“We were fortunate at that time we were working with Virgin, and with Flood, probably more well-known as Brian Eno's engineer now and U2's producer, etc. Even though we weren't working in a strictly popular music area, which was great, we were lucky enough to work with people who were on the cusp of those sort of things.” PeopleWellsEnoughKnownLuckyAreasProducersFortunateEtcEngineersFloodVirginsWell KnownBrianPopular MusicCusp Author:Stephen Mallinder
“Nostalgia is partly illusion in that we remember things differently as we get older, etc. But that doesn't mean, when historians look back on the 1950s, say, from the year 2090, it won't be judged as a saner, slower, less narcissistic, more family-focused, and economically secure time.” YearsLooksMeanRememberIllusionFocusedNostalgiaSecureEtcHistorianJudgedNarcissistic Author:Donald Ray Pollock
“I have just as much right to stay in America - in fact, the black people have contributed more to America than any other race, because our kids have fought here for what was called "democracy"; our mothers and fathers were sold and bought here for a price. So all I can say when they say "go back to Africa," I say "when you send the Chinese back to China, the Italians back to Italy, etc., and you get on that Mayflower from whence you came, and give the Indians their land back, who really would be here at home?"” PeopleGivingI CanFactsHomeWould BeKidsAmericaMotherFatherBlackRaceDemocracyLandChinaChineseEtcBlack PeopleMother And FatherMayflower Author:Fannie Lou Hamer
“People are very comfortable when race relations get looked at retrospectively. Slavery, the civil rights movement, etc.” PeopleRaceRightsMovementComfortableRelationSlaveryCivil RightsEtcRace RelationsCivil Rights Movement Author:Paul Beatty
“It's okay to be kind of looking for what you want and trying out all kinds of different ideas and different course work, etc.” WantTryingKindIdeasDifferentCoursesOkayWhat You WantAll KindsEtcBe KindDifferent Ideas Author:Robert Greene
“Even though I'm not privileged in the money world, I'm privileged in other ways: I had greater access to education, I can travel, etc. It's the same with writing: the freedom to move in and out of different places, of different realms of existence, of different life forms.” WorldWayWritingI CanDifferentMovingFormExistenceGreaterAccessRealmsEtcPrivilegedDifferent PlaceDifferent LifeAccess To Education Author:Chath Piersath
“First, undoubtedly, there are some people who are coming from Cuba who immediately, or from any other country, benefit. But, what is the difference between that and someone who is coming from Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico, etc.? That is, we are simply going to say that someone who comes from another country to the United States - the first five years they're here - they don't qualify for federal benefits. They may benefit from local benefits, state benefits. Those decisions belong to other jurisdictions.” PeopleYearsFirstsMayCountryStatesDifferencesDecisionUnitedUnited StatesFiveBenefitsLocalsFive YearsEtcMexicoOther CountriesCubaJurisdictionNicaraguaGuatemala Author:Marco Rubio
“For years we have seen people coming on rafts, etc., but now we are seeing people entering Central America, Costa Rica, Panama and then they have nowhere to go because those countries are not - for example, in Nicaragua, the border was closed. I've always said that I'm open to a study on how can it be changed.” PeopleYearsSaidCountryAmericaStudySeeingExampleChangedBordersEtcEnteringNowhere To GoNicaraguaPanamaCentral AmericaCosta Rica Author:Marco Rubio
“They're willing to accept changes on the part of the U.S. that contribute to more money entering Cuba so they can benefit. But in terms of political changes on the island, an opening, etc., that won't happen, that won't change, and I've always said that, from the beginning. I've even said that it doesn't matter how many tourists who to Cuba, how many times the President visits Cuba; there won't be any changes in the Cuban government's posture. And that is the same as always.” SaidMatterGovernmentHappensPoliticalPresidentTermAcceptingWillingBenefitsOpeningIslandsEtcMore MoneyEnteringCubaTouristsPostureCubanPolitical ChangeAccepting Change Author:Marco Rubio
“Good people hire people better than themselves. So A players hire A+ players. But others hire below their skills to make themselves look good. So B players hire C players. C players hire D players, etc.” PeopleLooksPlayerSkillsEtcGood People Author:Guy Kawasaki
