“Well, I'd say that I'm mostly drawn to people who are genuine and willing to take a step to the unknown. So when I play with these people, usually there's this sense of that 'yes, we are doing it together right at this moment without any agenda' feeling which is so exciting! It means that there is this sense of trust, that whatever I throw in the music that's happening, they will make it work and send something to work with in my direction. Hopefully they feel the same about me.” PeopleFeelsWellsMeanPlayMomentsFeelingsTogetherStepsWillingHappeningsExcitingGenuineHopefullyAgendas Author:Okkyung Lee
“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
“The main thing is that people see constant reports of break-ins on, on record systems and stolen financial data and social security records and so they'd think about you know what's going to prevent that happening with my medical records. And interestingly enough, patients are less worried about that than their doctors are.” PeopleThinkingKnowsEnoughSocialBreakRecordsSecurityHappeningsDoctorsConstantPatientFinancialMedicalDataWorriedReportsSocial SecurityStolenMedical Records Author:William Davis
“I really believe that is helping people. I've been talking to oncologists about how we can re-frame and re-think the chemo process, so it becomes a much more spiritual, psychological journey. Where people really could burn away what needs to be burned away. It's happening anyway. Why not frame it in a psychological way where it can serve as a transformation?” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsBelieveHelpingSpiritualProcessTalkingJourneyHappeningsTransformationPsychologicalWhy NotBurnedHelping PeopleOncologists Author:Eve Ensler
“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
“When you think about Twitter, there are people all around the world reporting twenty-four seven, every second. They're reporting what they're seeing and what's happening around them. So there's a lot of potential for breaking news.” PeopleThinkingWorldFourSeeingNewsHappeningsTwentiesSevenAround The WorldEvery SecondBreaking News Author:Biz Stone
“Because jurors have an extraordinary amount of power over the situation and of the people and the story in front of them, they tend to pay pretty intense attention to what's happening.” PeopleStoriesPayAttentionSituationFrontsAmountHappeningsExtraordinaryIntenseJurors Author:Zephyr Teachout
“There weren't paparazzi standing outside. There weren't all these photographers. People really didn't know what fashion was and what was happening in the tents.” PeopleKnowsFashionHappeningsStandingPhotographerStanding OutTentsPaparazzi Author:Roopal Patel
“When you're in the midst of writing, it's a beautiful thing happening through you. Many people have said that it's not you, it's the soul of humankind and so on, I don't know. But it has the same effect [as music]. It takes you out of your body and out of this planet.” PeopleKnowsWritingSaidSoulBodyBeautifulEffectsPlanetsHappeningsYour BodyThings HappenMidstHumankindBeautiful Things Author:T.C. Boyle
“If you're onstage and you're improvising and nothing's happening, people are racing for the door. But the director can go shopping later and pick up pieces and moments and insert them.” PeopleIfsMomentsPiecesDoorsDirectorsHappeningsPicksRacingShoppingImprovisingInsert Author:Gary Cole
“My johns adored and worshipped me, therefore they empowered me. When I was 18, 19, and 20, I had a poor self-image and needed attention. It's hard for people who haven't been prostitutes to imagine, but I think it's often true. There can be a very symbiotic relationship happening.” PeopleThinkingSelfHardPoorAttentionImagineHavensNeededHappeningsEmpoweredPoor Self Image Author:Annie Sprinkle
“People aren't stupid. They saw what was happening at the Cologne central station. A lawless space was created in the middle of a city of over a million. That has to be addressed and it has to be done so in a sober-minded way.” PeopleWayDoneSpaceCitiesMillionsSawsMiddleStupidHappeningsStationsSoberCologne Author:Alice Schwarzer
“I can't blame anyone for being pessimistic when they look around, after all the blood spilled and energy spent to gain ground for working people in the past, and see it all happening again. I wasn't pointing a finger when I wrote the book, but sometimes the message is there even when you aren't actively trying to be the messenger.” PeopleTryingLooksI CanBookSometimesPastEnergyBloodMessagesHappeningsGainsBlameFingersPointingPessimisticMessengersHappening AgainPeople From The Past Author:James Vance
“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've always been curious about people's psychedelic experiences, and I kind of had this assumption that I was going to have some kind of crazy mindblowing psychedelia thing happening, but actually, it was very quiet, and I didn't have any hallucinations at all. Nothing changed, except that suddenly I could hear the voice of my conscience, which I didn't ever think of as being a real voice. And ever since having that experience, I've had that voice in my head and followed it occasionally.” PeopleThinkingKindRealVoiceCrazyChangedQuietHappeningsConscienceThings HappenCuriousAssumptionThings ChangePsychedelicHallucinationsPsychedelic ExperienceVoices In My Head Author:Larkin Grimm
