“I've been following what's happening in Colombia because it's the country of my childhood.” CountryChildhoodHappeningsFollowingColombia Author:Barbet Schroeder
“There is a battle to be waged over what kind of country we are going to leave our children and grandchildren and that battle is happening now in Washington, not two years from now.” YearsKindChildrenTwoCountryBattleHappeningsOur ChildrenTwo YearsGrandchildrenChildren And Grandchildren Author:John Thune
“We hear from time to time about horrible human rights atrocities happening around the globe. Our government claims that it stands in favor of human rights, and our leaders are in the news demanding consequences for other countries that are abusing their populations. But there is a huge denial about how widespread and common these kinds of atrocities are in the United States, and that we are not nearly as different from other countries as we would like to believe we are.” BelieveHumansKindChildrenDifferentCountryStatesGovernmentUnitedCommonLeaderUnited StatesRightsHugeNewsHappeningsConsequenceClaimsHuman RightsPopulationFavorsHorribleDenialOther CountriesGlobesAtrocities Author:Lundy Bancroft
“These things are happening in large measure because of us. We in this country burn 25 percent of the world's fossil fuel, create 25 percent of the world's carbon dioxide. It is us - it is the affluent lifestyles that we lead that overwhelmingly contribute to this problem. And to call it a problem is to understate what it really is. Which is a crime. Crime against the poorest and most marginalized people on this planet. We've never figured out, though God knows we've tried, a more effective way to destroy their lives.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayCountryProblemCrimePlanetsHappeningsPercentLifestyleFuelGlobal WarmingCarbonFossilsGod KnowsPoorestFossil FuelCarbon DioxideMarginalizedAffluent Author:Bill McKibben
“Terrorist threats are not happening just in this country, but in every European country and every country across the globe. As a result of that, we do sometimes have to take measures we would rather not take in order to give us the security we need.” NeedsGivingCountrySometimesOrderResultsSecurityHappeningsThreatTerroristGlobesEuropean Countries Author:Tony Blair
“There are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East. Is Israel going to continue to be "Fortress Israel"? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony. And no matter what's happening in the Middle East - the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment - the emotional, critical issue is always the Israeli-Palestinian one.” WayBelieveCountryMatterMovingI BelieveChallengesIssuesEconomicMiddleEmotionalSpringHappeningsHarmonyNo Matter WhatRateIsraelCriticalEastAcceptedMoving ForwardNeighborhoodMiddle EastPalestinianUnemploymentIsraeliFortressesArab Spring Author:Abdallah II
“Business people have a a good view of what's happening internally in countries, and they can be a positive force.” PeopleCountryForceViewsHappenings Author:John Kasich
“Many people are coming to this country for economic reasons. They're coming here to work. If you can make 50 cents in the heart of Mexico, for example, or make $5 here in America, $5.15, you're going to come here if you're worth your salt, if you want to put food on the table for your families. And that's what's happening.” PeopleIfsWantHeartCountryReasonAmericaEconomicExampleHappeningsTablesOur FamilyMexicoSaltCents Author:George W. Bush
“I went to a school that was founded on a lot of very radical ideals of how education should be changed. But what's happening to schools like that sort of all over the country is in economic pressure they're becoming more and more preparatory because that's what people will really pay the money for private schooling for now.” PeopleShouldCountrySchoolPayEconomicChangedBecomingHappeningsIdealsPressureRadicalSchoolingBecoming MorePrivate School Author:Ezra Miller
“If you look at what is happening in Republican conventions across the country, they are energized. And the message is really the same - that is, big government is a problem, spending is a problem.” IfsLooksCountryProblemBigsGovernmentRepublicanMessagesHappeningsSpendingConventionsBig Government Author:Pete Sessions
“The administrative control of the government remains everywhere. You cant have a government within the country and not have control over everything thats happening in the country... Even in the Election Commission there is some extent of administrative control.” CountryGovernmentHappeningsElectionRemainsCantAdministrative Author:Salman Khurshid
“There’s something very dangerous happening in states across the country. A wave of legislation, introduced in more than two dozen states, would allow people to discriminate against their neighbors.” PeopleTwoCountryStatesDangerousHappeningsWaveNeighborDozenLegislation Author:Tim Cook
“In the past when a country became as powerful as the United States, other countries would band together to clip its wings. But that isn't happening now and I don't think it's not going to happen, because other countries are not threatened by us, and they secretly appreciate the services that we provide, even if they don't usually say so.” IfsThinkingCountryStatesHappensTogetherPastUnitedPowerfulUnited StatesBandHappeningsAppreciateWingsOther CountriesThreatenedClip Author:Michael Mandelbaum
