“If Hillary can't win the nomination - and it's clearly very, very hard for her - she's basically a stalking horse for McCain. She's preparing the demographic ground for McCain, by getting white working-class Democrats used to (if you will) not voting for Obama.” IfsHardUsedWinningWhiteClassHorseDemocratVotingWorking ClassPreparingStalkingMccainDemographicsNominationsCan't WinNot Voting Author:Rich Lowry
“Every time I meet the CEO of a record label I tell them how they did it in the seventies because they want to know. I tell them, "Sign a hundred people! Throw it against the wall and see which ones stick!" And they frown and say, "Oh, we can't do that!" and they start mumbling about demographics and this and that.” PeopleKnowsWantRecordsWallHundredSticksLabelsCeoSeventiesDemographicsRecord Labels Author:Tony Visconti
“This is me putting it simply; the politicians are one demographic and they see that Arizona is changing. I feel like the only instinct to retain power is to have education favor you. You have this Mexican American program that helps kids take ownership of their race and their power. It threatens the political powers that are in place.” FeelsHelpingKidsPoliticalRacePoliticianProgramInstinctFavorsOwnershipMexicanArizonaPolitical PowerDemographicsMexican AmericanThis Is Me Author:Matt de la Pena
“What amazes me is when I see people in their twenties who have families or live a life that seems of a much older person. But that's such a demographic, a socio-economic, cultural, class thing.” PeoplePersonsSeemsClassEconomicTwentiesDemographics Author:Meghan Daum
“People would stop me in the street - my demographic tends to be the elderly Jewish women from Miami; I think they tend to fancy me as someone that would've been good with their daughter or something - and a lot of them will do the wrist-slapping thing. "Oh, you're a terrible man! Just terrible!" And I'm, like, "Well, it's just a show. I'm just playing a character."” PeopleThinkingMenWellsCharacterShowsStreetsTerribleDaughterFancyElderlyWristsMiamiDemographicsSlapping Author:Peter Jacobson
“I think in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic; there's been a lot of progress recently. And I shouldn't make a definitive statement about this, but my impression is that the main impediment to progress in that regard is the number of people who are choosing to make a go of it.” PeopleThinkingArtistTermNumbersBoysProgressRegardImpressionStatementsTeenageDemographicsImpedimentsNew Artists Author:Adrian Tomine
“I think Nevada is going to really be the first true test of whether or not these candidates have particular strengths in particular demographics.” ThinkingFirstsParticularTestsCandidatesDemographicsNevada Author:Lucy Flores
“We obviously talk about immigration, but that's not the number one priority for - at least that I've seen with the Latino demographic. And we have not seen that as polling as the number one issue either.” NumbersIssuesPrioritiesImmigrationLatinoDemographicsPolling Author:Lucy Flores
“I guess I felt straight when I was allowed to get married. Now I feel queerer because I'm not. It's the only thing that's changed. I wouldn't measure it in icon status or how much my demographic has changed, but in the rage I feel, and being not equal.” FeelsFeltChangedEqualMarriedRageIconsDemographics Author:Sia Furler
“I feel like I've always had gay fans, I don't think my dating a woman has changed my demographic, but it certainly changed the way I feel about politics.” ThinkingWayFeelsFansChangedGayDatingDemographics Author:Sia Furler
“It would be kind of ill to see Rachel McAdams win an Oscar [for Spotlight] - I don't think people give her credit for her range, she started in a kind of character with younger demographic-aged films and really made a push to be taken more seriously and got a lot of opportunities and knocked it out the park. But I feel like Jennifer Jason Leigh deserves one, maybe not just for Hateful Eight but for [Anomalisa] and everything. Like, I tried to watch Adaption again, that's rough!” PeopleThinkingGivingFeelsKindMadeCharacterWould BeFilmOpportunityWinningWatchesTakenDeserveIllEightCreditRangeParksRoughBe KindOscarsHatefulJasonSpotlightDemographicsJennifer Author:Bun B
“I think people cast their votes for a number of reasons. I think if you look at your polls, you'll probably find that many, many people think that our views are closer to what they believe the future of America should be. That our views are closer on economic issues. And a lot of those polls come down to demographics, to age, to how much money you are making.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldBelieveLooksReasonAgeAmericaViewsNumbersIssuesEconomicVoteCastsPollsDemographicsEconomic IssuesFuture Of America Author:Bernie Sanders
“Public Enemy started out as a benchmark in rap music in the mid-1980s. We felt there was a need to actually progress the music and say something because we were slightly older than the demographic of rap artists at the time. It was a time of heightened rightwing politics, so the climate dictated the direction of the group.” NeedsArtistFeltEnemyProgressGroupsClimateRapDemographicsRap MusicPublic EnemiesRap Artist Author:Chuck D