“There's always something ridiculous happening on the set, especially when people get tired because of the long days.” PeopleLongHappeningsTiredRidiculousLong Day Author:Chiwetel Ejiofor
“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
“Another option, which I think is the thing that makes more sense, is this fact that the police are a reflection of the occupation of certain neighborhoods and certain parts of cities that are designed, basically, to keep the bottom down and basically maintain the status quo, but out of sight, so that the other side - the people in power, the people with money, the people with comfort, the people that are living in the "safer" areas - are sure that they can sleep safely in their bed while bad thing are happening to people and it's not their problem.” PeopleThinkingFactsProblemCertainSidesSleepCitiesComfortBedHappeningsReflectionAreasSightPoliceDown AndBottomNeighborhoodBad ThingsOccupationStatus Quo Author:Oren Moverman
“In the Middle East, we have people chopping the heads off Christians, we have people chopping the heads off many other people. We have things that we have never seen before - as a group, we have never seen before, what's happening right now.The medieval times - I mean, we studied medieval times - not since medieval times have people seen what's going on. I would bring back waterboarding and I'd bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding.” PeopleMeanChristianHellGroupsMiddleRight NowHappeningsEastMiddle EastMedievalChoppingMedieval Times Author:Donald Trump
“Jay [Duplass] and I normally just sit around and people watch, and we talk about things that are happening in our lives, or with people that we've met. That's the soup from which our movies usually come from.” PeopleWatchesOur LivesMetsHappeningsSoup Author:Mark Duplass
“It's easy for people to come in when they think you're in a hot moment of your life, but it's really nice also for people who believe in your work for the long term and are there not when something hip's happening at that moment.” PeopleThinkingBelieveLongMomentsEasyTermNiceHappeningsHotHipsLong TermThat MomentBelieve In YouReally Nice Author:Patricia Arquette
“I think that the reason you keep hearing that it's the golden age of TV is because original storytelling is happening all the time in that medium, and people are hungry for it. And I'm as guilty as anyone for being part of an industry that is capitalizing on existing stories, sequels, these things that we are seeing again and again and again.” PeopleThinkingReasonStoriesAgeSeeingTvsIndustryHappeningsOriginalsHearingHungryStorytellingGoldenMediumsGuiltyAgain And AgainSequelsGolden Age Author:J. J. Abrams
“When ISIS last year called for the destruction of the Yazidi people, President Obama said that would constitute genocide and he ordered U.S. forces to keep it from happening. Human rights advocates say Christians now face a similar threat Nina Shea directs the Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute.” PeopleYearsHumansSaidChristianLastsFacesForcePresidentReligiousRightsHappeningsDestructionThreatHuman RightsGenocidePresident ObamaLast YearIsisInstituteReligious FreedomNina Author:Tom Gjelten
“These weren't college kids on acid. They were preachers, and bankers, and farmers, and the salt of American society subscribing to ideas that now seem so wild to us. These people had the most radical visions of what the future could be. And this was happening in an era we don't typically associate with sexual experimentation, or communism, or things like that.” PeopleIdeasSeemsKidsVisionCollegeHappeningsRadicalCommunismErasFarmersSaltPreacherAssociatesBankersAcidExperimentationAmerican Society Author:Christine Jennings
“Suddenly you're at church and you hear someone pray, "For gays and lesbians, that they might realize their [sins]...." That's happening less and less now, but all it takes is one of those when you're nine, ten, eleven, twelve - and it's hard to describe to people who aren't, because of course if you're not gay, an eleven- or twelve-year-old wouldn't even remember that that happened.” PeopleIfsYearsHardMightRememberCoursesRealizingChurchSinHappenedPrayingGayTenHappeningsNineTwelveEleven Author:Stephen Karam
“I sometimes get a distorted view of how quickly humans are evolving, because I meet many people who are evolving beyond ego. Then I have to switch on the TV to realize, "Oh, no, it is not happening to everybody yet." But it is happening.” PeopleHumansSometimesRealizingViewsTvsEgoHappeningsEvolve Author:Eckhart Tolle
“If you're not broadcasting what people feel is their truth as it relates to you, well that becomes a problem. If your not broadcasting how much you love your boyfriend or husband via social media, problems occur in the home and I really think this is happening more than we acknowledge.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsWellsProblemHomeSocialLove YouMediaHusbandHappeningsSocial MediaRelateAcknowledgeBroadcastingYour Boyfriend Author:Aeriel Miranda
