“My concern about Barack Obama is he ran a campaign in 2008 where he said we're going to bring people together and solve big problems. And he specifically talked about the need to reach across the aisle and deal with issues like the economy, which was obviously the top issue in 2008. It has not happened.” PeopleNeedsSaidProblemBigsTogetherDealsEconomyIssuesHappenedConcernSolveCampaignsBarackRanBig ProblemsAisle Author:Rob Portman
“How terribly hard and almost impossible it is to tell the truth. More than anything else, the artist in us prevents us from telling aught as it really happened. We deal with the truth as the cook deals with meat and vegetables.” HardArtistDealsImpossibleHappenedCooksMeatTelling The TruthVegetables Author:Eric Hoffer
“What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today, but revisiting this painful past can contribute little or nothing to what we need to do now.” NeedsLittlesTodayPastDealsHappenedPainfulPainful Past Author:William Glasser
“The greatest sci-fis, in my mind, are two things: They're what-ifs - what if this happened, and you get to see it - but they're also these philosophical cautionary tales. They deal with the underlying themes beneath the what-if.” IfsMindTwoDealsHappenedPhilosophicalTalesThemeTwo ThingsWhat IfCautionary Tales Author:Bryce Dallas Howard
“Documentaries deal with people who live real, everyday lives. But if these people trusted us and told us the truth about their lives, it could be used against them - which sometimes happened.” PeopleIfsRealSometimesUsedDealsHappenedEverydayTrustedEveryday LifeDocumentaries Author:Krzysztof Kieslowski
“You have to be able to say, OK, that happened back then. Now let's take it from here and see what happens. It would be very easy to hate people for the rest of your life, and some people have done that. You've got to deal with what's happening now and try to make things better.” PeopleTryingDoneHappensWould BeAbleHateEasyDealsHappenedHappeningsRest Of Your LifeHate People Author:Michael Jordan
“I never understood exactly why people get engaged--The only time I ever did the most disastrous things happened--but I feel that there's a great deal to be said for immediate matrimony always. If I once got started I'd probably have to become a mormon to cover my confusion. What I mean is that if he and she are crazy about each other it is sheer tempting God to stay apart, come what may. And if people arent crazy about each other being engaged wont help them.” PeopleIfsMenFeelsMayMeanSaidHelpingDealsMarriageHappenedCrazyUnderstoodMen And WomenThings HappenConfusionEngagedSheerOnly TimeMatrimonyTemptingCourtship Book:The Fourteenth Chronicle: Letters and Diaries of John Dos Passos Source: The Fourteenth Chronicle: Letters and Diaries of John Dos Passos
“In terms of what happened over that hiatus that I took, I just rested. I spent that time with my family, during their really formative years, and enjoyed that, and I messed with pills and new medications that help me to deal with dyskinesia and some other things I was struggling with, that I don't have as much now because of medication to counter the side effects. So, it just seemed like the right time to do it.” YearsHelpingSidesTermDealsStruggleHappenedEffectsMy FamilyEnjoyedHelp MeRight TimePillsMedicationSide EffectsFormative YearsHiatus Author:Michael J. Fox
“History is wonderful. We have so much we can learn if we would quit making ideology out of history, and just deal with what happened.” IfsDealsWonderfulHappenedQuittingIdeology Author:Nikki Giovanni
“My mom, for most of her life, was a Holocaust denier. And it was terrible for the entire family to have to deal with until, finally, a couple years ago, we had an intervention. And we had a rabbi come into the home, had him walk her through the history of the Jewish people, and then he made her watch "Schindler's List." And after that, my mom did a complete 180. Now she can't believe it only happened once.” PeopleYearsBelieveMadeHomeHumorFunnyWalksDealsWatchesHappenedMomCoupleTerribleYears AgoMy MomListsHolocaustInterventionRabbiHolocaust DeniersSchindlerSchindler's List Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“If your child dies, or you witness a terrible natural disaster, yes, you certainly want a scientific explanation as to what's happened. But science can't help you to find meaning, help you deal with that turbulence of your grief, rage, and dismay.” IfsWantChildrenHelpingDiesNaturalDealsGriefHappenedTerribleOur ChildrenRageDisasterWitnessYour ChildrenExplanationFind MeNatural DisasterTurbulenceDismay Author:Karen Armstrong