“Hip-hop can be a very closed-off community. Sometimes these barriers are demographic but it can be musical, too.” SometimesCommunityMusicalHip HopHipsHopsBarriersDemographics Author:Prefuse 73
“What is the truth is that every one of my films is a film that I'd love to go see, and I think that's very important because I always think it's a mistake to make movies for other people, or to make them for a demographic, or try to second guess an audience.” PeopleThinkingTryingImportantFilmMistakeAudienceTruth IsDemographics Author:Peter Jackson
“Politics is changing and as the demographics of different constituencies change so we need to be awake to the possibility of making gains where we have not traditionally done so.” NeedsDifferentDonePossibilityGainsAwakeDemographics Author:Theresa May
“Due to the major demographic changes we have gone through in the last few years in this country, we will be a majority/minority nation and there are a large number of people who do not like that. Donald Trump has tapped into those people's fears because he comes from the extreme right wing part of the Republican Party, as does Ted Cruz. They believe that we should cut taxes to wealthy Americans and enforce anti immigrant laws. They don't believe in Education or Social Security, they would end it and change it and privatize it.” PeopleShouldYearsBelieveDoeEndsCountryLastsLawNationsSocialPartyNumbersGoneCuttingSecurityTrumpRepublicanTaxesMajorsMajorityWingsDon't BelieveExtremesDuesMinoritiesImmigrantsWealthyRepublican PartySocial SecurityRight WingLarge NumbersDemographicsCruz Author:Debbie Wasserman Schultz
“I don't really think about what people think of my music, and how they listen to it or what my demographic is.” PeopleThinkingDemographics Author:Melanie Martinez
“I think it's extremely valuable for us to be able to have a conversation in more than one dialect, speaking to more than one demographic here, finding our common ground, and having a very frank discussion about race, for one thing, which is where he is most hard-hitting, race, and the issues of human rights.” ThinkingHumansHardAbleCommonRaceIssuesRightsOne ThingConversationFindingsHuman RightsValuableDiscussionFrankHittingDemographicsCommon GroundDialect Author:Jill Stein
“The demographics are changing - and so what? Citizenship is a question of certain agreed-upon values and that is that. Do we believe that? I think at heart we do.” ThinkingBelieveHeartCertainValuesCitizenshipDemographics Author:George Saunders
“There are many issues in the global economy in general and in the western economy as well: population ageing, drop in labour productivity growth rates. This is obvious. The overall demographic situation is very complicated.” WellsGrowthSituationEconomyIssuesWesternRatePopulationObviousComplicatedProductivityLabourAgeingDemographicsGlobal Economy Author:Vladimir Putin
“This show ["This Is Mike Stud"] will have a ton of layers that people who aren't necessarily my demographic will actually really appreciate...I'm really proud.” PeopleShowsProudAppreciateLayersMikeDemographicsStudsMike Stud Author:Mike Stud
“It's important to the world to see superheroes that are spread across our demographic.” WorldImportantSpreadSuperheroDemographics Author:Adrian Younge
“Because Ajamu Baraka speaks in the language of his community, and makes no bones about it, he really invites in a whole new demographic of voters who have been locked out? - African-American and black and brown people and indigenous people? - who have felt like this system has no place for them. And he is unapologetic about standing up for the rights of the oppressed people and against colonialism and against imperialism.” PeopleHas BeensWholeSpeakLanguageFeltBlackCommunityRightsStandingBonesAfrican AmericanBrownVotersInvitesLockedColonialismOppressedImperialismIndigenousDemographicsIndigenous PeopleUnapologetic Author:Jill Stein
“Everyone is dividing based on demographic categories.” CategoriesDemographicsDividing Author:David Brooks
“Mitt Romney got 59 percent of the white vote in 2012, considered by many to be a high-water mark with this demographic group. Can [Donald] Trump win a higher share of white voters than Romney and get more of them to turn out?” TurnsWinningWaterWhiteGroupsShareTrumpHigherPercentVoteMarkVotersRomneyDemographics Author:Mara Liasson
“Part of [Japanese companies] growing and expanding around the world is ... going to help the Japanese keep their lifestyles [despite Japan's] demographics, as a declining population, and [to] make it more conducive to women to go to work, I think, is a plus.” ThinkingWorldHelpingCompanyGrowingPopulationLifestyleDespiteAround The WorldJapanPlusExpandingDemographics Author:Jamie Dimon
“There's been a lot of study of the demographics this year that could decide this election [2016] and a lot of money being spent targeting voters who could tip the vote.” YearsStudyVoteElectionVotersLots Of MoneyDemographics Author:Michel Martin
“There's a wide variety of demographics for fans of T.I. now, that you have to do something to satisfy everyone.” FansWideVarietyDemographics Author:T.I.
