“A lot of native culture has been destroyed. So you already feel lost inside your culture. And then you add up feeling lost and insignificant inside the larger culture. So you end up feeling lost squared. And to never be recognized, to never have any power, you know, other minority communities actually have a lot of economic, cultural power.” KnowsFeelsHas BeensEndsFeelingsCultureLostCommunityEconomicAddDestroyedNativeMinoritiesInsignificantFeeling Lost Author:Sherman Alexie
“Yesterday, President-elect Barack Obama announced his new economic team. You know what he should do? Hire those people who were in charge of his fundraising campaign. We can pay this thing off in like a week.” PeopleKnowsShouldPresidentPayWeekTeamEconomicCampaignsYesterdayBarackFundraising Author:Jay Leno
“Naturally the smart thing to do to solve your economic woes is to demonize the Democrats. And of course, Sarah Palin is more than happy to oblige. She's been saying that Obama hangs out with terrorists. And you know, I think the evangelical lady who's in a video getting blessed by a witch doctor, who's married to a secessionist, and can't name a newspaper -- she's right, Obama is scary.” ThinkingKnowsCoursesNamesEconomicMarriedSmartDoctorsBlessedDemocratScarySolveTerroristNewspapersVideoThings To DoHanging OutWitchWoeDoctor WhoEvangelicalPalinWitch Doctors Author:Bill Maher
“Three hundred men, all of whom know one another, direct the economic destiny of Europe and choose their successors from among themselves.” KnowsMenThreeDestinyEconomicHundredEuropeDirectNew World OrderWorld OrderSuccessors Author:Walther Rathenau
“Love was not something that people married for generally in those days. They married for security. They married for economic reasons, you know, companionship - but not love.” PeopleKnowsReasonEconomicSecurityMarriedCompanionship Author:Sheldon Harnick
“These events are swirling around them. In the white community, people felt like they had no control over their neighborhoods, their destiny. In the black community, centuries of government and economic forces were pushing on them. I went in with a kind of arrogance, maybe, that came from living in a very intellectual family, and I left knowing that there was a lot about the way people lived that I didn't know about.” PeopleKnowsWayKindGovernmentLeftForceFeltBlackCommunityWhiteDestinyKnowingEconomicCenturyEventsIntellectualArroganceNeighborhoodPushingBlack CommunityPushing On Author:Sara Paretsky
“When I tell people I was in the St. Justin Martyr parish, if they are native Chicagoans they know exactly where I was and what that was like. The Sunday before this particular march, the archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Cody, had required all of his pastors to read a letter in support of open housing and economic justice in every parish in the city.” PeopleIfsKnowsJusticeCitiesSupportEconomicParticularLettersNativeSundayMarchChicagoPastorHousingMartyrCardinalsJustinParishEconomic Justice Author:Sara Paretsky
“Jews know the Palestinians. And they know they're not really different. And they know they are from the same background. And they know if they coordinated that they could be an economic success and a real basis for a rebirth in the Middle East.” IfsKnowsDifferentRealEconomicMiddleBasesJewEastBackgroundsMiddle EastPalestinianRebirthEconomic Success Author:Russ Feingold
“We've got to be prepared to stop these guys if they ever try to use their economic power once again, to hurt the economy, and to hurt so many Americans. And my plan, Paul Krugman, Barney Frank, a lot of experts who understand what the new challenges might be, have said I am exactly on point, and the Wall Street guys actually know that.” IfsKnowsTryingSaidUseMightGuyChallengesHurtEconomyPlansEconomicStreetsWallPreparedExpertsFrankBe PreparedNew ChallengesEconomic Power Author:Hillary Clinton
“She [Hillary Clinton] knows the people well. I think there is - you know, also talking about breaking down barriers and talking about that, whether we`re talking about that in economic terms. I mean, she`s the only person who has been out there talking about white privilege and talking about sort of the intersectionality of some of these issues.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWellsMeanPersonsHas BeensTermWhiteTalkingIssuesEconomicClintonPrivilegeBarriersBreaking DownWhite PrivilegeIntersectionalityBreaking Down Barriers Author:Killer Mike