“I wonder, what's in a book while it's closed. Oh, I know it's full of letters printed on paper, but all the same, something must be happening, because as soon as I open it, there's a whole story with people I don't know yet and all kinds of adventures, deeds and battles. And sometimes there are storms at sea, or it takes you to strange cities and countries. All those things are somehow shut in a book. Of course you have to read it to find out. But it's already there, that's the funny thing. I just wish I knew how it could be.” PeopleKnowsKindBookCountrySometimesWholeStoriesCoursesWishCitiesWonderSeaStrangeAdventureBattlePaperHappeningsLettersDeedsStormAll KindsFunny ThingsPrintedCity And Country Author:Michael Ende
“I've learned over the years that geography is not that important, except that I seem to work better in the country than the city. I get more done. There's just less happening around me, and I have more time and concentration to work on music.” YearsImportantCountryDoneSeemsCitiesHappeningsI've LearnedConcentrationMore TimeGeography Author:Steve Reich
“I think that movies can help guide us through those experiences [the problems that are happening in our daily lives, the stresses between countries, the economy and global warming]. I think all art tries to grapple with, redefine, come to terms with, express what's happening now when it's working. You can be entertained, but you can also be stimulated to think about things.” ThinkingTryingArtCountryHelpingProblemTermEconomyHappeningsStressGuidesGlobal WarmingDaily Life Author:Nicolas Cage
“My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its weak. What I see in my country, progressively over these years, is that the rich have got richer, the poor have got poorer. The rich have become indifferent through a philosophy of greed, and the poorer have become hopeless because they're not properly cared for. That's actually something that is happening in many Western societies. Your own, I am told, is not free from it.” YearsFirstsCountryPhilosophyCarePoorRichProtectHappeningsWeakWesternGreedDefinitionsTake CareDecentHopelessLoserIndifferentWestern Society Author:John le Carre
“Japan will change. Let's create a country where innovation is constantly happening, giving birth to new industries to lead the world, when I visit Silicon Valley I want to think about how we can take Silicon Valley's ways and make them work in Japan.” ThinkingWorldWayWantGivingCountryChangeIndustryBirthHappeningsInnovationJapanValleysSiliconGiving BirthSilicon Valley Author:Shinzo Abe
“The trajectory of this country [USA] is not positive and particularly for the disadvantaged, as we see what's happening. The gains in productivity have dropped, the gains in income for the middle class and the least advantaged have slowed, at best.” CountryClassMiddleHappeningsGainsProductivityIncomeUsaMiddle ClassTrajectoryDisadvantaged Author:Charles Koch
“We have a violence problem in America. And no one is having a debate about the violence problem. And I think this is a missed opportunity to have an honest and open conversation in this country about why these horrifying things are happening, not simply what they're using to carry this out, but why are people doing this to begin with?” PeopleThinkingCountryProblemAmericaOpportunityViolenceHonestConversationHappeningsDebateMissed Opportunity Author:Marco Rubio
“That was one of the reasons why I wanted to tell the story of Colin Price. I saw someone in this fictionalized political character that was trying to do something important for his city. He meant well, but then you see that the human flaws had really derailed his past. It seems to be happening more and more in our country. I wanted to hold a mirror up to that.” TryingHumansWellsImportantCountryReasonCharacterStoriesSeemsWantedPastPoliticalCitiesSawsHappeningsMirrorsOur CountryReason WhyFlaws Author:Nicolas Cage
“Radio has changed, there was a little bit of difference around the country and now that is gone and everything is uniform. That is not the only place it's happening in music, there's a lot of consolidation.” LittlesCountryBitsDifferencesGoneChangedLittle BitHappeningsRadioUniformsConsolidation Author:Joan Jett
“They are possibly the dumbest people on the planet... We Americans suffer from an enforced ignorance. We don't know about anything that's happening outside our country. Our stupidity is embarrassing.” PeopleKnowsCountrySufferingIgnorancePlanetsHappeningsStupidityOur CountrySarcasticEmbarrassing Author:Michael Moore
“When you get to the point where Baghdad is basically isolated, then what is the situation you have in the country? .. You have a country that Baghdad no longer controls; that whatever's happening inside Baghdad is almost irrelevant compared to what's going on in the rest of the country.” CountrySituationHappeningsIsolatedIrrelevantBaghdad Author:Richard Myers
