“With BSG, sci-fi is the human experience taken beyond the envelope. When I first became involved with the project, I knew that I would be able to play a human being for many years, exploring and reflecting on issues that would impact people's lives.” PeopleYearsFirstsHumansPlayWould BeAbleHuman BeingsIssuesTakenInvolvedProjectsImpactSci FiExploringHuman ExperienceReflectingEnvelopesSci Fi Film Author:Mary McDonnell
“To fix Social Security, we should first stop using the Consumer Price Index to adjust benefits for inflation. Using the C.P.I. overstates the impact of inflation and has also led to larger increases in benefits for Social Security recipients than the income gains of typical American workers.” ShouldFirstsSocialSecurityBenefitsGainsIncreaseImpactWorkersIncomeConsumersTypicalSocial SecurityInflationAmerican Workers Author:Steven Rattner
“Family is very important to me because that is the footprint we perpetuate. That is, the ripple in the water when the rock first impacts the pool and it is those waves, that energy that one produces, that determines our direction.” FirstsImportantEnergyWaterRocksProduceImpactWaveDeterminePoolFootprintRipple Author:Larry Wilcox
“Technology has changed things, same as everywhere. But the economy has changed drastically. When Jamaica first won independence, our dollar was stronger than the U.S. dollar. Now ours is about 90 to one. That's had a big impact on crime and poverty.” FirstsBigsPovertyTechnologyEconomyCrimeChangedStrongerIndependenceImpactDollarsJamaicaBig Impact Author:Damian Marley
“I was about seven or eight years old when I first heard West Side Story, and it had a huge impact on me. If you look at the elements of that record, it contains many of the things I enjoy doing today.” IfsYearsFirstsLooksStoriesTodayEnjoySidesRecordsHeardHugeElementsImpactWestSevenEightWest SideWest Side Story Author:Steve Vai
“The best writing advice I had was [in] ‘Heinlein’s Rules for Writers’ by (American science fiction author) Robert A. Heinlein. His first rule is that you must write, and I was already doing that, but his second rule is, ‘You must finish what you write,’ and that had a big impact on me.” WritingFirstsBigsFictionAdviceImpactScience FictionWriting AdviceBig ImpactRobert Heinlein Author:George R. R. Martin
“The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of more than 2,500 scientists) has provided the world community with first class assessments of the soaring temperatures the world is facing, the devastating impacts of these rises and the ways in which we can try and avoid the worst effects of global warming. We now know climate change is real and the hand of humankind in this warming is becoming clearer and clearer.” KnowsWorldWayTryingFirstsRealHandsCommunityClassGroupsWorstEffectsBecomingScientistImpactClimateClimate ChangeGlobal WarmingHumankindSoarTemperatureAssessmentFirst Class Author:Klaus Topfer
“. . . you [film critics] always overstress the value of images. You judge films in the first place by their visual impact instead of looking for content. This is a great disservice to the cinema. It is like judging a novel only by the quality of its prose. I was guilty of the same sin when I first started writing for the cinema. . . . Now I feel that only the literary mind can help the movies out of that cul de sac into which they have been driven by mere technicians and artificers.” FeelsWritingMindFirstsHas BeensHelpingFilmValuesSinQualityNovelJudgingImpactMereCriticsDrivenGuiltyCraftsCinemaVisualsProseTechniciansDisserviceFilm Critics Author:Orson Welles
“If you want to change the world, first try to improve and bring about change within yourself. That will help change your family. From there it just gets bigger and bigger. Everything we do has some effect, some impact.” IfsWorldWantInspirationalTryingFirstsHelpingEffectsBiggerImpactOur FamilyChanging The World Book:Worlds in Harmony: Compassionate Action for a Better World: Easyread Large Bold Edition Source: Worlds in Harmony: Compassionate Action for a Better World: Easyread Large Bold Edition
“Growing up I was very into art. In high school I was into the surrealists and impressionists, and I loved Klimt. In '91 or '92 I saw one of those Felix Gonzalez-Torres Untitled billboards. I was just really arrested by it. It was kind of my first foray into contemporary art. It was a turning point for me as to what art could be and what it meant and the impact it could have.” FirstsKindArtSchoolGrowing UpSawsGrowingHigh SchoolImpactContemporaryArrestedTurning PointsContemporary ArtBillboardsSurrealistImpressionistsTorres Author:Chloe Sevigny
“I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would help build a buffer between my writing and any impact that came from either the success or the failure of that first book.” WritingFirstsMadeBookHelpingHouseEffortColdConsciousRiversImpactCypresses Author:Michael Koryta