“I need to say how I feel.aIf you were a political person before, and you just happened into a movie, to stop being a political person makes no sense. I always laugh and say, 'Dudes, if I have to choose, I'm a political person first. I would never do another movie again and be completely happy.' I need to say how I feel.” IfsNeedsFeelsFirstsPersonsPoliticalLaughingHappened Author:Kathy Najimy
“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
“Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people marched in the streets. I think what we need is a global protest movement of people who won't give up.” PeopleThinkingNeedsGivingLooksLawHappenedStreetsMovementGiving UpEmploymentFranceProtestWon't Give UpProtest Movements Author:Jose Saramago
“Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgotten.” NeedsFactsHappenedAdventureShadowMereEndureForgottenTalesBeing TrueDustAshesSandman Author:Neil Gaiman
“Just remember, loss is imaginary. Nothing ever disappears in the universe; it only changes form. If there is something that still wounds you, it's because of the meaning that you have linked to it. Maybe what you need to do is to have faith and say, 'Even though I don't know why this has happened, I am willing to trust. Someday, when the time is right, I will understand.'” IfsKnowsNeedsStillsMotivationalRememberFormUniverseLossHappenedWillingDisappearWoundsSomedayHave FaithImaginaryLinked Author:Tony Robbins
“Well, Rush, look what happened? 9/11 happened, and we didn't know it in advance. That's right, we got hit, we got hit big time. We need a new agency to make sure it doesn't happen again, Rush." And that was the excuse for starting Department of Homeland Security. The government grows and grows and grows and grows, and what do we get? Little old ladies wanded, scanned for bombs and weapons under their skirts next to the incontinence diapers. A bunch safer.” KnowsNeedsWellsLooksLittlesBigsGovernmentHappensNextGrowsHappenedSecurityWeaponsStartingExcuseBunchAgencyBombsDepartmentNew AgeHomelandSkirtsOld LadyDiapersHomeland SecurityDepartment Of Homeland SecurityIncontinence Author:Rush Limbaugh
“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
“What happened is that in the middle of my life I went away and in my own sense of hubris, pride, cynicism, thought, I am an autonomous being in the world, I can control things, I am God.' But my experiment at being God failed! And they do have a great saying in AA: 'Get down off the cross, we need the wood!' And the important thing is to realise you are not the centre of the universe, you are not God.” WorldNeedsI CanImportantUniverseMy OwnHappenedMiddleHumourPrideCrossesImportant ThingsWoodsExperimentsRealisingCynicismCentreHubrisAutonomous Author:John Waters
“What science is all about is a process. It's like saying, "Well, is it important for people to know that World War II happened?" Well it's part of what makes us who we are. And so, there's basic bits of science we need to know.” PeopleKnowsWorldNeedsWellsImportantWarBitsProcessHappenedWar Of The WorldsWho We AreWorld War IiWorld War I Author:Lawrence M. Krauss
“When you're having conversations about actors, you realize these same conversations have happened about you. If you want to make a film for $5m, then you cast A, B and C, but if you want $20m, you won't be able to cast them, you need X, Y and Z.” IfsWantNeedsAbleFilmActorsRealizingHappenedConversationCasts Author:Paddy Considine
“The last time I checked, the only difference between my gay friends and I is who we choose to love. I'm not sure how that warrants a loss of rights, but it needs to stop. What ever happened to liberty and justice for all?” NeedsLastsDifferencesJusticeLossLibertyRightsHappenedGayNot SureLast TimeWarrantsLiberty And JusticeJustice For AllLiberty And Justice For AllGay Friend Author:Pink
“If somebody feels a certain way about me and I feel like they're misunderstanding me, I don't need to explain myself. I just try to shy away from it and just pretend like it never happened, and try to rekindle the friendship and let him know that its not like that.” IfsKnowsWayNeedsFeelsTryingCertainHappenedShyMisunderstanding Author:Kid Cudi
