“I think I've set some big goals. The American people haven't had a raise in 15 years. Getting incomes up is a huge goal. Now maybe it's not as exciting to some people, but it's a huge goal.” PeopleThinkingYearsBigsGoalHavensHugeExcitingRaisesIncome Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think the most exciting thing is access to information. People's ability to document things and expose things that may have not otherwise been documented and exposed. All the information you want is available instantly, which is overwhelming, but I think can have a positive change on the political process and accountability for leaders and corporations.” PeopleThinkingWantMayPoliticalProcessAbilityLeaderInformationExcitingAvailableAccessCorporationsAccountabilityOverwhelmingExposedDocumentsPositive ChangeExciting ThingsAccess To Information Author:Moby
“I just think it is so delightful to see people, let their elbows free. I think the exuberance of it all is really exciting to me. It's a signal of the abundance of diversity and creative expression.” PeopleThinkingCreativeExpressionDiversityExcitingAbundanceDelightfulSignalsElbowsExuberanceCreative Expression Author:William McDonough
“Give me a great Champions League game or an exciting Premier League game ahead of an international match and I'd love that to reverse. A lot of people have lost interest in England games, it is quite hard to watch.” PeopleGivingHardGamesLostInterestWatchesExcitingGive MeEnglandInternationalLeagueChampionReversePremier LeagueChampions League Author:Michael Owen
“There's a fantastic, thousand-page book by David Thomson about [David O. Selznick]. Again, it's not the best argument or the best advertisement for his story, because most people aren't going to read a thousand-page book. But I feel like the rise and fall and the work [Mayer] produced - not just the movies, but the memos, the volume of writing - he's just so passionate, and that's really exciting.” PeopleFeelsWritingBookStoriesFallThousandPagesArgumentExcitingPassionateFantasticVolumeAdvertisementsRise And FallMemosMayer Author:Karina Longworth
“The stuff that I've been doing lately is political. It's not always about people who are super famous movie stars. The fact that people are still taking a chance and listening to the blacklist episodes is really exciting.” PeopleStillsFactsPoliticalStarsStuffChanceListeningExcitingEpisodesMovie Star Author:Karina Longworth
“We still don't understand how the big bang and evolving all the way to the human species and so on. So all of this is going to be a very, very exciting to the new people.” PeopleWayHumansStillsBigsExcitingSpeciesEvolveBangsHuman Species Author:Ahmed H. Zewail
“There's very exciting directors who haven't made a feature yet. That's what's cool about the job - the ever-changing landscape of people you could potentially work with.” PeopleMadeJobsHavensDirectorsExcitingLandscapeFeatures Author:Jamie Dornan
“I would love to see a revival of what we had against the war in the '60s - we could do these teach-ins on the internet, live and split screen, and have real in-depth debate between people that are on the "other" side of issues - nuclear, gun control, whatever. We could really be having a much more democratically involved and exciting debate with people emailing their questions and having a virtual town meeting.” PeopleWarRealSidesTeachIssuesInternetInvolvedGunExcitingTownsMeetingsDepthScreensNuclearDebateSplitsGun ControlRevival Author:Bonnie Raitt
“I don't go into any album with a concept or a deliberate direction. It's more letting the best music that really appeals to me at the time, the best songs that I find after many months and years of search and sifting through my collection, and asking radio people and journalists. It's really an ongoing search that's as much daunting as it is somewhat exciting.” PeopleYearsSongMonthsConceptsExcitingAskingRadioAlbumsAppealsJournalistCollectionsDeliberateOngoingSifting Author:Bonnie Raitt
“It's really good to talk about it [ hydraulic penises and prosthetic butts], and it's very gratifying when people ask us about the other aspects of the film [Swiss Army Man], but [those things] are part of the movie and they're important and hilarious, a very fun part of the movie, so there's no sense from us of not wanting to talk about that. I think it's exciting that those things exist in a film that is also very heartfelt and emotional and profound.” PeopleThinkingMenImportantFilmAsksFunEmotionalAspectExcitingArmyProfoundHeartfeltSwissProsthetics Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“I think the transition between singing covers on a reality show to being able to do my own thing was really exciting. I'm no longer singing covers every second, and people are actually getting to hear my own original music.” PeopleThinkingShowsRealityAbleMy OwnSingingExcitingOriginalsTransitionEvery SecondReality ShowsOriginal Music Author:Melanie Martinez
