“I have taken on virtually every element of the big money establishment, whether it's the Koch brothers, and the big energy companies, whether it's the industrial complex, whether it's Wall Street... I have taken on the drug companies. I have taken on the insurance companies.” BigsEnergyCompanyTakenStreetsBrotherWallDrugElementsComplexesEstablishmentInsurance CompaniesDrug Companies Author:Bernie Sanders
“I don't know how we could use it to improve the job that umpires do, ... The human element in sport has always been a big part of the game. I'm a football fan, too, and I hate instant replay in the NFL. Football games are taking four hours.” KnowsHumansUseBigsJobsHateGamesSportsHoursKnow HowFourFansFootballElementsI HateInstantNflUmpiresFootball GameFootball FanReplayNfl FootballInstant Replay Author:Bud Selig
“Nature is a big influence on my work. That's where the cosmic element comes in, an awareness of the relevance of what we do as a species, why we do it, and its implications.” BigsInfluenceAwarenessElementsSpeciesCosmicRelevanceImplications Author:Tim Lebbon
“The two elements the traveler first captures in the big city are extra human architecture and furious rhythm. Geometry and anguish.” FirstsHumansTwoBigsCitiesTravelElementsArchitectureRhythmExtrasCaptureTravelerAnguishGeometryFuriousBig Cities Author:Federico Garcia Lorca
“Recognition is one of the three big elements of comedy.” BigsThreeComedyElementsRecognition Author:Bill Maher
“A big part of the humor is in identifying with the tragic elements of the film. The New Zealand sense of humor is very dark. Our films are usually very dark and it's always someone being killed. Usually a child.” ChildrenBigsFilmDarkElementsTragicSense Of HumorIdentifyingNew Zealand Author:Taika Waititi
“We live in this society where you must constantly be reinventing yourself. The big question is what are you doing next. The only thing they want is composed of these three elements: They want you to do it the exact same way because they want more of it; but they want it to be totally different; and they want it to be better. That's all you have to do. You just have to do something that's exactly the same, totally different, and better.” WayWantDifferentBigsThreeNextElementsThis SocietyBig QuestionsReinventingReinventing Yourself Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“In a novella, a whole lot of crap can happen, and you can build momentum and suspense and leave room for a surprise or three. Stories are cut down to the most essential elements, and novels (this might be an unfair generalization on my part) are big fat clumsy efforts where the reader can snooze for a couple chapters and miss nothing of consequence. Hence my love for the middle way.” WayWholeStoriesBigsMightHappensThreeRoomsEffortNovelCuttingMiddleMissingReaderCoupleEssentialsElementsConsequenceSurpriseFatsSuspenseChaptersUnfairCrapMomentumClumsyGeneralizationMiddle Way Author:Robert Reed
“Duke Ellington's career traces the entire history of jazz. The repertoire associated with him contains the most important elements in the music and provides concrete examples of some of the best ways to present the music in the widest variety of settings-radio, TV, recordings, movies, concert halls, festivals, solo, small ensemble, big band, symphony orchestra, opera, Broadway shows.... You name it, he did it!” WayImportantShowsBigsNamesCareersExampleTvsBandElementsJazzRadioSettingBest WaySettingsVarietyHallsConcertsOperaConcreteSoloBroadwayOrchestraFestivalsSymphonyDukesEnsembleBroadway ShowsSymphony Orchestras Author:Billy Taylor
“Teenagers are passionate and they want music that speaks within their hearts. It's a big deal for students to listen to Christian music and talk about it at school. Music is a very exciting element of your life when you're love. I think it's huge.” ThinkingWantHeartBigsSchoolChristianSpeakDealsStudentsHugeElementsMusic IsExcitingPassionateTeenagerBig DealChristian Music Author:Mark Hall
“I'm a big fan of Henri Cartier-Bresson, the French photographer who had that whole "decisive moment" approach to taking pictures, of having multiple elements line up within the frame.” WholeMomentsBigsLinesFansElementsApproachPhotographerMultipleTaking PicturesDecisive MomentsCartierHenri Cartier Bresson Author:Nick Zinner
“I love helicopters. In fact, my wife and my friends, the myth of the chopper in the sky is that Len's going to stop and look at it. I love, probably, destroying them, yes. You know, It's the big elements, the big toys, the trucks the helicopters, and things like that. You have a few tools to play with.” KnowsLooksPlayFactsBigsWifeSkyElementsMy FriendsToolsMy WifeMythDestroyingToysTruckHelicoptersChoppers Author:Len Wiseman
“When I eat, I always pick out the best parts in the middle and leave everything else on the side. It becomes a big sculptural mess, but there are nice compositional elements about how it all sits on the table.” BigsSidesNiceMiddleElementsPicksTablesMess Author:Elizabeth Neel
“If there's one thing that differentiates me from the rest of my family it's the rock element. I hung out with friends who like punk rock a lot. Not getting a big record deal, and having a hard time for years, it means you have to prove yourself and scratch your way up from nothing.” IfsWayYearsMeanHardBigsDealsRecordsOne ThingRocksProveElementsMy FamilyHard TimesPunkHungScratchesPunk RockDifferentiateProving YourselfHaving A Hard Time Author:Martha Wainwright