“There is a principle of human affairs that goes back millennia, which is that you don't look in the mirror. You can trace this principle back to the Bible. The designated intellectuals of that time are called prophets, which is a mistranslation of a Hebrew word, but they were basically intellectuals, giving geopolitical analysis, criticizing the moral practice of leadership, etc. Now, these people were not treated very nicely. There were other intellectuals who were treated nicely, namely those who centuries later came to be called false prophets. These were the flatterers of the court.” PeopleGivingHumansLooksMoralPrinciplesPracticeCenturyMirrorsCourtAffairTreatedAnalysisProphetEtcCriticizeVery NiceHebrewFlattererGeopoliticalFalse Prophets Author:Noam Chomsky
“If Trump wins, the only thing blocking complete implementation of the programs of Trump, Paul Ryan, the Koch brothers, etc., is the Senate filibuster by the Democrats.” IfsWinningBrotherTrumpProgramDemocratBlockEtcSenateImplementationFilibuster Author:Allan Nairn
“Regulation has never really worked unless it's hate speech libel etc.” HateSpeechEtcRegulationLibelHate Speech Author:will.i.am
“Historically, several policy domains, including that of foreign policy towards the US and India, budget allocations etc, have been controlled by the Pakistani military, and the civil-military divide can be said to be the most fundamental fracture in Pakistan's body politic.” Has BeensSaidBodyMilitaryPolicyIndiaFundamentalsIncludingBudgetsEtcControlledDividesForeign PolicyPakistanDomainFractureAllocation Author:Noam Chomsky
“I can understand the idea that there is a conspiracy. In fact, in much of the world there is a sense of an ultra-powerful CIA manipulating everything that happens, such as running the Arab Spring, running the Pakistani Taliban, etc. That is just nonsense. They [CIA] created a monster and now they are appalled by it.” WorldI CanIdeasFactsHappensRunningPowerfulSpringMonstersEtcNonsenseConspiracyCiaTalibanUltrasArab Spring Author:Noam Chomsky
“Now we characterise Russian-Chinese relations as a strategic partnership, even a special strategic partnership. We have never had such a level of trust with China before. China is our major trade and economic partner among foreign states. We implement joint multi-billion projects. We cooperate not only within the UN Security Council, which is logical, as both China and Russia are permanent members of the UN Security Council, but also within such regional organisations as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, BRICS, etc.” StatesLevelsEconomicSpecialSecurityMembersProjectsMajorsRelationTradeChinaPartnersBillionsRussiaChinesePermanentEtcLogicalCooperationPartnershipCouncilJointsStrategicOrganisationSecurity CouncilShanghaiBrics Author:Vladimir Putin
“I went to many coaching clinics, talked to other coaches, read articles, books, etc. Anything I could do that would help me prepare to be the best coach possible. Fortunately, the coaches I had as a player were good men and were excellent role models in setting priorities and relating to the team members and coaching staff.” MenBookHelpingRolesPlayerTeamMembersModelsCoachesPrioritiesSettingSettingsExcellentCoachingBeing The BestHelp MeEtcGood ManRole ModelsArticlesStaffClinicTeam MemberBest CoachesCoaching Staff Author:LaVell Edwards
“Personally - I also continued my education while I was coaching, attending night school and summer school, taking correspondence courses, etc.” SchoolNightCoursesSummerCoachingEtcAttendingCorrespondenceSummer School Author:LaVell Edwards
“I think that poets can say, "What we want is for everybody on earth to wake up free from fear and with access to medicine and clean water and education." But I don't think poets have any special insight on how to get there. And the 20th century is a pretty good record of that because so many of the great poets were Stalinists: Vallejo, Neruda, Eluard, Aragon, etc. They wrote their odes to Lenin and Stalin. They glorified some of the most violent and grotesque dictatorships of the 20th century. And a lot of the ones who were not Stalinists were fascists or fascist sympathizers.” ThinkingWantEarthWaterRecordsSpecialCenturyPoetWake UpMedicineCleanInsightAccessViolentEtcDictatorship20th CenturyFascistsGrotesqueGreat PoetClean WaterOdesGood RecordsLenin And Stalin Author:Robert Hass
“There are people who are saying that they voted twice for Mr. Obama and they are now feeling a great sense of regret, not only over Guantanamo, etc., but now perhaps the entry into a new war in West Asia.” PeopleWarFeelingsRegretWestEtcAsiaEntryGuantanamo Author:Vijay Prashad
“I tend to have a long con when it comes to romance, in part because I like the build-up as much as the payoff, and in part because I think there are a wealth of relationships out there (friend, sibling, rival, etc.), and straight-up romance interests me less than tension.” ThinkingLongRomanceInterestWealthTensionEtcRivalsSiblingStraight UpPayoff Author:V. E. Schwab