“When I was 16, the guest speaker was King. And I was completely overwhelmed because I had been studying nonviolence, talking about it, reading about it, but here it was happening, here it was people boycotting the buses and people on the streets and taking risks, which I think was the key.” PeopleThinkingReadingTalkingStudyRiskStreetsKeysKingsHappeningsBusGuestsNonviolenceSpeakersOverwhelmedTaking Risks Author:Joan Baez
“I don't want to denounce musicals because they certainly have a message they want to communicate. But with straight plays, there is a focus on what's going on between people and relationships. I think so much is happening in the world at the moment, so many changes politically and culturally, writers are writing about that.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantWritingPlayMomentsFocusMessagesHappeningsCommunicate Author:Sean Mahon
“It's the balance between wanting the power of electronics and having something real happening - if you want people to engage in what you're doing, I think that's important. I want to have fun with people, but that's hard to do with a laptop.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantImportantRealHardFunBalanceHappeningsHaving FunLaptopsElectronicsSomething Real Author:Anna Meredith
“I believe that the American people ought to be part of the conversation about what's happening in our economy, and what's happening in Washington and what's happening on Wall Street.” PeopleBelieveI BelieveEconomyStreetsWallOughtConversationHappenings Author:Alison Stewart
“As long as there are a few people there, I can lose myself, which is the ultimate goal. And that's happening more and more; the non-musical world is becoming less and less interesting to me.” PeopleWorldLongI CanGoalLosesInterestingBecomingHappeningsUltimateMusicalUltimate Goal Author:Cass McCombs
“The corporate system is fully psychopathic, and any creative people who enter into business with any of these organizations come up against a lifetime of issues. You just deal with it as you go along. It'll keep on happening until people reorganize the organizations.” PeopleDealsCreativeIssuesHappeningsOrganizationLifetimeCome UpCorporateCreative PeoplePsychopathic Author:Kevin Shields
“When I started singing about my life and what I was going through, I felt more confident. It was my own life, I was being myself, I was telling people what was happening.” PeopleFeltMy OwnSingingHappeningsMy Own LifeBeing Myself Author:Benjamin Clementine
“I mean, so if I've talked to whites in City of Refuge, sometimes they'll wonder, "Why do we do things a certain way, and why do we make a big deal out of events?" And what's happening is they're falling back on their understanding of the way that church should work. It's not always working exactly like that, and they feel frustration or confusion. Sometimes people leave. That's certainly common in mixed churches.” PeopleIfsWayFeelsShouldMeanSometimesBigsCertainFallUnderstandingChurchDealsCommonCitiesWonderEventsHappeningsConfusionFrustrationWorking ItRefugeBig DealAlways Working Author:Michael Emerson
“There's still injustice happening in my world. I sing my songs at concerts and I'm so grateful that the people are ready to hear them.” PeopleWorldStillsSongReadyHappeningsGratefulInjusticeConcertsSo Grateful Author:Mavis Staples
“If my goal is to change Colombia, which it is because I really think Columbia has to change in many, many ways - I think it has to be a very profound, nearly spiritual maturing process in the Colombian society because I think you have to first be aware of what's happening and it's not easy because many people don't want to see what's happening.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantFirstsSpiritualEasyProcessGoalHappeningsProfoundMatureColumbiaColombia Author:Ingrid Betancourt
“There are some people who believe that dreams really are just kind of a throwaway thing. They are just a way of your brain processing what's happening during the day, but there's really no meaning to them; a lot of imagery of just flashes of what happened.” PeopleWayBelieveKindDreamBrainHappenedHappeningsFlashImageryProcessing Author:Shelby Harris
“People don't put as much of an emphasis in expanding their choices, so that, you know, one of the things that I learned when I was in Japan way back in the 1990's and there were all these quarrels happening between the U.S. and Japan about allowing more American products into the Japanese market.” PeopleKnowsWayChoicesProductsHappeningsJapanAllowingEmphasisExpandingQuarrels Author:Sheena Iyengar
“The fastest-growing population in the United States is the older people, because we are living much longer, healthier lives. The problem is, individuals often don't have the resources to take care of older people as they age. This is something that is happening, and we have to deal with it. It was happening also in my life.” PeopleStatesProblemCareAgeIndividualUnitedDealsUnited StatesGrowingHappeningsResourcesPopulationTake CareOlder PeopleHealthier Life Author:Isabel Allende