“Lo, I am with you always means when you look for God, God is in the look of your eyes, in the thought of looking, nearer to you than your self, or things that have happened to you. There's no need to go outside.” NeedsLooksMeanSelfGodEyeReligiousHappened Author:Rumi
“For myself music definitely informs my emotions. And I can literally play a song that will get me where I need to be emotionally. I don't have to think about the tragic things that happened in my life or the greatest things that happened in my life.” ThinkingNeedsI CanPlaySongEmotionHappenedTragic Author:Queen Latifah
“When it comes to horror there's a strange need to analyze. When "evil children" fad happened, there was The Exorcist and The Other and The Omen. People would say, "What this really means is that Americans don't want to have kids anymore. They feel hostility towards their own children. They feel they're being tied down and dragged down." In fact, in most cases, what those books are about is nice children who are beset by forces beyond their control.” PeopleWantNeedsFeelsMeanChildrenBookFactsKidsEvilForceCasesNiceHappenedStrangeHorrorDown AndTiedHostilityReally MeanFadsOmenExorcist Author:Stephen King
“I have a psychological feeling about things - and if I have something that I need to accomplish and I accomplish it, I let down after that, and that happened to me in golf.” IfsNeedsFeelingsHappenedGolfAccomplishPsychologicalLet Down Author:Arnold Palmer
“I don't have a lot of recreation time. I've always been under the assumption that if you're selling tickets you need to work. The kind of success that's happened to me maybe only happens to one comedian every twenty years and so I'm on the road constantly.” IfsNeedsYearsKindHappensHappenedTwentiesSellingComedianAssumptionTicketsRecreation Author:Larry the Cable Guy
“[While voicing] you have to create a feeling for what happened before a scene, what's going to happen after a scene, and what you are doing in a scene. You need to use your imagination even more and once your emotions are up, then your voice and expressions will go accordingly.” NeedsUseFeelingsHappensVoiceImaginationEmotionHappenedExpressionScene Author:James Hong
“There's never been a great fight without the writers taking on and finding an identity for it. That's probably what has happened boxing. Writers are not writing about us big boys anymore and I tell you right, however you feel, take something, find it, and use it because American needs something to read about.” NeedsFeelsWritingUseBigsFightingBoysHappenedIdentityTelevisionFindingsBoxing Author:George Foreman
“Comedians, such as yourself, Jon Stewart and others, are a valuable supplement, and here's why: Good journalism at its best frequently speaks truth to power. What's happened with journalists - again, I don't except myself from this criticism - in some ways we've lost our guts. We need a spine transplant. What's happened is comedians, in their own way, speak truth to power and fill that vacuum that we in journalism have too often left, particularly post 9/11.” WayNeedsLostLeftSpeakHappenedCriticismValuableJournalismPostsJournalistComedianGutsVacuumsSpineSpeak The TruthSupplementsTransplantsGood Journalism Author:Dan Rather
“I think the need to go on stage speaks to some sort of a profound psychological deficit, but something that happened when you were a kid. Or something your parents did.” ThinkingNeedsKidsSpeakParentHappenedStageGoes OnProfoundPsychologicalDeficit Author:W. Kamau Bell
“Motherhood has been the best thing that has ever happened to me. It has taught me a lot about myself, about the things I'm great at, and the things I need to work on.” NeedsHas BeensHappenedTaughtMotherhoodBest Things Author:Tia Mowry
“Something happened to me and I became really successful at something at a young age, and that stunts you in every other aspect of your life because you feel like that's what you're good at and so that's what you need to stay in.” NeedsFeelsAgeYoungSuccessfulHappenedAspectYoung Age Author:Kristen Stewart
“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
“So the idea was that, some catastrophic event had happened. There was a long dark age and then out of that, 100 years ago in this world, seven barons - these men and women - rose up and formed the new society. It's a feudal world, a part feudal barons and part warlord and part mob boss and they each control a huge resource so that there's an uneasy alliance, but they all need each other.” MenWorldNeedsYearsLongIdeasAgeDarkHappenedEventsThis WorldHugeMen And WomenResourcesYears AgoRoseSevenBossAlliancesDark AgesUneasyWarlords Author:Alfred Gough