“[Some of the people I'd met] were wonderful people as human beings, and some people were more difficult. I could not see a correlation between their particular genius in playing chess and music and mathematics, etc. ... with human qualities. Some were really good, wonderful people, and some were difficult characters, but there was no clear correlation. But when I met some spiritual masters, [I thought that] there had to be a correlation, and it turned out to be true.” PeopleHumansCharacterSpiritualDifficultHuman BeingsQualityClearWonderfulParticularMastersGeniusMetsMathematicsChessBeing TrueEtcCorrelationHuman QualitiesPlaying ChessSpiritual Masters Author:Matthieu Ricard
“What is usually called 'intelligence' refers to the linguistic and logical capacities that are valued in certain kinds of school and for certain school-like tasks. It leaves little if any room for spatial intelligence, personal intelligences, musical intelligence, etc.” IfsKindLittlesSchoolCertainRoomsCapacityTasksMusicalEtcLogicalSpatial Author:Howard Gardner
“The US stole Texas from Mexico by violence, then invaded Mexico on ludicrous pretexts and conquered half of it, what is now the Southwest and Far West. That's why cities have Spanish names: San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Cruz, etc. All of this is suppressed in standard American history. But the victims remember. The conquerors typically have one history, the victims a different one - and often a more accurate one.” DifferentRememberNamesCitiesHalfViolenceStandardsVictimWestEtcLos AngelesTexasMexicoAccurateAmerican HistorySan FranciscoSantaConquerorPretextCruzSan DiegoSanta Cruz Author:Noam Chomsky
“Another riveting one was Sterling Sharpe - mainly because everyone told me he's horrible. Sterling was playing in a golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, and I drove up to see him (and others). I approached cautiously, figured he'd blow me off, etc. But, instead, he was fantastic. I mean, gracious, down to earth, funny, terrific memory, pinpoint insights. Could not have enjoyed my time with Sterling sharpe any more than I did. And how many journalists have ever said that before?” MeanSaidEarthMemoriesGolfBlowInsightHorribleEnjoyedFantasticJournalistMy TimeEtcLakesTerrificGraciousTournamentsDown To EarthSterlingGolf TournamentsTahoeLake Tahoe Author:Jeff Pearlman
“Let's also say that the Justice Department and the courts are making sure, as I've said in a speech before, that when Jamal sends his résumé in, he's getting treated the same as when Johnny sends his résumé in.Now, are we going to have suddenly the same number of CEOs, billionaires, etc., as the white community? In 10 years? Probably not, maybe not even in 20 years. But I guarantee you that we would be thriving, we would be succeeding. We wouldn't have huge numbers of young African American men in jail.” MenYearsSaidWould BeYoungCommunityJusticeWhiteNumbersHugeSucceedSpeechCourtTreatedAfrican AmericanGuaranteesDepartmentEtcJailCeoBillionaireHuge Numbers Author:Barack Obama
“Now, in practice, in daily social interactions, etc., there may be all kinds of biases and prejudices that are unspoken, that people aren't aware of, that affect who's hired, and who gets loans, and how kids are treated in school. But it's a powerful thing if you have on your side an idea that the overwhelming majority of people believe in because that's how you can build a consensus that's lasting.” PeopleIfsBelieveKindMayIdeasKidsSchoolSocialSidesPowerfulPracticePrejudiceMajorityTreatedAll KindsEtcLastingOverwhelmingInteractionLoanConsensusUnspokenYour SideSocial Interaction Author:Barack Obama
“What is the nature of the genetic endowment? How does acquisition proceed? Etc. Scientists do routinely ask similar questions about the visual system, system of motor organisation, and others - including, in fact, the digestive system.” DoeFactsAsksScientistIncludingVisualsEtcMotorAcquisitionOrganisationEndowmentDigestive System Author:Noam Chomsky
“Language would have evolved first as an internal object, a kind of "language of thought" (LOT), with externalisation (hence communication) an ancillary process. I can't review here the strong and growing evidence to support this conclusion, but I have elsewhere. There are ample reasons why having a LOT would confer selectional advantage: the person so endowed could plan, interpret, reflect, etc., in ways denied to others.” WayFirstsKindPersonsI CanReasonLanguageStrongProcessSupportGrowingPlansObjectsCommunicationEvidenceAdvantageConclusionReason WhyEtcInternalsReviewsDeniedElsewhere Author:Noam Chomsky
