“Both of these places, Cairo's downtown and Tahrir Square, are in the heart of downtown Cairo. They are places where young people gather to exchange political and cultural ideas. And so that's possibly a factor into why they went after these institutions, although there's been no public comment from the government on why these raids happened.” PeopleHeartIdeasGovernmentYoungPoliticalHappenedInstitutionsFactorsCommentSquaresDowntownCairoTahrir Square Author:Leila Fadel
“I mean, on virtually every major issue before this country that is the natural purview of the federal government, it's important to have some specificity about what you're going to do if you want to be the president. And so I agree that, up until this point, it hasn't been a huge factor.” IfsWantMeanImportantCountryGovernmentPresidentNaturalIssuesHugeMajorsAgreeFactorsFederal GovernmentSpecificity Author:Marco Rubio
“The most straightforward path would be if we could bring the cost of solar electric and wind down by another factor of say, three, and then have some miraculous storage solution, so that not only over the 24-hour day but over long periods of time where the wind doesn't blow, you have reliable energy. That's a path. But energy storage is hard. That's not a guaranteed path.” IfsLongHardWould BeThreeEnergyHoursPathWindPeriodsCostSolutionsBlowFactorsElectricMiraculousStraightforwardStorageLong Periods Of Time Author:Bill Gates
“Ben Carson's not really a factor anymore. I hate to say that of anybody, but he isn't a factor anymore.” HateI HateFactorsBen Carson Author:Chris Matthews
“Even an organization that doesn't do much work internationally will benefit from a culturally intelligent strategy to innovation. Working across different generations, business units, regions, and functions are all factors that can also influence the innovation process.” DifferentProcessGenerationsInfluenceBenefitsOrganizationFunctionIntelligentInnovationStrategyFactorsRegionsUnitsDifferent Generations Author:David Livermore
“Many Westerners see follow-through and reliability as the most critical factor in how they calculate the trustworthiness of another individual. In some other cultures, who you know and how you're related to other individuals is the most important variable. And for others, it may be as much about your reputation and what others have said about you.” KnowsMaySaidImportantCultureIndividualCriticalReputationFactorsRelatedVariablesOther CulturesTrustworthinessReliabilityFollow ThroughWesternersWho You Know Author:David Livermore
“Let's take energy, for instance. I understand that in some industries, the input cost of energy is a major factor in whether an industry is going to locate in the United States or go elsewhere. So, when, at Bain Capital, we started a new steel company called Steel Dynamics in Indiana, the cost of energy was a very important factor to the success of that enterprise.” ImportantStatesEnergyUnitedCompanyUnited StatesIndustryCostMajorsFactorsInstanceEnterpriseElsewhereSteelInputDynamicsIndiana Author:Mitt Romney
“I understand the impact of those kinds of factors on job creation. I will have a very different policy. My policy on energy is to take advantage of coal, oil, natural gas, as well as our renewables, and nuclear - make America the largest energy producer in the world.” WorldWellsKindDifferentJobsAmericaEnergyNaturalPolicyCreationAdvantageImpactOilNuclearFactorsProducersGasCoalNatural GasJob Creation Author:Mitt Romney
“The problem with an autobiography is that all these extra factors make it difficult. You don't want to hurt people's feelings. You don't know how much you can trust your memory. You don't want it to be self-serving. And you have all these issues about how to present yourself. All these factors make it harder to do than a novel.” PeopleKnowsWantSelfFeelingsProblemDifficultHurtMemoriesNovelKnow HowIssuesHarderFactorsExtrasServingAutobiographyOur MemoriesSelf Serving Author:Richard Hell
“With any good projects, I feel like the off-screen chemistry factors on-screen. It's great when you don't have to force it, but when it's not there you better focus on getting there, because as we live with these characters we spend more time with one another than we do our families at home.” FeelsCharacterHomeForceFocusProjectsScreensFactorsOur FamilyMore TimeChemistry Author:Aldis Hodge
“Anything that's ever gotten on the charts as a result of "American Idol" or "The X Factor" in the UK. It's born out of karaoke culture. It's been a long time coming, but it's absolutely affected radio.” LongCultureBornResultsLong TimeRadioFactorsAffectedIdolsAmerican IdolKaraoke Author:Johnny Marr
“I think that people do things for a reason - that we have mental illness, that we have genetic wiring that can get triggered by certain environmental factors.” PeopleThinkingReasonCertainEnvironmentalIllnessMental IllnessFactorsWiringEnvironmental Factors Author:Karin Slaughter
