“When you travel from your own country to another country for a long period, you do become aware of the differences. For example, verbal expression is much more important in France - in Finland people don't speak so much. Also, Finnish people say things directly; that kind of direct honesty would be very impolite in France.” PeopleKindLongImportantCountryWould BeSpeakDifferencesHonestyExampleExpressionPeriodsDirectFranceFinnishFinland Author:Kaija Saariaho
“Black culture is very difficult to explain to people who don't have any direct contact with it.” PeopleCultureDifficultBlackDirectContactBlack Culture Author:Jess Row
“I think I would have been a lot more miserable and discovered a lot less of things I liked if I hadn't had LiveJournal in high school. I think it's interesting how blogging seems to be shaping a new generation of writers. I feel like growing up with the Internet/blogging/other structures seems to be a reason for the similarities people see in Tao Lin's writing and other young writers, rather than direct.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsWritingHas BeensReasonSeemsSchoolYoungInterestingGrowing UpGrowingGenerationsInternetHigh SchoolDirectStructureMiserableTaoSimilarityBloggingNew GenerationYoung Writers Author:Marie Calloway
“People differ in where they direct their empathy and their compassion. Many people are intensely concerned about the suffering of non-human animals, and some do not care at all. There are cultural differences.” PeopleHumansCareSufferingDifferencesAnimalCompassionEmpathyConcernedDirectHuman AnimalCultural Differences Author:Paul Bloom
“It wasn't a direct route. I began as a freelance reporter. That's an important distinction, because people who rise through the ranks of The New York Times become vetted, conditioned, harassed, and shaped by the institution. That never happened to me.” PeopleImportantHappenedNew YorkDirectInstitutionsDistinctionReportersRoutesNew York Times Author:Chris Hedges
“My links with [Mahatma] Gandhi now are very political links because I do not believe there is any other politics available to us in the late twentieth century, a period of a totalitarianism linked with the market. There is really no other way you can do politics and create freedom for people without the kinds of instruments he revived. Civil disobedience is a way to create permanent democracy, perennial democracy, a direct democracy.” PeopleWayBelieveKindPoliticalCan DoDemocracyCenturyPeriodsLateDirectInstrumentsAvailablePermanentLinksLinkedTwentieth CenturyTotalitarianismDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceDirect Democracy Author:Vandana Shiva
“I think the fact that father is running now as opposed to in 2012 where he didn't that he's had enough faith in myself and my siblings to be able to run the company.We've got tens of thousands of people that are under his direct employ. Those people, he wouldn't leave a company and leave those people and their lives and everything they've put into it at risk if he didn't think there was competent leadership to take over after him.” PeopleIfsThinkingEnoughFactsRunningAbleFatherCompanyRiskDirectSiblingCompetentHad EnoughMy Siblings Author:Sean Hannity
“My works are a direct response to the typical space opera. I grew tired of always reading about how the people with power, with agency, get involved in huge sweeping arcs of stories. I wanted stories that dealt with real people, people I could relate to.” PeopleRealStoriesWantedReadingSpaceHugeGrewInvolvedDirectTiredResponseRelateAgencyOperaTypicalGet InvolvedArcsSweeping Author:Nathan Lowell
“I am kind of like the guide, the leader of this discussion. It could be from me, it could be from other people, it could be a mixture. It's a real sort of guild. I lead it and direct it and inspire it.” PeopleKindRealLeaderInspireDirectGuidesDiscussionMixturesGuilds Author:Rei Kawakubo
“When we started, I was delivering meals to people in Atlanta. We were a direct-care organization. And it was - people needed meals, they needed transport, they needed medication, they needed buddy systems. They had a death sentence. There was AZT, and that was just prolonging the agony, basically. Now people, of course, if they are on antiretrovirals, they face a lifetime of health, basically. I mean, it doesn't - it's I would say in the 99 percent certainty bracket that if you are on that medication, you will have a healthy life.” PeopleIfsMeanCareFacesCoursesNeededHealthyPercentDirectOrganizationLifetimeSentencesCertaintyMealsAgonyBuddyTransportMedicationDeliveringHealthy LifeAtlantaDeath SentenceBracketsProlonging Author:Elton John
“I am very direct, to the point that I think I might make people uncomfortable! I do not know how not to be direct. I don't think there's time to waste.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMightKnow HowWasteDirectUncomfortable Author:Freida Pinto
“A lot of the people that I play with are electronic-based, so there isn't a direct physical analogue between what they're doing and the sound you're hearing.” PeoplePlaySoundDirectHearingAnalogue Author:Z'EV