“As for organs, traits, etc., being "for" something, the notion may be a useful shorthand, but shouldn't be taken too seriously, if only because of the ubiquitous phenomenon of exaptation.” IfsMayTakenNotionEtcPhenomenonTraitsOrgansShorthand Author:Noam Chomsky
“The "prophets" were what we would call dissident intellectuals. They provided critical geopolitical analysis, condemned the crimes of the powerful, called for justice and mercy for those who needed help, etc. I wouldn't personally endorse everything they said, any more than I would for critics of power and its crimes today. But rather generally I think they played an honorable role - and suffered accordingly.” ThinkingSaidHelpingTodayJusticePowerfulRolesCrimeNeededMercyCriticsCriticalAnalysisProphetEtcHonorableThey SaidDissidentsGeopoliticalJustice And MercyNeeded Help Author:Noam Chomsky
“World War Two was a world war in space. It spread from Europe to Japan, to the Soviet Union, etc. World War Two was quite different from World War One which was geographically limited to Europe. But in the case of the Gulf War, we are dealing with a war which is extremely local in space, but global in time, since it is the first 'live' war.” WorldFirstsTwoDifferentWarSpaceCasesEuropeUnionsSpreadLocalsWar Of The WorldsEtcJapanSovietWorld War ISoviet UnionGulf WarWorld War TwoWorld War One Author:Paul Virilio
“Technologies first equipped the territorial body with bridges, aqueducts, railways, highways, airports, etc. Now that the most powerful technologies are becoming tiny - microtechnologies, all technologies can invade the body. These micro-machines will feed the body. Research is being conducted in order to create additional memory for instance.” FirstsBodyOrderMemoriesPowerfulTechnologyBecomingResearchMachinesTinyInstanceBridgesEtcMost PowerfulHighwaysAirportsRailwayTerritorialAqueducts Author:Paul Virilio
“The territorial body has been polluted by roads, elevators, etc. Similarly, our animal body starts being polluted. Ecology no longer deals with water, flora, wildlife and air only. It deals with the body itself as well. It is comparable with an invasion: technology is invading our body because of miniaturisation.” WellsHas BeensBodyWaterAnimalDealsTechnologyAirEtcEcologyInvasionWildlifeElevatorsInvadingTerritorialFlora Author:Paul Virilio
“Art used to be painting, sculpture, music, etc, but now, all technology has become art. Of course, this form of art is still very primitive, but it is slowly replacing reality.” ArtStillsRealityFormUsedCoursesTechnologyPaintingArt IsUsed To BeEtcPrimitiveSculpture Author:Paul Virilio
“I wrote and concepted 99% of the ideas for Crash Landing and we reached out to a lot of different popular producers like Jahlil, KE, Kajmir Royale, Hit-Boy etc.” IdeasDifferentBoysProducersEtcCrashLanding Author:Kid Ink
“Something happens in the middle when women are in their 30s, and we can start with an array of things that happen, whether it is - you hope this doesn't exist any longer - but overt discrimination; whether it's subtle gender discrimination, which absolutely does exist among men and women; whether it's the fact that it gets hard to juggle at that point children, housework, etc. But people still have to go home and cook the dinner and clean the dishes and get the beds made and so on. And so, for a whole bunch of reasons, women tend to fall out in their 30s still today.” PeopleMenChildrenDoeMadeStillsHardReasonWholeFactsHomeHappensTodayFallMiddleBedMen And WomenCleanGenderDinnerThings HappenDiscriminationBunchCooksEtcSubtleDishesHouseworkGender Discrimination Author:Sallie Krawcheck
“I was lucky. My children didn't have health issues, didn't have big school problems, etc. And as I watched some of my peers go through this, you can see how quickly a family can get derailed when they are not lucky.” ChildrenProblemBigsSchoolIssuesLuckyMy ChildrenEtcPeersHealth Issues Author:Sallie Krawcheck
“I came across an old story of mine that I'd written a decade ago. The main joke of the story is that a mother is telling her children about how she met their father online. The majority of memories the mother has all have to do with really funny links he sent her, a music download that she loved, etc. - and because of these superficial details she fell in love with the father. Reading it today, it's hardly a dystopian story; it's simply a realistic story about how people actually meet.” PeopleChildrenStoriesTodayMotherReadingFatherMemoriesWrittenMinesMetsJokesMajorityDetailsDecadesEtcOnlineLinksRealisticSuperficialDystopianDownloads Author:Alexander Weinstein