“The music that I have always liked has always been more rooted in anger or sadness or alienation or any of those inspirational factors that drove rock'n'roll, gospel, and blues. I tend not to value a more pop aesthetic.” ValuesSadnessRocksPopsFactorsAestheticRock N RollRootedAlienation Author:DJ Shadow
“Hollywood is a deeply odd place. There are so many factors that have to go perfectly, so many schedules and visions that have to snap together for a film even to be made, much less be good.” MadeTogetherFilmVisionHollywoodBe GoodFactorsOddSchedulesSnaps Author:Marcus Sakey
“I know so many people think my music is quite influenced by Animal Collective, but honestly I think maybe the factor is that we're both influenced by the same stuff.” PeopleThinkingKnowsStuffAnimalMusic IsHonestlyFactorsCollectives Author:Bradford Cox
“There were also other things, but this was a big factor. It's sad, because she [Eve Plumb] was my best friend. We went through a lot together.” BigsTogetherFactorsMy Best Friend Author:Maureen McCormick
“There are clear differences between and some- and there may be protective factors in a female brain.” MayDifferencesBrainClearFemaleFactorsProtective Author:Gerald Fischbach
“The factor that makes people extremely vulnerable to enslavement is the lack of the rule of law.” PeopleLawFactorsVulnerableRule Of LawEnslavement Author:Kevin Bales
“I don't use specific brands really. It's just that for my skin, I need as high an SPF factor as I can get my hands on. That's the only rule.” NeedsI CanUseHandsSkinsFactorsBrands Author:Stella McCartney
“Spontaneity and instincts are key factors to a memorable party.” PartyKeysInstinctFactorsMemorableSpontaneity Author:Mia Moretti
“If there is a single factor which separates the best photographers from the wannabes it is the quantity of images which they produce. They seem to be forever shooting. I have watched many of them as they take picture after picture even when they are not photographing. [...] Often these intimate images do not look as though they were taken by the same photographer. And that is their fascination and charm.” IfsLooksSeemsForeverTakenProducePhotographyPhotographerFactorsShootingIntimateCharmQuantityFascinationWannabes Author:Bill Jay
“I've not been to Afghanistan or - but what people are clearly pointing to is that it becomes more difficult to have it. You could do it. I think weather is a factor. The most important factor though is credibility and legitimacy. What I wanted earlier to say is what I think Senator [John] Kerry is pointing to, which is important, is the strategic review on whether to send more troops is only one piece of the puzzle, important piece.” PeopleThinkingImportantWantedDifficultPiecesWeatherFactorsReviewsAfghanistanTroopsSenatorsPuzzlesPointingCredibilityStrategicOne PieceLegitimacyJohn Kerry Author:Rahm Emanuel
“Scientists believe that the invention of clothing in Africa was a key factor in allowing our ancestors to migrate into colder climates and to spread across the globe.” BelieveKeysScientistClimateSpreadInventionFactorsAllowingClothingsAncestorGlobesMigrate Author:Ziya Tong
“Ironically enough, if the case involves race, and one claims that race is a disqualifying factor, nobody could hear the case. Everybody comes to these cases with some preconceptions, and the premise of our judicial system is that judges by training and by ethical codes are obligated to set those prejudices aside and to decide on the facts and the law. And to claim that somebody can't simply because of their racial identity is deeply offensive.” IfsEnoughFactsLawRaceCasesIdentityJudgingTrainingClaimsPrejudiceFactorsCodeEthicalOffensivePremisesJudicialPreconceptionsJudicial SystemRacial Identity Author:Deborah Rhode
“In the end, we're just showmen. But, I think that it's an important factor. Not to be anything else but clear about that - for me, creativity is an important part of our evolution. Art has probably done more good for the world than war. But they're equally powerful. They both create revolutions.” ThinkingWorldArtImportantWarEndsDonePowerfulCreativityClearRevolutionEvolutionFactors Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“The number one quality is charisma. You have to be able to connect with the audience. That is that magic "it" factor that designates a star from someone who is just never going to be a star.” AbleStarsNumbersQualityAudienceMagicFactorsCharisma Author:Stephanie McMahon
“You can't teach charisma. You can draw it out of people if it's there and they haven't quite figured out how to utilize it yet, but it's just one of those things, that's why they call it the "X factor".” PeopleIfsTeachHavensDrawsFactorsJust OneCharisma Author:Stephanie McMahon