“Is there some magic wand they can wave on it and presto! - physics is overturned and carbon dioxide doesn't trap heat anymore? And when we see all these things happening on the Earth itself, what in the hell do they think is causing it? The scientists have long held that the evidence in their considered word is "unequivocal," which has been endorsed by every national academy of science in every major country in the entire world.” ThinkingWorldLongHas BeensCountryEarthHellMagicMajorsHappeningsEvidenceScientistWavePhysicsThings HappenHeatTrapsCarbonAcademyWandsCarbon DioxideMagic WandsUnequivocal Author:Al Gore
“I meet people who can't get healthcare for their families, people who are just distressed over what is happening in our country. So when somebody asks me, "How do you get up?" it really triggered in me the feeling that that's what I want us all to think about each other. How do we get up? How do we pull on our shoes, go out and deal with the problems America faces. That's what I intend to do as president.” PeopleThinkingWantCountryFeelingsProblemAmericaFacesAsksPresidentDealsHappeningsShoesOur CountryGet UpAsk MeHealthcareWant U Author:Hillary Clinton
“Let your works not be interrupted by the stupidities happening in your own country! Work and walk on your true path ignoring any kind of distractions! Abstract yourself from all the primitivenesses surrounding you! Concentrate on your work!” KindCountryWalksPathHappeningsStupidityAbstractDistractionInterrupted Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“You can have all the muskets you want! You can even have assault muskets!...Their (the NRA's) paranoid fear of a possible dystopic future prevents us from addressing our actual dystopic present. We can't even begin to address 30,000 gun deaths that are actually, in reality, happening in this country every year because a few of us must remain vigilant against the rise of an imaginary Hitler.” WantYearsCountryRealityHappeningsGunAddressesImaginaryAssaultParanoidVigilantNra Author:Jon Stewart
“Ever since [Donald]Trump has been opening his big mouth, you`re seeing all these bitter people, latent racists who are becoming emboldened. You`re seeing some ugly stuff happening around this country.” PeopleHas BeensCountryBigsStuffSeeingTrumpBecomingHappeningsMouthsUglyOpeningBitterRacistLatentBitter People Author:Bernie Sanders
“Whenever my country has something bad happening I feel guilty for not being there. It's weird.” FeelsCountryHappeningsGuiltyBeing There Author:Iggy Azalea
“Let's say somebody were [in the White House] and they wanted to destroy this nation. I would create division among the people, encourage a culture of ridicule for basic morality and the principles that made and sustained the country, undermine the financial stability of the nation, and weaken and destroy the military. It appears coincidentally that those are the very things that are happening right now.” PeopleMadeCountryWantedCultureHouseNationsWhitePrinciplesMilitaryMoralityRight NowHappeningsFinancialDivisionWhite HouseStabilityRidiculeFinancial Stability Author:Benjamin Carson
“Those ministers of God who go about condemning me rather than preaching the Gospel they are sent to preach, are doing themselves a great harm. The more they condemn me, the lesser their anointing become. Go round the country today and see what is happening. Those men of God who used to perform great signs and wonder have lost their anointing because of their blasphemies.” MenCountryTodayUsedLostWonderHappeningsRoundsHarmMinistersPreachingBlasphemyCondemningAnointingMan Of GodPreaching The GospelSigns And Wonders Author:T. B. Joshua
“There clearly is a serious race problem in the country. Just take a look at what's happening to African American communities. For example wealth, wealth in African American communities is almost zero. The history is striking.” LooksCountryProblemCommunityWealthRaceExampleSeriousHappeningsAfrican AmericanZeroAlmost Zero Author:Noam Chomsky
“Like all of you I'm angry. I'm angry at what's happening to our nation. Citizens, it's time to take our country back. Bombastic insults wont take it back. Political rhetoric that promises a lot and delivers little, won't take it back. All of our problems can be solved. All of our wounds can be healed by a tested leader who is willing to fight for the character of our nation.” LittlesCountryCharacterProblemPoliticalFightingNationsLeaderWillingCitizensPromiseHappeningsAngryWoundsOur CountryInsultRhetoricTestedHealedBombasticPolitical Rhetoric Author:Carly Fiorina
“Like all of you I'm angry. I'm angry at what's happening to our nation. Citizens, it's time to take our country back.” CountryNationsCitizensHappeningsAngryOur Country Author:Carly Fiorina
“I don't know how anybody can say that who looks at what's happening to our young people and what's happening to our country, all because of guns. The NRA is putting themselves in a position where people will no longer trust them. They've been trusted in the past, but now their credibility is on the line.” PeopleKnowsLooksCountryPastYoungLinesKnow HowPositionHappeningsGunOur CountryTrustedCredibilityNra Author:Joycelyn Elders