“I feel like my dad was the more artistic one, creating his own thing, loving to be around people, and all this stuff, doing exciting things, and my mom was more of the performer.” PeopleFeelsStuffMomDadCreatingExcitingMy DadMy MomArtisticPerformersExciting Things Author:Jillian Hervey
“People don't want to look at you and think, 'Oh, it must have taken her so long to get ready!' It's not as exciting to imagine. They want to imagine your life being - well, the opposite of what it sometimes is, where getting dressed is very regimented, you know? People don't want to know that.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantWellsLooksLongSometimesTakenImagineReadyOppositesExcitingGetting Dressed Author:Margot Robbie
“Some were getting married; some were getting divorced. People were in different places, but you had enough time on this earth to actually get somewhere, and I think that's the exciting thing about being 36 and in your mid-30s. You've been somewhere, and you're going to go somewhere. It's fun; it's exciting.” PeopleThinkingDifferentEnoughEarthFunMarriedExcitingDivorcedDifferent PlaceEnough TimeHad EnoughGetting MarriedExciting Things Author:Milo Ventimiglia
“As I came through medical school, it was very exciting because physicians were reaching out to each other, between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, and sort of helping to build bridges among, you know, people, people who were not allowing our government to pit us against each other and to actually take us to the brink of nuclear war. And Physicians for Social Responsibility wound up getting a Peace Prize, a Nobel Peace Prize, which they shared with International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.” PeopleKnowsWarHelpingGovernmentSchoolSocialResponsibilityExcitingUnionsInternationalMedicalNuclearWoundsBridgesReachingPrizeAllowingSovietReach OutPhysiciansSocial ResponsibilitySoviet UnionPitsNobelNuclear WarPreventionMedical SchoolNobel Peace Prize Author:Jill Stein
“You just want to have new experiences and work with new people, so the idea of working with someone outside of your discipline is exciting.” PeopleWantIdeasDisciplineExcitingNew Experiences Author:Doug Sweetland
“One of the things that's really fun to tap in with television right now is this sort of explosion, the peak TV moment that we're in, people are exploring different modes of storytelling here. But one of the exciting things here is being able to commit upfront to a big, big, big story.” PeopleDifferentMomentsStoriesBigsAbleFunTelevisionTvsRight NowExcitingCommitStorytellingExploringExplosionsExciting Things Author:Jonathan Nolan
“I feel like that [the role in Star Trek] is a prime example of, yeah, I got that role and it was awesome, because it changed a lot for me professionally, but then creatively, it became a whole other thing, with J.J. [Abrams] and Chris [Pine] and the people I got to know. Now I just feel like it's our jobs to be open and to keep moving stuff forward. I don't know what that means. This is the first time in a long time that I have no idea what's happening next. As scary as that is, and as anxiety-provoking as that can still be, it's also really exciting.” PeopleKnowsFeelsFirstsMeanLongStillsIdeasWholeJobsMovingNextStarsStuffRolesExampleChangedAnxietyLong TimeHappeningsFirst TimeExcitingYeahScaryNo IdeaPrimeProvokingKeep MovingAbram Author:Zachary Quinto
“The smartest people in Indianapolis became teachers [during the Great Depression]. And, for once, there was something for women to do because teaching was regarded as a woman's profession, like nursing. So the smartest women in town - Jesus, my women teachers were so exciting.” PeopleJesusTeacherTeachingExcitingTownsProfessionNursingGreat DepressionIndianapolis Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“I've always felt whatever the opposite of disillusioned is. I guess illusioned with movies and with people in movies and things like that. It's all exciting to me.” PeopleFeltOppositesExcitingDisillusioned Author:Alden Ehrenreich
“The idea of it [Star Wars] is really exciting, but the most fun part is the actual job you get to do: the character that you get to play, the people that you work with, the day-to-day experience.” PeopleIdeasWarPlayCharacterJobsFunStarsExcitingDay To Day Author:Alden Ehrenreich