“You've got to have a likeability factor, I think, in your comedy characters. If the guy's really, really funny but you just don't like him or her, then you're never going to root for them.” IfsThinkingCharacterGuyComedyRootsFactors Author:Rhys Darby
“The rage building up, generation after generation, among what has become a permanent underclass in many parts of the world cannot continue. We are desperately undereducating our children. In the United States, we are turning prison-building into the single largest urban industry. These are like toxic chemical factors any one of which could cause a raging fire. God help us if they begin to interact.” IfsWorldChildrenStatesHelpingCausesUnitedUnited StatesFireGenerationsBuildingIndustryOur ChildrenPrisonRageFactorsPermanentChemicalsToxicUrbanGod HelpBuilding UpGod Help UsToxic Chemicals Author:Marianne Williamson
“In medicine, we have invented an entirely new healing paradigm. Now we no longer simply look to the doctor and to medicine to heal us. We now recognize what has been substantiated scientifically everywhere from Harvard to Duke to Stanford - that the power of the mental and spiritual consciousness of the patient is as significant in healing as physical factors are. If we apply that same paradigm to politics, we see that the mind and the spiritual consciousness of the citizen are every bit as important as anything that goes on in the government.” IfsMindLooksHas BeensImportantGovernmentSpiritualBitsHealingConsciousnessGoes OnCitizensDoctorsMedicinePatientSignificantHealFactorsHarvardParadigmDukesStanford Author:Marianne Williamson
“Because there are so many factors when considering the potential impacts of GMOs on our health and environment, we wanted to make a film that could unpack complex subject matter, while taking the audience on an entertaining ride. It is a very powerful tool because it allows viewers to understand the nature of these very complicated issues in a digestible format, and then hopefully engage in a dialogue about them in their respective homes and communities.” MatterHomeWantedFilmCommunityPowerfulAudienceIssuesEnvironmentSubjectsToolsImpactComplexesComplicatedDialogueFactorsHopefullyEntertainingConsideringViewersVery PowerfulSubject MatterFormatGmos Author:Zoe Lister-Jones
“I think timelessness is a very important factor in whatever I do. That's what makes a classic.” ThinkingImportantFactorsClassicTimelessness Author:Patricia Field
“I think it's incredibly basic: we have to now deliver all of the huge advantages of trading with the 92 per cent of people in the world who aren't in the EU, so for me that was the final deciding factor.” PeopleThinkingWorldHugeAdvantageFinalsFactorsCentsTrading Author:Andrea Leadsom
“In fact, we would know ourselves that we are not meant to be meat eaters, and we would not have allowed ourselves to become conditioned to meat eating in the first place, if the effects of meat eating were felt right away. But since heart disease, cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, etc. usually take many years to develop, we are able to separate them from their cause (or contributing factors) and go on happily eating an animal-based diet.” IfsKnowsYearsFirstsHeartFactsAbleFeltCausesAnimalEffectsGoes OnDiseaseEatingCancerFactorsMeatDietsEtcMeant To BeContributingDiabetesHeart DiseaseMeat EatingOsteoporosis Author:Sharon Gannon
“When I'm in touch with the idea that there is a higher power and that there is, you know, other factors at work, it - it kind of quells my narcissism.” KnowsKindIdeasHigherFactorsWorking ItNarcissismHigher Power Author:Jim Gaffigan
“The like factor is a great thing. Love cannot burn constantly. It's very hard for it to be so intense. But it's wonderful.” HardWonderfulIntenseGreat ThingsFactors Author:Pierce Brosnan
“Politics can be a factor neither in shaping Islam nor directing Muslims' acts and attitudes in Islam's name.” NamesAttitudeIslamFactors Author:Fethullah Gulen
“Many scientists would argue that we are now in what is called Extinction, and it's caused by this perfect extinction storm: climate change, habitat loss, pollution, unsustainable exploitation of species and habitat resources, and of course, human population explosion. All of these factors work together and conspire to drive a species to extinction on our planet, every half an hour.” HumansTogetherCoursesHoursLossPerfectHalfPlanetsResourcesScientistClimateSpeciesClimate ChangePopulationStormArguingFactorsWorking TogetherPollutionExploitationExtinctionOur PlanetExplosionsHabitatHuman PopulationPopulation Explosion Author:Jeff Corwin