“Today, more people are crossing various borders in order to survive, thrive, change their lives. Even if you don't cross the border, with demographic shifts, the border sometimes crosses you.” PeopleIfsSometimesTodayOrderCrossesVariousBordersThriveCrossingsDemographics Author:Andrew Lam
“The leadership knows that you cannot solve the issues of China's future with the means of the past. The demographic consequences of the one-child policy, the build-up of the welfare state, the jobs for 7 million university graduates every year, the immense corruption: Even some Western governments would have to scramble to find solutions to such problems.” KnowsYearsMeanChildrenStatesProblemGovernmentJobsPastMillionsIssuesPolicySolutionsConsequenceWesternUniversityCorruptionChinaSolveWelfareGraduatesImmenseDemographicsWelfare State Author:Ai Weiwei
“Any time you have, you know, upwards of 90 percent of a demographic voting against somebody, that's a statement.” KnowsPercentStatementsVotingDemographics Author:Ta-Nehisi Coates
“What is certainly true is that the American people, just like the German people, just like the British and people around the world, are seeing extraordinarily rapid change. The world is shrinking, the economies have become much more integrated and demographics are shifting.” PeopleWorldEconomySeeingBritishAround The WorldChanging The WorldRapidsShiftingIntegratedDemographicsShrinkingRapid Change Author:Barack Obama
“[People] are looking for some means of control and what that means is is that the politics in all of our countries is gonna require us to manage technology and global integration and all these demographic shifts in a way that makes people feel more control, that gives them more confidence in their future.” PeopleWayGivingFeelsMeanCountryTechnologyManageOur CountryIntegrationDemographics Author:Barack Obama
“I think if you are writing something that you are trying to design for someone else to like that is not necessarily you're demographic, it is a much harder road.” IfsThinkingWritingTryingDesignHarderDemographics Author:Bryan Fuller
“I won Iowa not because the demographics dictated that I would win Iowa. It was because I spent 87 days going to every small town and fair and fish fry and BFW Hall, and there were some counties where I might have lost, but maybe I lost by 20 points instead of 50 points. There's some counties maybe I won, that people didn't expect, because people had a chance to see you and listen to you and get a sense of who you stood for and who you were fighting for.” PeopleMightFightingWinningLostChanceFairsTownsFishesHallsSmall TownCountyDemographicsIowa Author:Barack Obama
“People of all demographic categories and geographic regions will access a good digital library.” PeopleLibraryAccessDigitalRegionsCategoriesDemographics Author:Tom Peters
“The Democrat Party, particularly with demographic shifts taking, would love to get rid of the Electoral College.” PartyCollegeDemocratDemographicsElectoral College Author:Rush Limbaugh
“There are three bombs. The first one is the atomic bomb, which disintegrates reality, the second one is the digital or computer bomb, which destroys the principle of reality itself - not the actual object - and rebuilds it, and finally the third bomb is the demographic one. Some experts have found out that in five thousand years from now, the weight of the population will be heavier than the weight of the planet. That means that humanity will constitute a planet of its own!” YearsFirstsMeanRealityHumanityThreeFoundPrinciplesFiveObjectsPlanetsThousandComputerThirdsWeightPopulationExpertsBombsDigitalThousand YearsDemographicsAtomic Bomb Author:Paul Virilio
“Tom Perez is really bringing in the labor aspect of the Democratic Party, a group of voters that need to get back, also Latinos. You know, he is the first Latino DNC chair in the history of Democratic Party, a growing demographic that really over performed last time.” KnowsNeedsFirstsLastsPartyGrowingGroupsAspectLaborDemocraticChairsGet BackVotersTomsLast TimeDemocratic PartyLatinoDemographics Author:Ruben Gallego