“Saying that you've got acoustic instruments and that's traditional and so people will think it's more intimate, that will always be the case. It's a more intimate sound, so it's going to sound more direct whatever you're singing about.” PeopleThinkingSoundCasesSingingDirectInstrumentsTraditionalIntimateAcoustics Author:Alison Goldfrapp
“I think it's too easy to just say that there is a direct and necessary conflict between black identity and gay identity. I think it's more nuanced than that simply because I think black is a color and then people layer on top of it all kinds of socio-cultural elements.” PeopleThinkingKindEasyBlackIdentityColorGayConflictElementsDirectAll KindsLayers Author:John Amaechi
“I think there's a danger that some people look at the success of my first movie as a fluke. So I want to make sure that my second film is an even bigger success. Then if I direct my third movie and it's terrible, it'll be okay.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantFirstsLooksFilmDangerTerribleDirectOkayThirdsBiggerFlukes Author:Paul Reubens
“The way that things happen in Egypt, the government - or the head of the government - don't get personally involved. They were always goonies and agents and people who do that kind of work for the government either by direct instructions or because they think that they're doing something good or they want to be on the good side of the government.” PeopleThinkingWayWantKindGovernmentHappensSidesInvolvedDirectThings HappenAgentsInstructionEgypt Author:Bassem Youssef
“I kind of don't believe in actors directing themselves. Obviously some people have done it well, but I don't see how I could. It's funny that you ask, because I've just been thinking that maybe I'd rather direct The Bell Jar than act in it. It's a huge leap to go from a short to a feature, so I'm tentative - I'm like, Well, that's just so triple-type-A personality of you.” PeopleThinkingBelieveWellsKindDoneActorsAsksHugeTypePersonalityDirectDon't BelieveFeaturesLeapBellsJarsBell Jar Author:Julia Stiles
“What I am trying to say is that it is not without any value. The value of copies is that they can direct us towards the original. I was recently at the Louvre Museum and I was filming people who were viewing the Mona Lisa. I noticed the number of ordinary people, astonished, mouths agape, standing still for long stretches looking at the work, and I wondered, "Where does this come from? Are these people all art connoisseurs?" They are like me; through the years, we've seen this work in our schoolbooks or art history books, but when we stand before the original, we hold our breath.” PeopleTryingYearsLongDoeArtStillsBookValuesNumbersOrdinaryMouthsStandingDirectBreathsOriginalsLike MeCopiesMuseumsOrdinary PeopleThrough The YearsArt HistoryHistory BooksStanding StillMona LisaConnoisseurAgapeLouvre Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“I cannot accept concepts such as Gülenism or Gülenist. I was only a writer and an official preacher among people. I can have no direct influence on any person or activity. It is inconceivable that I can exert pressure on anybody.” PeoplePersonsI CanAcceptingInfluenceActivityConceptsDirectPressureOfficialsPreacher Author:Fethullah Gulen
“Donald Trump foreign policy speech got good reviews, and it says we're going to defeat the people who are direct threats to us, but we're going to be a lot more cautious about getting involved in long-term, Wilsonian adventures.” PeopleLongTermPolicyAdventureTrumpInvolvedSpeechDirectThreatDefeatLong TermReviewsForeign PolicyCautious Author:Jeff Sessions
“Most people in the world of comedy at least are multi-hyphenates, so people who direct are also writers.” PeopleWorldComedyDirect Author:Judd Apatow
“I hear, more than ever, people actively searching for women to direct, actively wanting to finance women's films, which is not to say it is easy, but I think it's been a great instance of how journalism has put pressure on business to be more fair between genders.” PeopleThinkingFilmEasyFairsDirectPressureGenderFinanceInstanceJournalism Author:Natalie Portman
“Now I write often. I decided that I need to write for myself - I can't really direct other people's material.” PeopleNeedsWritingI CanMaterialsDirectDecided Author:Brady Corbet
“In my own experience of male and female directors, people have a much, much harder time taking a direct command from a woman. It's somehow very difficult for people.” PeopleDifficultMy OwnDirectorsFemaleDirectHarderMalesCommand Author:Meryl Streep
“This problem [of historical opportunities] compounds itself by limiting the number of people in the pipeline to attain the experience to do larger movies or get jobs so they can familiarize themselves with a studio head and get the opportunity to deliver and impress - or maybe direct a smaller movie. It will take a considerable amount of time to rectify. It's very difficult because it starts at the top.” PeopleProblemJobsOpportunityDifficultNumbersAmountDirectHistoricalStudiosImpressCompoundsPipelineRectify Author:Joe Robert Cole