“Of the seven million Americans living abroad, one million are military, and not all of them are Republicans. The other six million are overwhelmingly Democrat because people who live in foreign countries have a much different perspective as to what is happening in our country.” PeopleDifferentCountryMillionsMilitaryPerspectiveRepublicanSixHappeningsDemocratSevenOur CountryDifferent PerspectiveForeign CountriesLiving Abroad Author:Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“I think that when you look at history and when you look at these facts that shape nations and shape countries and give us present examples of how we're supposed to live, we find more and more often that we're not paying attention to what's actually happening.” ThinkingGivingLooksCountryFactsNationsAttentionExampleShapesHappeningsPay Attention Author:Immortal Technique
“We have what is happening as a result of the current administration in our country, which I think has taken us in a totally wrong direction, postulating totally wrong things.” ThinkingCountryResultsTakenHappeningsCurrentsOur CountryAdministrationWrong ThingsWrong Direction Author:Edgar Mitchell
“I am upset and completely disappointed in the government, the millionaires and billionaires in the U.S. See what's happening to the country? Look at all the health problems, the economy, the recession and crime.” LooksCountryProblemGovernmentEconomyCrimeHappeningsUpsetDisappointedMillionaireBillionaireRecessionsHealth Problems Author:Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
“There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader can claim: this is not happening in my backyard.” WorldCountryGirlCitiesLeaderViolenceHappeningsClaimsBackyardsLive Free Author:Michelle Bachelet
“I think people have a need to feel good about the country they live in, but what's happening, I think, is that that need - which is a good thing - is getting manipulated and exploited.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFeelsCountryHappeningsGood ThingsFeel Good Author:Ronald Reagan
“The interesting scope of Mark Twain's development as a human being is that he grew. He saw, he travelled, he studied this country and later the world with the eye of a man educating himself. This is a central fact in the Mark Twain legacy. He became an American spokesman for the ideals of racial equality and dignity for the working man because he was willing to look the world in its face and see, really see what was happening to the people in it.” PeopleMenWorldHumansLooksCountryFactsEyeFacesHuman BeingsInterestingSawsWillingGrewDevelopmentHappeningsIdealsDignityMarkLegacyScopeWorking ManRacial Equality Author:Hal Holbrook
“I grew up listening to everything, and when I got signed to a record deal out of Nashville, that was my introduction to what was happening in country music.” CountryDealsRecordsListeningGrewGrew UpHappeningsIntroductionNashville Author:Mary Chapin Carpenter
“As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see what's happening in our country, which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We don't seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids.” PeopleWorldWayCountrySeemsKidsIndividualViewsGroupsHappeningsConcernedExcitedOur CountryBetter PlacePessimisticPlaces In The World Author:Steve Jobs
“And the danger is - and it's happening - is we're seeing an incredibly big rise amongst young gay people, young heterosexual people as far as catching HIV, which is, you know, in an educated country like this or in Britain, it's frightening.” PeopleKnowsCountryBigsYoungSeeingDangerGayHappeningsScaryEducatedBritainFrighteningCatchingHivGay People Author:Elton John
“I cannot find words to express the depth of my loss or outrage about what's happening to this country. I don't know if I can find the words for it, but if this country ever recovers, it will not be in my lifetime. If I were elected President, the first thing I would do would be to set up a Department of Restoring the Bill of Rights. I would have 10,000 people working there.” PeopleIfsKnowsFirstsI CanCountryWould BePresidentLossRightsHappeningsBillsLifetimeDepthDepartmentOutrageBill Of RightsRestoring Author:Sara Paretsky
“When the entire country was watching one show there was a major discussion happening; is it possible for that to happen in a 1 million channel universe?” CountryShowsHappensUniverseMillionsMajorsHappeningsDiscussion Author:Judd Apatow
“The main one is that these apparel jobs are a very important means for young women in these countries to gain autonomy. The other big lesson is that it can't be just about activism. This is most clear to me in the case of China, where we do not have freedom of the press. If the press is free and can report on what's happening, then change happens.” IfsMeanImportantCountryBigsHappensJobsYoungCasesClearLessonsHappeningsGainsPressesChinaActivismReportsYoung WomenAutonomyFreedom Of The PressApparel Author:Pietra Rivoli
“I don't think immigration is what's happening in our country. I think an invasion is what is happening, particularly southern border.” ThinkingCountryHappeningsImmigrationOur CountryBordersSouthernInvasion Author:Rush Limbaugh