“I didn't know how to check other people's feeds. When I started Instagram, it was just me posting! But then at some point, like eight months ago, I realized I could see what other people were sharing. It was so exciting and so fun, but it was like I'd already gotten into the rhythm of sharing and not worrying about what it was like compared to other accounts. I think that was kind of protective, in a way.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayKindFunWorryKnow HowMonthsAccountsExcitingEightI RealizedChecksRhythmProtectiveInstagramNot Worrying Author:Bryce Dallas Howard
“I came back to Ann Harbor, got caught up with people who were much more sophisticated than I, and it was an exciting time because my eyes were opening and that's always exciting and Michigan is the place where we had the first teach-in against the war.” PeopleFirstsWarEyeTeachExcitingCaughtOpeningSophisticatedCaught UpHarborsMichigan Author:Bill Ayers
“I think the fact of the matter is this is a tough moment for democrats. But it`s also exciting to see so many people out there mobilized.” PeopleThinkingMatterMomentsFactsToughExcitingDemocratTough Moments Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“I have tried to emphasize to people that, hey, just like President Obama was a really good president, and the fact that he was black I think was historic and unprecedented, but he also claimed and owned his excellence, and that's why I'm saying, okay - I think it's really exciting and historic that I would be the first woman president, but I have a lot of work I want to do. And I hope that people will say, "Hey, she's getting it done." That's how I think about it.” PeopleThinkingWantFirstsDoneFactsWould BeBlackPresidentOkayExcitingExcellenceHeyPresident ObamaHistoricUnprecedented Author:Hillary Clinton
“I remind myself Vincent van Gogh died without having sold a single painting. Like, art is not measured by the trappings that people attached to it. It's the thing itself, and so, as you know, it's been a dream of mine to write songs for Disney, and so, it's really exciting to finally hear. It's two and a half years.” PeopleKnowsWritingYearsArtTwoDreamSongHalfMinesPaintingArt IsExcitingDiedVansHalf A Year Author:Lin-Manuel Miranda
“These days, you'd probably shoot it in the daylight and manipulate it in the post. That's [how] most people would do it. [I did the same thing with] with 'Diving Bell and the Butterfly'. No CGI. It's all live photography. And I like that, it's very challenging and exciting to be able to do that.” PeopleAbleChallengesPhotographyExcitingPostsThese DaysBellsButterflyManipulateDaylightDivingCgi Author:Janusz Kaminski
“The exciting thing about today with the Internet, streaming, and YouTube, is you can just go do it. You can go make a short and put it up, and it, very well, may be seen. You can create your own Internet series and just put it out there. It wasn't like that when I was in my 20s. People weren't doing this sort of thing - now they can and they should try it.” PeopleShouldTryingWellsMayTodayInternetExcitingSeriesYoutubeStreamingExciting Things Author:Danny Strong
“I go to a church here in New Jersey that is just a very exciting place, and I just love to be there on Sunday morning - I just sit there in a pew with my wife, that's all I do, but I'm very much a part of that congregation. We've got a fantastic rector,she brings in people from places like the United Theological Seminary in New Brighton, Minnesota, where you've got good teaching, and our people are being introduced to great material and they really respond. They're able to believe without crossing their fingers. And I think that's a real step forward.” PeopleThinkingBelieveRealAbleChurchUnitedStepsMorningWifeTeachingMaterialsExcitingFingersMy WifeFantasticSundayJerseyCrossingsTheologicalNew JerseySteps ForwardCongregationMinnesotaSunday MorningGood TeachingSeminaryBrighton Author:John Shelby Spong
“One of the things that really has gone wrong in modern politics, one of the things that made Trump possible was that many people have a view of politics as something dramatic and exciting and thrilling and emotional.” PeopleMadeViewsGoneModernEmotionalTrumpExcitingDramaticThrillingModern Politics Author:David Frum
“Let me touch on [Ruslan] Provodnikov's style. He is a lot better than people think. Every fight he has lost has been a very close fight. He really brought it and he is a great champion. On top of being an exciting fighter the guy is good.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensGuyFightingLostStyleLet MeExcitingFighterChampion Author:Chris Algieri