“Leadership is helping yourself and other people achieve goals. The ability to direct your life to get the results you want is leadership.” PeopleWantHelpingGoalAbilityResultsAchieveBasketballDirectHelp YourselfAchieving Goals Author:Cass Elliot
“Contemporary technology could be used to eliminate ownership and management of corporations. It could be used to provide - lets say Apple computers. In principle information technology could be used to provide direct information to the work force on the ground so that they could democratically decide what the company would do, eliminating the role of management. It could be used for that. People aren't developing technology for that purpose.” PeopleUsedPurposeForceCompanyPrinciplesRolesTechnologyInformationComputerDirectManagementContemporaryDevelopingCorporationsApplesOwnershipInformation TechnologyEliminating Author:Noam Chomsky
“I think we need to do much more with our tech companies to prevent ISIS and their operatives from being able to use the Internet to radicalize, even direct people in America and Europe and elsewhere.” PeopleThinkingNeedsUseAbleAmericaCompanyInternetEuropeDirectElsewhereIsis Author:Hillary Clinton
“You can't really feel the direct change from one president to another versus people closer to you in local elections.” PeopleFeelsPresidentDirectElectionLocalsVersus Author:Eric Andre
“People don't truly respond to something until they see the direct consequences.” PeopleConsequenceDirect Author:Moby
“America is not a democracy. I think if your kids understood that - and most people don't. We are a representative republic. We're not a direct democracy.” PeopleIfsThinkingKidsAmericaDemocracyUnderstoodDirectRepublicRepresentativesDirect Democracy Author:Rush Limbaugh
“As I said, this [repercussions] may take different forms : direct and indirect. Direct when people want to retaliate, or governments. Indirect when you're going to have instability and the spread of terrorism all over the region that will influence the west directly.” PeopleWantMaySaidDifferentGovernmentFormInfluenceDirectWestSpreadTerrorismRegionsInstabilityRepercussionsIndirectDirect And Indirect Author:Bashar al-Assad
“Because of the internet and communications, the clash of cultures is much more direct. People feel, I think, less certain about their identity, less certain about economic security.” PeopleThinkingFeelsCertainCultureEconomicSecurityIdentityCommunicationInternetDirectClashEconomic Security Author:Barack Obama
“I started working on how I would direct this a year before we started shooting "All We Had" and I was prepping, acting, and directing sort of at the same time. I knew that I didn't want to hold people up on set.” PeopleWantYearsActingDirectShootingOld People Author:Katie Holmes
“There was a direct jobs program from the Rooselvelt administration in the 1930s. The Justice Department has set up a task force to investigate the banks and the mortgage crisis but that's a little too late. Whenever they report they will report the obvious. It will be too late to impact the people who need the help the most.” PeopleNeedsLittlesHelpingJobsForceJusticeLateProgramTasksDirectCrisisImpactObviousAdministrationDepartmentReportsToo LateMortgage1930sTask ForcesMortgage Crisis Author:Jesse Jackson
“Hillary Clinton has shown no indication whatsoever of stemming the tide of Islamic immigration, or stopping our mollycoddling, and pandering to Islam. These things are direct threats. Not just to culture, but to the lives of gay people in America.” PeopleAmericaCultureGayDirectThreatClintonIslamImmigrationIslamicTidesStoppingIndicationGay People Author:Milo Yiannopoulos
“Most people know my music based on the singles, and think of it as scandalously romantic. There's definitely a romantic vibe, but I often sing things that are very direct. I don't beat around the bush much.” PeopleThinkingKnowsBeatsDirectSingles Author:Miguel
“People are not afraid to be very direct with police. And I think that's part of the problem is that people are angry at the cops and then the cops are stressed out and they, you know, pay it backwards, so to speak.” PeopleThinkingKnowsProblemSpeakPayDirectPoliceAngryNot AfraidCopBackwardsStressedHey YouStressed Out Author:Jeff Ross
“There are four different kinds of power in a communication: position power (the CEO talking to her direct reports), emotion power (passion sometimes rules the day), expertise (people often listen to the most knowledgeable person in the room), and conversational power (the subtlest, this is the ability to direct the conversation through body language).” PeopleKindPersonsDifferentSometimesBodyPassionLanguageAbilityRoomsEmotionTalkingFourPositionCommunicationConversationDirectReportsDifferent KindsCeoExpertiseKnowledgeableBody LanguageKnowledgeable Person Author:Nick Morgan