“The lion's share of the bear market is over, ... It's a two-part issue. Yes, the marketplace could be nasty. But there's a great deal of nastiness that's already happened in the bond market.” TwoDealsIssuesHappenedShareBearsOver ItLionsNastyMarketplaceNastinessBond Market Author:Paul McCulley
“I don't feel any 'white guilt,' because I had nothing to do with (slavery) whatsoever. I feel shame for my country that it happened and that's why I feel we need to deal with it.” NeedsFeelsCountryWhiteDealsHappenedShameSlaveryGuilt Author:Quentin Tarantino
“The basic gamut of civil and political rights in terms of disappearances, detainees, people who are surrendered, what happened the missing. Any talk about allegations of war crimes. Those are the kind of thing that lead to a great deal of fear and uncertainty.” PeopleKindWarPoliticalTermDealsRightsHappenedMissingCrimeUncertaintyDisappearanceWar CrimesAllegationsPolitical RightsDetainees Author:Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu
“Any place where you have to deal with many social actors like a school - you have the parents, the Ministry of Education, the school board, and the teachers - you need all kinds of sets and rules. You're trying to foresee anything that can happen and everything becomes really rigid. They don't want to talk about death because they don't want to overwhelm the children, but that has already happened, so you're not going to overwhelm them more.” WantNeedsTryingKindChildrenHappensSchoolActorsSocialParentDealsTeacherHappenedAll KindsBoardsMinistrySchool Board Author:Philippe Falardeau
“Looking back on high school, I just remember specific scenarios and thinking, wow, that was such a big deal at the time, but right now it feels like it never even happened. So I guess if I can give any advice, I would just say that everything will pass, and it'll feel like it was a big deal over nothing.” IfsThinkingGivingFeelsI CanBigsSchoolRememberDealsHappenedAdviceRight NowHigh SchoolWowLooking BackBig DealScenarios Author:Nina Dobrev
“I was very lucky that while I was a chess player in a country where chess was not a big deal, I happened to be in the one city where there was a sprouting chess team: Chennai.” CountryBigsDealsCitiesPlayerHappenedTeamLuckyChessBig DealChess Players Author:Viswanathan Anand
“It's human nature and one day maybe 20 years from now some young kid will come up and people will tell him "my God, you are like a young Michael Bublé. It happened to Harry Connick Jr with the Sinatra thing and now people are saying to me that I am the new Harry Connick Jr. It is a natural thing. I remember hearing interviews with Harry Connick saying "I am not Sinatra, leave me alone, I am different". It's a small thing to deal with.” PeopleYearsHumansDifferentKidsRememberYoungNaturalDealsHappenedHuman NatureOne DayCome UpHearingInterviewsLeaving MeSmall ThingsMe AloneNatural ThingsLeave Me Alone Author:Michael Buble
“I thought that deserved a book and feel like the door needs to be open so people can say, "Ok, here we go, let's deal with this" because we're not dealing with it. I'm waiting for somebody to write another book but it hasn't happened yet, though I guess mine's only been out for a year and a half.” PeopleNeedsFeelsWritingYearsBookWaitingDealsHalfHappenedDoorsMinesDealing With It Author:Brad Warner
“If you told people you were moving to Ohio, they wouldn't congratulate you. They'd say "OH WHY would you move there?" as if that was something that happened to you and you had to deal with.” PeopleIfsMovingDealsHappenedOld PeopleOhio Author:Celeste Ng
“I also think the women's movement has unintentionally contributed to the dishonoring of motherhood. It happened because we made such a big deal about our right to go out into the world.” ThinkingWorldMadeBigsDealsHappenedMovementMotherhoodBig Deal Author:Marianne Williamson
“I had a great deal of independence from the president and the White House during the entirety of my five years. And I'm not sure exactly what that is, but our friend, Walter Dellinger, has a theory about it, and I think he's probably right. And the theory starts with the fact that I worked in the White House for a year and a half before coming over to the position of SG. And because of that, when I was nominated, there was some chatter out there that, "Oh. They're putting a political hack in. This has never happened before."” ThinkingYearsFactsPoliticalHousePresidentWhiteDealsHalfFiveHappenedPositionTheoryIndependenceNot SureFive YearsWhite HouseHacksChatterEntirety Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.