“I have said the invasion of Iraq was a mistake. But I think if we're ever going to really tackle the problems posed by jihadi extreme terrorism, we need to understand it and realize that it has antecedents to what happened in Iraq and we have to continue to be vigilant about it.” IfsThinkingNeedsSaidProblemRealizingMistakeHappenedIraqExtremesTerrorismInvasionVigilant Author:Hillary Clinton
“What happened is I was going to college in 1950. L. A. City College. A guy I knew was going to an acting class on Thursday nights. He started telling me about all the good-lookin' chicks and said, "Why don't you go with me?" So I probably had some motivation beyond thoughts of being an actor. And sure enough, he was right. There were a lot of girls and not many guys. I said, "Yeah, they need me here." I wound up at Universal as a contract player.” NeedsSaidEnoughMotivationNightGuyGirlActorsActingCitiesClassPlayerHappenedCollegeUniversalYeahWoundsContractsChicksThursdayActing ClassesGoing To CollegeThursday Night Author:Clint Eastwood
“Now what has happened in our country during the time we have been plunging toward socialism? Are we actually at that point where the Constitution may be hanging by a single thread and we need to step in to save it?” NeedsMayHas BeensCountryStepsHappenedConstitutionSocialismOur CountryThread Author:Ernest L. Wilkinson
“Think about everything you read and everything you see. The one thing we can learn from all the horrible things that have happened in the last 15-20 years is that hysteria is the last thing we need. Cool thinking, pragmatism, and analytical thought are most important at this point.” ThinkingNeedsYearsImportantLastsHappenedOne ThingHorribleHysteriaPragmatismHorrible Things Author:Greg Proops
“I don't know if any of you feel this way, but it's like eventually, you see a woman come on screen and you go, "Oh, thank God!" You just sort of need a break from all this testosterone, which happened, I think, in one of my films, The Hurt Locker. I was in it for like five minutes, and people were like, "You were in that movie!" And I was like, "Well, kind of." And they were like, "No, you were!" 'Cause they needed a woman!” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayNeedsFeelsWellsKindFilmCausesHurtBreakFiveHappenedMinutesLike YouNeededScreensThank GodFive MinutesLockersTestosteroneHurt Locker Author:Evangeline Lilly
“Christians have an important role to play in contending that no human life is "devoid of value." We can do so through courageous protest, as happened in Germany, as well, as in compassionate care for the most vulnerable members of society, as Mother Teresa did. In both approaches theology - what one believes about God and human life - matters. The world desperately needs that good news.” WorldNeedsBelieveHumansWellsImportantMatterPlayCareChristianLife IsMotherValuesCan DoRolesHappenedMembersApproachNewsTheologyVulnerableHuman LifeGermanyProtestCourageousCompassionateGood NewsTeresaContending Author:Philip Yancey
“The other thing to realize is that almost all these shootings, including this shooting [in San-Bernardino], happened in a government building where people are not allowed to defend themselves. While it's not the ultimate answer, the ultimate answer would be no violence, part of the answer is saying, "We need to allow people to defend themselves."” PeopleNeedsGovernmentWould BeRealizingAnswersViolenceHappenedBuildingUltimateIncludingShooting Author:Rand Paul
“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
“I was going through a break up. I was depressed... I really did need to do something. Recording an album was a great escape. I don't know what would have happened if I wouldn't have started to work.” IfsKnowsNeedsBreakHappenedAlbumsGreat Escape Author:Damon Albarn