“For me, I've never been too concerned of what people think of me, so now as the youngest Baldwin brother in Hollywood making movies while simultaneously being a charismatic evangelical born again Christian who's an evangelist - that's a pretty crazy combination. But early on in my walk of faith I said a very personal prayer and made a commitment to God. I said if you reveal yourself to me in a way that is more thrilling and powerful and exciting than anything I've experience thus far, then I'll go anywhere and do whatever you want. And that can be very tough.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantMadeSaidChristianBornPrayerWalksPowerfulCrazyBrotherCommitmentToughConcernedHollywoodExcitingCombinationThrillingCommitment To GodEvangelicalBorn AgainThink Of MeCharismaticDo Whatever You WantEvangelists Author:Stephen Baldwin
“In the mid to late nineteenth century, the gun manufacturers recognized that they had a limited market. Remember that this is a capitalist society, you've got to expand your market. They were selling guns to the military. That's a pretty limited market. What about all the rest of the people? So what started was all kinds of fantastic stories about Wyatt Earp and the gunmen and the Wild West, how exciting it was to have these guys with guns defending themselves against all sorts of things.” PeopleKindStoriesRememberGuyCenturyMilitaryLateGunExcitingWestSellingAll KindsFantasticCapitalistNineteenth CenturyWild WestGunmen Author:Noam Chomsky
“Doing [a relationship comedy] with Sam [L. Jackson] was exciting. I've done a lot of comedies with a lot of comedy people. My peers. I've never worked with anybody of the kind of dramatic caliber of movie actor that Sam is. It was a little bit intimidating for the first day. Or two... Or the first week. Other than that, it was a joy.” PeopleFirstsKindLittlesTwoDoneJoyActorsBitsComedyWeekLittle BitExcitingDramaticPeersIntimidatingCaliberMovie Actors Author:Samuel L. Jackson
“The '60s and '70s - I grew up in the Haight-Ashbury - people around me were going to school by day and all night long having these incredibly exciting meetings, mobilizing, marching, drafting statements. It was very intoxicating. It was very energizing. We've really forgotten a lot of those skills. Or they haven't been transmitted. It's useful to the people controlling us to have those skills not be available.” PeopleLongSchoolNightHavensGrewSkillsGrew UpExcitingMeetingsForgottenAvailableStatementsAll NightEnergizingDrafting Author:Naomi Wolf
“When you go to South Africa, you get a different vibe and a different sound. The music is awesome the people are loving it. When you go to Botswana, it's a different ball game. The people out there love Afro Beat Hip Hop so much. When you go to Sierra Leone it's different, when you go to Nigeria it's different... It's all pretty exciting!” PeopleDifferentGamesSoundMusic IsBeatsBallsExcitingSouthHip HopHipsHopsSouth AfricaNigeriaSierraBall GamesAfrosSierra Leone Author:Ice Prince
“I'm striving to make things which are the most exciting things I can make that will fit in people's homes. And in that respect, working on the wheel is economically about the only answer I know, because one can, as Leach said, make 50 pots in a day. You can make 100 pots in a day. A really good potter can make 400 pots in a day.” PeopleKnowsSaidI CanHomeAnswersFitExcitingStriveWheelsPotPottersExciting Things Author:Warren MacKenzie
“For people who are coming out of an oral tradition, it is very exciting to get into reading and writing and it is quite interesting how frequently people want to write their own story. Sometimes it is straight history - this is how we came about, how our town was created, a lot of that kind of effort, as soon as literacy came. The first thing you wanted to do was to put something down about who you are or how you are related to you neighbors. Then the next stage would be the stories, the cultural part of the story: this is the kind of world our ancestors made or aspired to.” PeopleWorldWantWritingFirstsKindMadeSometimesStoriesWould BeWantedReadingNextInterestingEffortStageTraditionExcitingTownsWho You AreNeighborRelatedComing OutAncestorLiteracyReading And WritingOur TownOral Tradition Author:Chinua Achebe
“Why would you expect people who don't know any history to be able to report on history? Why would you expect people who are shallow and report only today's exciting story, to be followed by tomorrow's exciting story, to have any sense of depth or any sense of background?” PeopleKnowsStoriesTodayAbleTomorrowExcitingDepthBackgroundsReportsShallow Author:Sean Hannity
