“If I'm not in an environment where I can record, it's great to be able to write something down, to be able to know how to do that, to be able to write notation. You grab a piece of paper and there it is. It's the cheapest recording equipment you can buy: a piece of manuscript paper and a pencil!” IfsKnowsWritingI CanAbleKnow HowRecordsEnvironmentPiecesPaperEquipmentPencilsManuscripts Author:John Petrucci
“I wanted to make sure the focus [in The Land] was on human beings themselves and their decisions, but still connected to the urban environment that people associate as being black. I think I was able to make a film without commenting on "black this or black that" and you still feel the presence of it. There's no one character who's saying "we're all black and we're all in this struggle." It's that you just feel it. Some of that is because we get the sense from a lot of independent films that black people struggle all the time.” PeopleThinkingFeelsHumansStillsCharacterAbleWantedFilmBlackHuman BeingsDecisionStruggleEnvironmentFocusLandIndependentConnectedBlack PeopleUrbanAssociatesIndependent FilmAll BlackUrban Environment Author:Steven Caple Jr.
“You are able to create an environment so that the creative process can take place and that you can get people to perform at their highest levels.” PeopleAbleProcessLevelsCreativeEnvironmentHighestCreative Process Author:John Kao
“I think that not criticizing my successor is a statement unto itself, in terms of trying to create an environment where people are able to have a meaningful discussion or debate without trash talk.” PeopleThinkingTryingAbleTermEnvironmentDebateMeaningfulStatementsDiscussionCriticizeTrashSuccessorsTrash Talk Author:George W. Bush
“My mind was always very cluttered, so I took great pains to simplify my environment, because if my environment were half as cluttered as my mind, I wouldn't be able to make it from room to room. This system has just worked for me, even though I've had to sweat over every word. It's just my style.” IfsMindAblePainRoomsHalfEnvironmentStyleSweatSimplify Author:Leonard Cohen
“To be able to compete, we've got to improve our education system, our litigation environment, our tax code, our health system and our trading policies if we're going to be as strong economically in the years ahead.” IfsYearsAbleStrongEnvironmentPolicyTaxesCodeTradingEducation SystemHealth System Author:Karl Rove
“I know what it's like to be so distracted by your surroundings and in the moment that it's seemingly impossible to not get caught up in 'em. I know what it's like to feel so much smaller than the activities of your environment that you can't see how not to succumb to 'em. I know what it's like to not be able to focus in class due to real life hunger pangs. I know what it's like to be disruptive just to pass the time and take your mind off what's lacking at home. I know what it's like to be laughed at by your teacher when you tell them what you hope to be in life.” KnowsFeelsMindRealMomentsHomeAbleClassEnvironmentFocusTeacherImpossibleActivityHungerCaughtDuesReal LifeEmsLaughedLackingCaught UpSurroundingsDistractedOur EnvironmentDisruptive Author:T.I.
“In other words, you've got a journey as the plot, but it has to be in a lively environment, being able to create the mood. If you read "Pickman's Model," in other words, they're winding their way through the Boston Streets and [H.P.] Lovecraft researched what was there.” IfsWayAbleEnvironmentJourneyStreetsModelsMoodPlotBostonLivelyLovecraft Author:Paul Laffoley
“I'm always amazed to hear my more conservative colleagues talking about how they care about life. They're pro-life, but when it comes down to safe work environments that allow for unions, being able to pay for child care, having family leave - they don't care about any of that. That's where I argue that they're not pro-life, they're pro-birth.” ChildrenCareAblePayTalkingEnvironmentBirthSafeUnionsConservativeDon't CareArguingAmazedColleaguesPro LifeChild CareWork Environment Author:Nina Turner