“Frankly, Django is an American story that needs to be told, when you think of slavery existing in this country for 245 years. In slave narratives there were all types of tales and drama and heroism and pain and love that happened during that time. That's rich material for drama! Everyone complains that there are no new stories left to tell. Not true, there are a whole bunch of them, and they're all American with a capital A.” ThinkingNeedsYearsCountryWholeStoriesPainLeftRichHappenedMaterialsTypeDramaAnd LoveSlaverySlaveComplainingBunchTalesNarrativeHeroismLove And PainDjango Author:Quentin Tarantino
“Here is how I work: when I think that a film needs to have a principal theme, I search for a melody. I have a very strange melodic gift: melodies come to me effortlessly. So I write melodies-thirty, forty, fifty-then I cast them off until I have just two or three. If only one is needed, I go see the director and ask him to decide. That happened one time with Jacques Demy for the duo of the twins [in Les demoiselles de Rochefort]: I went to his house in Noirmoutier to play 35 possible themes for him.” IfsThinkingNeedsWritingTwoPlayFilmThreeAsksHouseHappenedStrangeNeededDirectorsCastsThirtyThemeFiftyFortyMelodyOne TimeTwinsPrincipalDuos Author:Michel Legrand
“God doesn't need to have emergency meetings. He's never gathered the Trinity and asked 'What happened there'.” NeedsHappenedMeetingsEmergenciesTrinity Author:Matt Chandler
“We need to write because so many of our stories are not being heard. Where could they be heard in this era of fear and media monopolies? Writing allows us to transform what has happened to us and to fight back against what's hurting us. While not everyone is an author, everyone is a writer and I think that the process of writing is deeply spiritual and liberatory.” ThinkingNeedsWritingStoriesSpiritualFightingProcessHurtHappenedHeardMediaErasMonopoly Author:Sandra Cisneros
“There's a bigger question again about how to do prevention. It's not simply about putting out the early warning. The early warning was put out on Abyei; everybody knew that this was coming. This was intentional, and still it happened. So this idea that we fail to stop these things because there's not awareness about them, or that we need better early warning information, I'm increasingly skeptical of. I think it's about how you move that information into the policy process.” ThinkingNeedsStillsIdeasMovingProcessFailingHappenedAwarenessInformationPolicyBiggerWarningSkepticalPrevention Author:Rebecca Hamilton
“The hijab or a variation of the word shows up eight times in the Quran. And it never means headscarf. And so what's happened is that the identity of a Muslim woman especially is being equated to this piece of cloth on her head. And in that ideology there's a very fundamental assumption that people need to think very deeply about, which is do you believe that a woman is too sexy for her hair?” PeopleThinkingNeedsBelieveMeanShowsPiecesHappenedIdentityHairFundamentalsSexyEightIdeologyAssumptionVariationQuranVery DeepMuslim WomenHijab Author:Asra Nomani
“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
“I hope, by being honest about what happened to me, to help nourish a culture of honesty that might make something different - and better - possible. We really need to squarely face the issue of child abuse in America, and to look at our perversity, our illness.” NeedsLooksChildrenDifferentHelpingMightAmericaFacesCultureIssuesHappenedHonestHonestyAbuseIllnessBeing HonestChild AbusePerversity Author:Laura Mullen
“You cannot limit the debate to being solely in favour or against. It should be more complex. When you condemn, you need to understand what led to it. In general, if it is our responsibility to condemn terrorist actions after they had happened, we have an even greater responsibility beforehand to make sure they won't happen.” IfsNeedsShouldHappensActionResponsibilityGreaterHappenedLimitsComplexesDebateTerroristFavour Author:Tariq Ramadan
“What won't work - what can't work - is to act like the last years never happened, and that the survival of the [mass media] industry will be found by hiding content behind walled gardens. Instead of sticking their finger in the dike, trying to hold back the flow of innovation, companies need to ride the rapids of progress and seize the opportunities it provides.” NeedsTryingYearsLastsFoundOpportunityBehindsCompanyProgressHappenedMediaIndustrySurvivalMassGardenFlowInnovationFingersHidingLast YearRapidsMass Media Author:Arianna Huffington