“When someone comes to me seeking help I want to learn everything I can about them. I'm interested in their physical, emotional, interpersonal, social, sexual, economic, and spiritual aspects of their well-being. I want to know about their hopes and dreams as well as their stresses, fears, and challenges.” KnowsWantWellsI CanHelpingDreamSpiritualSocialChallengesEconomicEmotionalAspectStressSeekingWell BeingHopes And DreamsInterpersonalSeeking Help Author:Jed Diamond
“We know taxes slow down economic growth, so if you add a carbon tax you have to also minus other taxes. You can't take more money out of people's pockets. I don't think you can build a consensus in this country about environmental policy if you're going to make people poor.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsCountryGrowthPoorEconomicPolicyTaxesAddEnvironmentalPocketsMore MoneyCarbonSlow DownConsensusEconomic GrowthMinusEnvironmental PolicyCarbon Tax Author:Christy Clark
“Once in a while you get people that maybe because of economic reasons, or have a social network, they get attracted. But it's a very tiny percent so that when we look at, you know, who are pastors and who are the head clergy of these congregations, they're overwhelmingly white, just a few African Americans, and those folks are usually called to what were formerly white congregations, or they started interracial church from the get-go.” PeopleKnowsLooksReasonSocialChurchWhiteEconomicPercentFolksTinyAfrican AmericanPastorSocial NetworkCongregationClergy Author:Michael Emerson
“It is like using a smoke screen, the same thing for an individual. The topic here is Islam. If French politicians are no longer talking about Islam, they know they will have to talk about something else, which brings the spotlight on their inefficiency. They will have to talk about domestic social and economic issues and they will have to justify their foreign policy, which is obviously something they need to avoid at all costs.” IfsKnowsNeedsIndividualSocialTalkingIssuesEconomicPolicyPoliticianCostIslamScreensSmokeJustifyForeign PolicyTopicsSpotlightInefficiencyEconomic Issues Author:Tariq Ramadan
“What I know is that if you put the right policies in place that will lead to economic growth, society will be better.” IfsKnowsGrowthEconomicPolicyEconomic Growth Author:Anthony Scaramucci
“She [Carolyn Maloney] knows the financial issues, that's why we thought she was perfect because we're in a - we're in, as you know, a financial crisis, an economic crisis, and I know that she'll see the whole picture.” KnowsWholePerfectIssuesEconomicCrisisFinancialFinancial CrisisEconomic CrisisWhole Picture Author:Eleanor Smeal
“You can see signs of a roaring economy. You can sense economic growth. You know it's happening. You're part of it. It is affecting you. Seventy-five percent of Americans think the government is corrupt.” ThinkingKnowsGovernmentGrowthEconomyFiveEconomicHappeningsPercentSeventiesEconomic GrowthRoaring Author:Rush Limbaugh
“One independent expert - actually, the economist who advised John McCain in 2008, so, you know, not somebody that has any predisposition toward our side - but this economist did a study. He said under [Donald] Trump's economic plans, we would lose in America 3 and a half million jobs.” KnowsSaidJobsAmericaSidesLosesHalfMillionsStudyPlansEconomicTrumpIndependentExpertsEconomistMccain Author:Hillary Clinton
“I come from a family of conservation activists, and so I've had a strong connection to nature all my life. My father has been a leader within the movement for over thirty years and has taught most of what I know about environmental conservation. While he would always take me hiking, camping, and rafting, he also taught me that the spiritual value of the outdoors alone is not enough to save nature against economic interests.” KnowsYearsHas BeensEnoughSpiritualValuesFatherStrongInterestLeaderEconomicMovementTaughtConnectionsEnvironmentalThirtyActivistTake MeHikingConservationThirty YearsCampingSpiritual ValuesSave NatureRaftingStrong Connection Author:Edward Norton