“I never in a million years thought I would be starring in Hairspray, ever. Because if you think about my past, it's been 30 years of playing a macho leading man, so when I was offered it, I said: "Why? Why me? What have I done to deserve that you think I should do this?" After much convincing, over a year and two months, I was convinced they wanted to make a great movie.” IfsThinkingMenShouldYearsSaidTwoDoneWould BeWantedPastMillionsMonthsDeserveConvincedConvincingMy PastTwo MonthsMachoWhy MeHairspray Author:John Travolta
“With an agenda dominated by global security and U.N. reform, it appears that the decisions needed to lift millions of people from abject poverty are not being given the prominence they deserve.” PeopleGivenDecisionPovertyMillionsSecurityNeededDeserveReformLiftsAgendasProminence Author:Kumi Naidoo
“The general election of 1983 has produced one important result that has passed virtually without comment in the media. It is that, for the first time since 1945, a political party with an openly socialist policy has received the support of over eight and a half million people. This is a remarkable development by any standards and it deserves some analysis ... the 1983 Labour manifesto commanded the loyalty of millions of voters and a democratic socialist bridge-head in public understanding and support can be made.” PeopleFirstsMadeImportantPoliticalUnderstandingResultsPartyHalfMillionsSupportMediaPolicyDevelopmentStandardsDeserveFirst TimeElectionDemocraticEightLoyaltyBridgesAnalysisLabourRemarkableVotersCommentSocialistPolitical PartiesManifestosGeneral Elections Author:Tony Benn
“The fact that other countries spy on their own people or spy on each other does not address the fact that the US is engaged in massive, bulk collection to the tune of 70.3 million telecommunications a month in France of perfectly innocent people. That has nothing to do with protecting the United States, and has nothing to do with really gathering any kind of meaningful intelligence on France. It is an overreach ... and I think the other countries are justifiably outraged .... As one of our founders said: Those who choose between liberty and security deserve neither.” PeopleThinkingKindDoeSaidCountryStatesFactsUnitedLibertyMillionsUnited StatesSecurityMonthsDeserveMeaningfulInnocentFranceEngagedCollectionsAddressesTunesMassiveOther CountriesFoundersGatheringSpyOutragedTelecommunications Author:Jesselyn Radack
“There are 11 million people living in the shadows. I believe they deserve to come out of the shadows. The children who are brought here when they were children, they deserve that kind of consideration as well.” PeopleBelieveWellsKindChildrenI BelieveMillionsShadowDeserveConsideration Author:John McCain
“40 million Russians are convinced that I am a scoundrel, a thief, a criminal or a CIA agent, who deserves to be shot, hanged or drawn and quartered.” MillionsShotsDeserveConvincedCriminalsAgentsThievesCiaScoundrelsCia Agents Author:Anatoly Chubais
“Fish deserve to be caught for they are lazy. Two million years of evolution and they still haven't got out of the water.” YearsStillsTwoWaterMillionsHavensEvolutionDeserveCaughtFishesLazy Author:Simon Munnery
“God forbid that Americans earning, say, more than $1 million a year be asked to pony up a little more in taxes to support a larger military at a time when, we are told over and over, the country is in the middle of a war on terror. Millionaires can't be asked to sacrifice even just a little bit. No, they deserve to have their taxes cut while others fight and die.” YearsLittlesWarCountryDiesFightingBitsMillionsSupportCuttingSacrificeMiddleMilitaryTaxesLittle BitDeserveTerrorEarningMillionaireWar On TerrorTax CutsPonies Author:E. J. Dionne
“We are living in the richest country in the history of the world, yet we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country and millions of people are struggling to put food on the table. It is my absolute conviction that everyone in this country deserves a minimum standard of living and we've got to go forward in the fight to make that happen.” PeopleWorldCountryHappensFightingPovertyMillionsStruggleChildhoodMajorsHighestStandardsDeserveAbsolutesTablesRateConvictionMinimumWorld HistoryStandards Of Living Author:Bernie Sanders
“I once was poor myself. I worked to get where I am today and I've worked hard to spend $100,000 a year on my clothes and I've worked hard to earn $3 million a year. I deserve what I get because I worked for it.” YearsHardTodayPoorMillionsClothesDeserve Author:Liberace