“Given certain known factors in an equation and the equation comprising a situation of absolute need - any form of need - you can predict the results. Leave a sick junkie in the back room of a drugstore and only one result is possible.” NeedsFormCertainGivenRoomsResultsSituationKnownSickAbsolutesFactorsEquationsNeed YouJunkie Author:William S. Burroughs
“All political organizations tend to function like a machine, to eliminate the unpredictable factor of affect - emotion.” PoliticalEmotionMachinesOrganizationFunctionFactorsUnpredictable Author:William S. Burroughs
“You see, should I stand in front of a landscape and paint it, I'm completely ignoring the factor of time. While I am painting it, it's changing, clouds are changing, all sorts of things. So there's the myth there of someone creating in a timeless vacuum.” ShouldFrontsPaintingCreatingPaintCloudsMythFactorsLandscapeShould ITimelessVacuums Author:William S. Burroughs
“I don't really care for or that much about Chat Roulette. I think the phenomenon of it and like the first wow factor which was so absolutely insane about Chat Roulette. Certainly that's what inspired me to make that movie but I think that's true for everyone that used Chat Roulette which is why it was such an explosion. Now it's just kind of disappeared. You don't hear much about it anymore.” ThinkingFirstsKindCareUsedInspiredFactorsInsanePhenomenonWowExplosionsRoulette Author:Casey Neistat
“While the World Cup is great every four years, I think people struggle to get themselves excited about qualifiers against the smaller nations. It will take some good performances from the national team to get the feel-good factor back, as far as the England team goes at least.” PeopleThinkingWorldFeelsYearsNationsStruggleFourTeamPerformancesEnglandExcitedFeel GoodFactorsCupsFour YearsWorld CupNational Team Author:Michael Owen
“I don't know if it's entirely fair to blame [Dennis Wilson] early death and complete self-destruction on his involvement with Charles Manson, but it was certainly a factor. It affected him psychologically and emotionally.” IfsKnowsSelfFairsDestructionBlameFactorsAffectedInvolvementSelf DestructionWilsonMansonEarly Death Author:Karina Longworth
“As I look back on it now, I'm thinking of one very vital factor, that one factor being that I was afforded the luxury - the luxurious opportunity - of finally being able to put something back. As a child growing up, it was his [Frank Sinatra] efforts that put a roof over my head, food in my stomach, clothes on my back, and that got me an education and sent me to the doctor when I was sick. All those things a child could benefit from parent. I did not want to be in a position where all I had ever done was take, take, take, frankly.” ThinkingWantLooksChildrenDoneAbleOpportunityParentEffortGrowing UpGrowingPositionBenefitsClothesDoctorsSickFactorsLuxuryStomachFrankRoofLuxuriousChildren Growing UpGrowing Children Author:Frank Sinatra, Jr.
“Now I have close to a million followers on Twitter, which is crazy because I don't even know how to spell. But it definitely forces me to think more about the "we" factor.” ThinkingKnowsForceMillionsKnow HowCrazyFactorsFollowersSpellsFollowers On Twitter Author:Misha Collins
“In general, I'm in support of promoting art and science in public schools. I think music and science are probably the most important factors for the human brain developing. Even more so than any other fields, because music covers mathematics, cognitive reasoning, motor skills, coordination, like, it's kind of everything.” ThinkingHumansKindArtImportantSchoolBrainSupportFieldsSkillsMathematicsFactorsDevelopingReasoningPromotingPublic SchoolMotorCognitiveHuman BrainArt And ScienceCoordination Author:Reggie Watts
“I have to pinch myself because I always had a dream of having a make-up campaign. I love make-up, I'm such a girl in that way. I love it so much and to be a part of Max Factor and to represent them is such an honour.” WayDreamGirlCampaignsFactorsHonourMax Author:Carmen Electra
“There was an analyst who came out the other day who's had a long track record of projecting presidential campaigns based on the economy and other kind of factors. And he said if [Donald] Trump stays about where he is right now, he'll win at about 51 or 52 percent. If Trump actually gets his act together in a disciplined way, he could win by as much as 66 percent.” IfsWayKindLongSaidTogetherWinningEconomyRecordsTrumpRight NowPercentTrackCampaignsFactorsPresidentialAnalystsTrack RecordPresidential Campaign Author:Newt Gingrich
“If people have the ability to see it, and you spend the money to put the wow factor into it, they will reward that entity or that team or that business, and they will then say they appreciate me, they appreciate what I'm about, and they will support it.” PeopleIfsAbilitySupportTeamAppreciateRewardsFactorsWowEntityAbility To SeeAppreciate Me Author:Jerry Jones