“The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous. We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world; the prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States; we do a trillion dollars in trade among the three countries; more than 18,000 American companies are involved in foreign direct investment in Mexico and Canada; an increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.” PeopleWorldCountryStatesJobsThreeEnergyUnitedNumbersHalfCompanySituationUnited StatesInvolvedCreatingDirectIndependenceTradeDollarsInvestmentPopulationEnvyBillionsEnormousPeacefulBordersCanadaFriendlyMexicoMexicanWithin ReachGeopoliticalCreating JobsEnergy IndependenceCanada And The United States Author:Alan Bersin
“Trump doesn't need to spend a dime to get his message out. Trump doesn't have to run an ad. Trump doesn't have to run a series. He doesn't have to pay people to show up. He doesn't have to buy TV advertising, because he gets more coverage than the combined advertising the rest of the Republicans could buy. And aside from the overwhelming, significant upset that is, the very fact of all that ticks them off. Donald Trump has direct access to his supporters. And you know who gives it to him? The media.” PeopleKnowsNeedsGivingFactsShowsRunningPayMediaTvsTrumpRepublicanMessagesDirectSeriesAccessSignificantAdvertisingUpsetOverwhelmingAdsSupporterCoverageDimesTick Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think it's pretty classic if you look at the way entertainment reflects the country's status. There was a reason in the '50s when communism was bubbling that there were a million zombie movies. Because that is the direct allocation. So for the last two years we've been hearing, "Make America great again." People go, "Well, America was never great." What do you mean? What you mean is that they want to look back in history. And so I think it's only natural for entertainment to reflect that.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantYearsWellsLooksMeanTwoCountryReasonLastsAmericaNaturalMillionsDirectEntertainmentHearingCommunismClassicTwo YearsZombieAllocationZombie Movie Author:Adam Pally
“I was perhaps one of the few people that were not part of [Pablo Escobar] group of yes-men because I was not a direct beneficiary of the violence that his actions generated.” PeopleMenActionViolenceGroupsDirectBeneficiariesPablo Escobar Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“There is also evidence that the people close - that people close to the [Donald] Trump campaign had advanced notice of WikiLeaks actions and may have had direct contact with WikiLeaks itself while they were releasing those documents from the Democratic Party, from the [Hillary] Clinton campaign.” PeopleMayActionPartyTrumpEvidenceDirectDemocraticClintonCampaignsContactDocumentsDemocratic PartyWikileaks Author:Rachel Maddow
“Cuba is not like bourgeois democracy the ones that imposes the blockade to make Cuba change. We have direct elections. Here they put people on a list and then tell the people supposedly what they have done so they can be elected. That is the difference and why we say our democracy is truly participatory and popular.” PeopleDoneDifferencesDemocracyDirectElectionListsCubaBourgeoisBlockades Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“On the one hand information is moving quick or the way in which people consume information is changing so fast. Clearly this worked for [Donald Trump], and it gives him a direct connection to a lot of the people that voted for him.” PeopleWayGivingHandsMovingInformationTrumpDirectConnections Author:Barack Obama
“This is something which I think I have been able to communicate to both people I have taught and people that have purchased our work since that time, that they all say, it's so nice to have these pots with us all the time and to eat out of them and be in direct contact with them in our homes.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensHomeAbleNiceTaughtDirectCommunicateContactPot Author:Warren MacKenzie
“Remember, this is back in the '40s, and the idea of a museum being a place where interested people could come in direct contact with works hadn't arrived on the scene yet. That, I think, I first ran into at the Freer Gallery in Washington, D.C., where a man named Marty [Martin] Amt decided that he really felt his job - part of his job, as an assistant [to the] director was to make the collection available to interested people.” PeopleThinkingMenFirstsIdeasJobsRememberFeltSceneDirectorsDirectDecidedAvailableContactRanCollectionsMuseumsGalleryAssistantsMarty Author:Warren MacKenzie
“I'm not interested in, and not capable of, direct politics. What I can do - I try to figure out the underlying principles. I'm interested in the psychological forces that divide Indian people as a nation.” PeopleTryingI CanForceNationsCan DoPrinciplesFiguresCapableDirectPsychologicalIndianDividesNot Interested Author:Sarnath Banerjee
“With acting, if a friend asked me to be in a movie or TV show, there's a lot of things on my résumé I did without reading them or knowing what they were. I just said I'd do that because a friend wrote it, directed, produced, acted in it. With directing, I'm sticking to my guns, not that a lot of people are begging me to direct.” PeopleIfsSaidShowsReadingActingKnowingTvsGunDirectTv ShowsBegging Author:Bob Odenkirk