“Believe me, when people say, 'We want to pay you X-million to do this movie,' I won't be the girl who hangs back saying, 'Oh, I really don't deserve it,' I'll be, 'Un-hunh, hand it right over.'” PeopleWantBelieveHandsGirlPayMillionsDeserveBelieve In Me Author:Sharon Stone
“If you come face to face with some really challenging situations and tragic circumstances - you are going in there with a purpose. You are not going in there as a tourist. You're not going there just to merely observe. You have a purpose, and your purpose is to tell that story, to share that story for the bigger benefit of millions of other people. Your purpose is to create that bridge so you can give that story the dignity and the focus that it deserves, and you can become a part of the amplification that needs to be there.” PeopleIfsNeedsGivingStoriesFacesPurposeChallengesSituationMillionsFocusShareCircumstancesBenefitsDeserveDignityBiggerBridgesTragicFace To FaceTouristsAmplificationChallenging Situations Author:Annie Lennox
“I believe that teachers committed to the community are the ones who deserve to earn the top dollar, a starting salary of a quarter million dollars a year.” YearsBelieveI BelieveCommunityMillionsTeacherDeserveDollarsStartingCommittedQuartersSalaryMillion Dollars Author:Michael Clarke Duncan
“We all have regrets, Urian. Nothing that lives is immune from that nasty emotion. (Acheron) So what? You want me to go kiss and make up? (Urian) Hardly. But I want you to set aside your own hurt and anger to see clearly for a minute. This isn’t about you and your father anymore than it’s about me and Nick hating each other over something we can’t change. This is about saving the lives of a million innocent people. People like Phoebe who don’t deserve to be hunted and killed. If I can stand at the side of my enemies for the greater good, so can you. (Acheron)” PeopleIfsWantI CanLife IsHateFatherSidesHurtEmotionEnemyMillionsGreaterMinutesRegretKissingDeserveWhat You WantInnocentSavingWant MeI Want YouNastyImmuneCan't ChangeYou Want MeHuntedGreater Good Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
“The noblest calling in the world is motherhood. True motherhood is the most beautiful of all arts, the greatest of all professions. She who can paint a masterpiece, or who can write a book that will influence millions, deserve the plaudits and admiration of mankind; but she who rears successfully a family of healthy, beautiful sons and daughters whose immortal souls will exert influence throughout the ages long after paintings shall have faded, and books and statues shall have decayed or been destroyed, deserves the highest honor that man can give, and the choicest blessings of God.” MenWorldGivingWritingLongArtBookSoulAgeBeautifulMillionsInfluenceMankindPaintingSonHonorCallingHealthyBlessingHighestDaughterDeservePaintMotherhoodProfessionDestroyedImmortalAdmirationMasterpieceStatuesFadedSon And DaughterImmortal Soul Author:David O. McKay
“Say it to them. Or say it to yourself in the mirror. Say it in a letter you'll never send or in a book millions might read someday. I think you deserve to look back on your life without a chorus of resounding voices saying 'I could've, but it's too late now.'” ThinkingLooksBookMightVoiceMillionsLateDeserveLettersMirrorsToo LateSomedayChorus Author:Taylor Swift
“It is my vision that we all will dedicate the next decade to achieve universal literacy and education for all children, especially for girls. More than 145 million of the world's children are deprived of education due to poverty, exploitation, slavery, gender discrimination, religious extremism, and corrupt governments. May Three Cups of Tea be a catalyst to bring the gift of literacy to each of those children who deserves a chance to go to school.” WorldMayChildrenGovernmentSchoolGirlThreeNextReligiousChanceEducationVisionPovertyMillionsAchieveDeserveUniversalSlaveryEducationalGenderDuesDecadesDiscriminationCupsTeaExploitationLiteracyDeprivedExtremismCatalystReligious ExtremismCups Of TeaEducation For AllCorrupt GovernmentGender DiscriminationThree Cups Of Tea Author:Greg Mortenson
“As a new mother, I want to give my children the best start in life but millions of children affected with AIDS don't live with such certainty. We can all do something to give them a future worth living for. We can make a difference in a child's life by joining with UNICEF to ensure that mothers and children are given the treatment that they deserve, in order to live a life free from HIV and AIDS.” WantGivingChildrenMotherOrderGivenDifferencesMillionsDeserveAidsCertaintyMy ChildrenMaking A DifferenceTreatmentAffectedWorth LivingHivJoiningMother And ChildUnicefNew Mother Author:Claudia Schiffer