“I think it's not an easy task because there's not enough Latino writers that are being given opportunities to write things - and I say this because I've been given a lot of bilingual movies in the past because of my career in Mexico, and they're like, "Oh, it's going to make sense for her to do this." A lot of studios want to hit that demographic, but they sort of do it without starting in the right way, which is having someone who knows the culture, and enjoys the language as well, to be able to write these things.” ThinkingKnowsWayWantWritingWellsEnoughAblePastCultureOpportunityLanguageGivenEasyEnjoyCareersTasksStartingStudiosMake SenseMexicoRight WayLatinoDemographicsEasy TasksGiven Opportunity Author:Karla Souza
“I knew that [director/screenwriter] Catalina Aguilar Mastretta had an amazing take on the female psyche and the modern woman and the modern immigrant woman living in the U.S., and I really saw the need for a story told of our daily lives without being a statistic and without just trying to hit a demographic, and I felt that with this one.” NeedsTryingStoriesFeltSawsModernDirectorsFemaleImmigrantsDaily LifeScreenwritersDemographicsModern Woman Author:Karla Souza
“Most of Trump's support is not the conservative base. It's all over the spectrum. He's got support from women, Hispanics, blue-collar Democrats, the old Reagan Democrats. The demographic support that Trump has is what the Republican Party claims it wants. Meanwhile, the Republican Party is running around saying they want to win the nomination without the conservative base, without the pro-lifers, without the social issues crowd. Well, that's Trump.” WantWellsRunningWinningSocialPartySupportIssuesTrumpRepublicanClaimsBlueDemocratConservativeCrowdsWant MeRepublican PartySocial IssuesSpectrumCollarsDemographicsNominationsBlue Collar Author:Rush Limbaugh
“New York has become almost a third-world country. When I was growing up it was mostly a Euro-American country. And it wasn't until LaGuardia was elected in 1933 that Italians were even considered Americans. We're at a great transition point in terms of population, demographics, and what it means to be a human being.” WorldHumansMeanCountryTermHuman BeingsGrowing UpGrowingNew YorkThirdsPopulationTransitionThird WorldEuroDemographicsThird World Countries Author:Grace Lee Boggs
“Mr. Cain would structurally change the voting demographic. There would be more black economic conservatives, and the Democrats would lose their stranglehold on the black vote.” Would BeBlackLosesEconomicVoteDemocratVotingDemographicsCain Author:Alveda King
“America's demographic shift was obvious to everyone in the 2010 Census - but Republicans stubbornly rejected math, facts, and polls to their electoral peril. While Republicans tailored their platform by and for the pale stale and male, among us, Obama and Democrats are embracing America's diverse mosaic.” FactsAmericaRepublicanDemocratMalesObviousMathPlatformsDiversePaleRejectedPollsPerilDemographicsStaleMosaicsCensusTailoredElectoral Process Author:Christine Pelosi
“Obama's coalition would have consigned him to the political margins as little as 12 years ago, but the nation's demographic changes are moving far more quickly than most Republicans anticipated.” YearsLittlesMovingPoliticalNationsRepublicanYears AgoMarginsCoalitionsDemographics Author:John Podhoretz
“There are a lot of magazines that are still sort of... that only cater to a certain demographic and only put certain people on their covers.” PeopleStillsCertainMagazinesDemographics Author:Zoe Saldana
“There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true.” IfsDoneHappinessTurnsDetermineConnectedBeing TrueIrelandSurveysDemographics Author:Fiona Shaw
“I remember auditioning for record labels and having them tell me, 'Well, the country-radio demographic is the thirty-five-year-old female housewife. Give us a song that relates to the thirty-five-year-old female, and we'll talk.'” GivingYearsWellsCountryRememberSongRecordsFiveFemaleRadioLabelsRelateThirtyFive YearsHousewifeDemographicsFive Year OldsRecord Labels Author:Taylor Swift