“I listen to hundreds of those hymns sung repeatedly over the years of my life. And I know that they probably influenced a rhyme scheme maybe to certain extent. They influenced the pentameter of placement of words, etc. And it's not something that's a conscious thing that occurred.” KnowsYearsCertainConsciousEtcSchemesRhymeHymnsPlacement Author:Dwight Yoakam
“My writing is definitely influenced by and speaks to African-Americans because that is who I am. I'm black. I'm a black woman. I'm a black mother, wife, churchgoer, etc. I am the legacy of slavery.” WritingMotherSpeakBlackWifeSlaveryWho I AmAfrican AmericanLegacyEtcBlack Women Author:Michelle Singletary
“There are many aspects about what and why we photograph: visual pleasure, personal empathy, intellectual stimulation, technical excellence, etc. Serious photographers and artists will try to create works that are original. Over a career period they may develop a singular identity in their images.” TryingMayArtistPleasureCareersIdentitySeriousPeriodsIntellectualEmpathyAspectOriginalsExcellencePhotographerPhotographVisualsEtcStimulation Author:Michael Kenna
“I think almost everything important that's ever happened was unimaginable shortly before it happened. Good things and bad things: ending slavery, ending child labor, women voting, etc.” ThinkingChildrenImportantHappenedLaborSlaveryGood ThingsVotingEtcBad ThingsUnimaginableChild LaborEnding Slavery Author:David Swanson
“There are a few instances that arise in the unique context of domestic equal-protection challenges to governmental actions that are facially neutral but produce substantial discriminatory impacts on groups of people, based on such suspect classifications as race, nationality, ethnic origin, etc. This doctrine has never been used in foreign affairs.” PeopleActionUsedChallengesRaceGroupsProduceEqualUniqueImpactAffairProtectionAriseDoctrineInstanceEtcSuspectsNationalityClassificationForeign AffairsEqual Protection Author:David B. Rivkin
“Genes are important for understanding our behavior. Incredibly important - after all, they code for every protein pertinent to brain function, endocrinology, etc.” ImportantUnderstandingBrainBehaviorFunctionCodeEtcGenesProteinPertinentBrain Function Author:Robert M. Sapolsky
“We think about the enormous costs of homelessness, or the enormous cost of HIV/AIDS, over the long term, as people visit emergency rooms, etc. The more we are investing in that ounce of prevention the better off we're going to be.” PeopleThinkingLongTermRoomsCostInvestingAidsEnormousLong TermEtcBetter OffEmergenciesHomelessnessHivPreventionHiv AidsEmergency Room Author:Barack Obama
“There are capitalist states which consider themselves cheated, during previous redivisions of spheres of influence, territories, sources of raw materials, markets, etc., and which would again desire to redivide them to their own advantage.” StatesDesireInfluenceMaterialsSourceAdvantageEtcTerritorySpheresCapitalistCheatedRaw MaterialsSphere Of Influence Author:Joseph Stalin
“In what do the activities of the Communist Parties consist? In what ways can they manifest themselves? These activities usually consist in the organization of working masses, in organizing meetings, demonstrations, strikes, etc. It is absolutely clear that American Communists cannot perform this in Soviet territory. The American workers are not in the U.S.S.R.” WayPartyClearActivityMassOrganizationMeetingsWorkersStrikesEtcCommunistManifestTerritorySovietDemonstrationCommunist PartyAmerican Workers Author:Joseph Stalin
“Neither Italian fascism nor German national "socialism" have anything in common with such a [Soviet socialistic] society, primarily because private ownership of factories, plants, lands, banks, means of transportation, etc., remain untouched there, and, therefore, capitalism in Germany and Italy remains in full force.” MeanForceCommonLandCapitalismRemainsPlantSocialismGermanyEtcItalianFascismSovietFactoriesOwnershipTransportationMeans Of Transportation Author:Joseph Stalin
“I think Nigerians got it wrong from independence as people became so conscious of the divisions because we wanted so much to satisfy the plurality of interests. I will say, we neglected the importance of real value, human value and the quality of potential in human beings and we contrived phrases like geographical spread, regional quota, etc and allowed mediocrity to reign. I think that is the problem that we are dealing with till today.” PeopleThinkingHumansRealProblemTodayWantedValuesInterestHuman BeingsQualityConsciousImportanceIndependenceSpreadPhrasesEtcDivisionMediocrityReignNeglectedHuman ValuesReal ValueQuota Author:Wole Soyinka