“I'm a compulsive enjamber. I'm drawn to half-meanings created by the line, so that's definitely an element of craft that's always on my mind. And I'm a big devotee of the short line, of couplets and tercets, and of irregular stanzas with lots of white space. I've got to give the dense language room to breathe!” GivingMindBigsLanguageLinesSpaceWhiteRoomsHalfElementsBreatheCraftsDenseDevoteeWhite SpaceCoupletsAlways On My Mind Author:Anna Journey
“I'm a huge Luc Besson fan. The Fifth Element, I just loved that movie. Luc cast me to play a small part in it, and so I did, because I love all his movies actually - The Big Blue, La Femme Nikita, Léon: The Professional. His movies are so wonderful. It's just fun to be in it and for it to be a sci-fi movie.” PlayBigsFunWonderfulFansHugeElementsBlueCastsSci FiFifthSmall PartsFemmeSci Fi MovieFifth Element Author:Ethan Hawke
“I've got a bunch of circuit-bent boxes and things that are controlled by my Mac through a big breakout box. I want to create this total environment where I can bring all this gear to the show but maybe just use one or two elements, if that's what's called for.” IfsWantI CanTwoUseShowsBigsEnvironmentElementsBoxesBunchControlledBentGearsMacsCircuits Author:Keith Fullerton Whitman
“It [Hancock] happens to be a big budget film and big star like Will Smith, but it actually has a lot of weight to it. But it was very smart and very intelligent and had this kind of historical element to it that I was fascinated by. It's not silly. It's not stupid. It's fun, but I think it's smart. I think Akiva [Goldsman] writes really interesting material and there you have it.” ThinkingWritingKindBigsHappensFilmFunStarsInterestingStupidMaterialsElementsSmartWeightIntelligentHistoricalSillyBudgetsFascinatedReally InterestingVery SmartNot Stupid Author:Charlize Theron
“I want to be a hybrid fighter. From Pacquiao I was able to learn that a big heart is also essential when in the ring. Get his stamina, never lose steam from the beginning of the fight until the very last round. From Mayweather, yes, you are correct that I am learning to be precise, patient and the change of range. It makes me an unpredictable fighter. Opponents will be confused as to what element I'll use when fighting.” WantHeartUseBigsAbleLastsFightingLosesEssentialsElementsPatientRoundsRingsFighterRangeOpponentsConfusedPreciseUnpredictableSteamStaminaHybridBig HeartMayweatherPacquiao Author:Tomoki Kameda
“'Cause I do so much homework I'm good to go on the first take; I don't want to rehearse. I like the element of what's unpredictable of that first take and nobody knows what's going to happen, and I'm a big fan of that.” KnowsWantFirstsBigsHappensCausesFansGoes OnElementsUnpredictableHomeworkNobody Knows Author:Michael Fassbender
“The question is how does Hilary Clinton fit in this broader network? She's a centralising cog. You've got a lot of different gears in operation from the big banks like Goldman Sachs and major elements of Wall Street, and Intelligence and people in the State Department and the Saudis.” PeopleDoeDifferentStatesBigsStreetsWallFitElementsMajorsClintonOperationsDepartmentGearsSaudisCogsGoldman SachsHilary Clinton Author:Julian Assange
“I was a big fan of Middle Eastern elements of music and experimental electronic and tribal sounds.” BigsSoundFansMiddleElementsEastern Author:Adam Lambert
“I want anyone who believes in life, liberty, pursuit of happiness to succeed. And I want any force, any person, any element of an overarching Big Government that would stop your success, I want that organization, that element or that person to fail. I want you to succeed.” WantBelievePersonsBigsGovernmentForceLibertyFailingSucceedElementsOrganizationPursuitI Want YouPursuit Of HappinessBig Government Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The so-called commercialism includes elements like story, plots, rhythms and large big scenes.” StoriesBigsSceneElementsRhythmPlotCommercialism Author:Zhang Yimou
“The vocal arrangements are a big part of the formula for a Bad Religion song - layered harmonies and background vocals. So when I start to describe the elements of Bad Religion's sound, it starts to sound like a Christmas choir.” BigsSongSoundElementsHarmonyBackgroundsFormulasArrangementsVocalChoir Author:Greg Graffin
“I don't know if this is the kind of retrospective analysis that people are fond of applying to their work or actions, but it feels like I knew I was going to be famous and I knew that an element of that would be traumatic, so that if I could make myself something big and otherworldly, it would be a kind of defence.” PeopleIfsKnowsFeelsKindBigsWould BeActionElementsAnalysisIf I CouldDefenceRetrospective Author:Russell Brand
“I knew chemistry would be worse, because I'd seen a big card of the ninety-odd elements hung up in the chemistry lab, and all the perfectly good words like gold and silver and cobalt and aluminum were shortened to ugly abbreviations with different decimal numbers after them.” DifferentBigsWould BeNumbersElementsGoldUglyCardsOddSilverChemistryHungNinetyLabsGood WordsGold And SilverPerfectly GoodAluminumDecimalsAbbreviationsCobalt Author:Sylvia Plath