“There are so many different ways to make art. And so many good stories. You don't have to have a budget. I feel like it's super possible these days for people to make anything, no matter who you are or where you come from. And that's really exciting. I'm excited to see people around me pushing boundaries in that way, not letting certain structures define them or what art they can make.” PeopleWayFeelsArtDifferentMatterStoriesCertainExcitingStructureWho You AreExcitedBoundariesThese DaysBudgetsDifferent WaysPushingGood StoryWhere You ComePushing Boundaries Author:Amandla Stenberg
“People feel that building a rocket for Mars is an exciting project, but if you see the refugees around the world and the millions of homeless people, then for me it's insulting that people are fantasizing about leaving planet Earth and going wherever.” PeopleIfsWorldFeelsEarthMillionsBuildingPlanetsProjectsExcitingLeavingAround The WorldMarsHomelessRefugeeRocketsInsultingPlanet EarthHomeless People Author:Pedro Reyes
“Blackness is an ocean, a universe, a possibility that can never be exhausted. And so we have to constantly reaffirm the necessity of excavation, of archiving and curating, but also exploring, and understanding afresh and learning for the first time what it is that we need to know, and what the limits and boundaries are, and what the themes and preoccupations should be, and what the redemptive character of that erudition is. I find myself in the exciting position of doing all that, and at the same time having the obligation to explain to white people what the deal is.” PeopleKnowsNeedsShouldFirstsCharacterUniverseUnderstandingWhiteDealsPossibilityPositionLimitsOceanFirst TimeExcitingBoundariesObligationThemeExploringExhaustedBlacknessPreoccupationErudition Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“I can appreciate the idea that with e-books more people would publish, the work would be easier to disseminate, and that it could even be interactive. Being a lover of photography, I especially like the idea that you could include lots of pictures - full-color pictures - with your writing. That to me is exciting! We'll all have to stay tuned to see what develops.” PeopleWritingI CanBookIdeasWould BeColorLoversEasierPhotographyAppreciateExcitingPublishInteractive Author:Elaine Equi
“It's a lot easier to make a living as a writer in Hollywood than it was probably 10 years ago, though there's still just as many unemployed people in Hollywood as there ever has been, but there's so many more avenues to sell things, because of digital, and Amazon, and Netflix, and all these different platforms. That's crazy and exciting in a creative way, and we'll see where that all stands five years from now. But on the corporate side, I still see that pendulum swinging back in that other direction, which is a little not comforting.” PeopleDifferentCreativeCrazyExcitingComforting Author:Ed Brubaker
“I think food culture is always evolving, and there will constantly be people looking both forward and back. That's what makes it exciting.” PeopleThinkingCultureExcitingEvolve Author:Jamie Oliver
“Idea of holding each other’s hands at the Women’s March—it feels like we are being invited to do that every day. So many of us are feeling attacked, whether it’s a woman’s right to choose or headstones in a Jewish cemetery, immigrants being deported or banned. So many of us feel the need to protect and defend our democracy. And march toward the dream of being “We the people.” So that’s exciting, scary, and frustrating. We’re awake. We are awake more than ever before, and we have to stay awake.” PeopleFeelingsDreamDemocracyProtectExcitingScaryAwakeMarchFrustratingCemetery Author:Kerry Washington
“It's always very exciting to collaborate and work with people who are masters at what they do. When I decide to learn new things, I always choose to learn from the best, so I can become one of them. It is the same with acting. When you are around other talented people, it can only bring you up.” PeopleActingExciting Author:Gianna Simone
“Dream come true for me, and I simply want to build with the right people and brands so I can be a part of shaping what this industry looks like. It's exciting to know that my ideas, my words, my voice... make a difference in the industry. That's the kind of stuff that keeps me inspired to be pushing limits with the best in the biz.” PeopleKindDreamExcitingInspiredMaking A DifferenceDreams Come True Author:Jayceon Terrell Taylor