“What's kind of happening is the conflict over football might be a class conflict where there is a percentage of people who have no relationship to physicality and a percentage of the populace who still does.” PeopleKindDoeStillsMightClassFootballConflictHappeningsPercentagesPhysicalityClass Conflict Author:Chuck Klosterman
“People hate the feeling that technology is dragging them into the future, that they're not really following what's happening, but being forced to be involved. Even if it makes their life better, it still feels like it's happening against their will.” PeopleIfsFeelsStillsFeelingsHateTechnologyInvolvedHappeningsFollowing Author:Chuck Klosterman
“Radical transparency is critical to having an idea meritocracy because it shows what's actually happening without spin and prevents people from maneuvering politically behind each others' backs. It brings problems and weaknesses to the surface and allows people to see how they are dealt with, so it's great for training people on how to deal with real problems.” PeopleIdeasRealShowsProblemDealsBehindsTrainingHappeningsWeaknessCriticalSurfaceRadicalTransparencyReal ProblemsMeritocracy Author:Ray Dalio
“The thing is too that when you sell people a false reality and they take that to be the norm, when that false reality is light-years from what’s really happening, that in itself is a tremendous defense mechanism because when you start talking about what is actually happening, it is so different from what people perceive to be happening. They just can’t make that jump; it’s too insane for them.” PeopleYearsDifferentRealityLightTalkingHappeningsSellsDefenseInsanePerceiveMechanismNormDefense MechanismsLight YearsFalse Reality Author:David Icke
“In general, I think what Donald Trump's message is, is: I'm a very practical, execution-oriented entrepreneur who built a successful business. I've demonstrated an ability to go global with my business. I can get along with a lot of different people. There are certain problems in the United States right now born from faulty policy. So what is happening right now is the lower and middle class are being left behind by the globalization and by the global elite. I think that's basically his message, and Bernie Sanders' is similar.” PeopleThinkingI CanDifferentStatesProblemCertainLeftBornAbilityUnitedBehindsClassUnited StatesSuccessfulMiddlePolicyTrumpRight NowMessagesHappeningsBuiltEntrepreneurPracticalsMiddle ClassElitesExecutionGlobalizationLeft BehindDifferent PeoplesSuccessful Business Author:Anthony Scaramucci
“As the popular trust in science fades - and many sociologists say that's happening today - people will develop a distrust of purely "scientific" psychology. Researchers in the universities haven't picked up on this; they're more interested in genetics and computer models of thinking than ever. But, in general, there is a huge distrust of the scientific establishment now.” PeopleThinkingTodayPsychologyHavensHugeComputerModelsHappeningsUniversityEstablishmentFadesDistrustGeneticsResearchersSociologists Author:James Hillman
“All of this is happening because there has still been no reckoning post the financial crisis. So governments have fallen, one bloke has been to prison, the banks have gone pretty well back to status quo, the rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer. And it's fuelling anger. And somehow [Donald] Trump, who represents the worst aspects of capitalism, has persuaded people he can deal with that.” PeopleWellsHas BeensStillsGovernmentPoorDealsGoneRichWorstTrumpHappeningsCapitalismAspectCrisisPrisonFinancialPostsFallenStatus QuoGet RichFinancial CrisisReckoningBlokes Author:Alastair Campbell
“I think the idea of individualism has become more dominating in our society. You can even see it by our political system: how people vote, the job situation, the sociological evolution that's happening, what's happening in the Middle East and so forth.” PeopleThinkingIdeasJobsPoliticalSituationMiddleEvolutionHappeningsVoteEastOur SocietyIndividualismMiddle EastPolitical SystemsDominatingSociological Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“Half of a broadcast show, in my experience, is things happening, and the other half is people talking about how they feel about the things that happened. And so there's this sense of everyone saying their subtext out loud.” PeopleFeelsShowsHalfTalkingHappenedHappeningsThings HappenLoudOther HalfPeople TalkingSubtext Author:Noah Hawley
“I'm specifically talking about Bill Nelson which merely said to [Barak] Obama stop what you're doing because it's against the law. He's out there saying that today we're gonna start separating families from their children and start sending people home, and it's not happening.” PeopleChildrenSaidHomeTodayLawTalkingHappeningsBillsNelsonSeparatingBarak Obama Author:Rush Limbaugh