horrible. On the other hand - what's the reverse?” IfsThinkingWorldShouldMayHandsSeemsAmericaSpeakVoiceCreatingCampaignsHorribleAround The WorldDamageBad ThingsReverse Author:Geoffrey Cowan
“I think, something that you might be able to locate in the work that I'm creating today: the ability to look at a black America as something that not only can be mined in a very sort of cynical, cold way, but also embraced in a very personal, love-driven way; but also sort of critiqued.” ThinkingWayLooksMightTodayAbleAmericaBlackAbilityColdCreatingDrivenCynicalBlack AmericaPersonal Love Author:Kehinde Wiley
“In one question you are expressing a world of opinion. Because it is you who thinks that America has been mistakenly starting these conflicts. I happen to agree with you, and I will repeat what your question suggested...we have mistakenly gotten into one fracas after another. Why we do that [United States has insisted on keeping up a string of enemies, and the wars associated with creating those enemies], I think it's because we're afraid to look in the mirror and understand who we are.” ThinkingWorldLooksHas BeensWarStatesHappensAmericaUnitedOpinionEnemyUnited StatesConflictCreatingMirrorsAgreeStartingRepeatsWho We AreStrings Author:Norman Lear
“By creating a prosecutor who is overseen over by a court, they are melding executive and judicial power in a way that can lead to terrible abuses - as the founders of America understood full well. It's why they created a system of separated powers - to set up a constitutional mechanism that would enhance freedom, by making sure that no one's accumulation of power could predominate over [that of] others.” WayWellsAmericaTerribleCreatingUnderstoodAbuseCourtExecutivesMechanismFoundersAccumulationJudicialProsecutorJudicial Power Author:John Bolton
“America has exercised its power to insist on elections in Palestine, which Hamas did win. Once they won, we then engaged in a policy not only of ostracism, but by financial boycott, in effect of undermining it, and creating more tension and radicalism and poverty in Gaza, which was susceptible to exploitation by Hamas.” AmericaWinningPovertyEffectsPolicyCreatingElectionFinancialEngagedTensionExploitationPalestineSusceptibleGazaUnderminingHamasBoycottRadicalismOstracism Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“I don't like the idea of capitalism anyway. Because it's not capital we are talking about; it's knowledge and creating well-being. Because I mean, that gets people on the wrong track when it's capital and how we allocate capital - no. How do we create the Republic of Science in America? How do we have a system of mutual benefits where people succeed by helping others improve their lives? So I don't like that at all.” PeopleWellsMeanIdeasHelpingAmericaTalkingSucceedBenefitsCreatingCapitalismTrackHelping OthersWell BeingMutualRepublicMutual Benefit Author:Charles Koch
“There is no greater country on Earth for entrepreneurship than America. In every category, from the high-tech world of Silicon Valley, where I live, to University R&D labs, to countless Main Street small business owners, Americans are taking risks, embracing new ideas and - most importantly - creating jobs.” WorldIdeasCountryEarthJobsAmericaGreaterRiskStreetsCreatingUniversityEntrepreneurshipOwnersCategoriesValleysNew IdeasSmall BusinessLabsTaking RisksSiliconSilicon ValleyBusiness OwnersSmall Business OwnersMain StreetCreating Jobs Author:Eric Ries
“The union movement has been the best middle class job creating program that America has ever had, and it doesn't cost the government a dime.” Has BeensGovernmentJobsAmericaClassMiddleMovementCostCreatingProgramUnionsMiddle ClassDimes Author:Andy Stern
“God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” LifeInspirationalWarGodFunnyAmericaEducationLearningCreatingHumorousEntrepreneurIronicPublishersGeographyHumorists Author:Mark Twain