“Women and girls face a whole host of issues. We start with health, so we work very deeply on maternal deaths, making sure that a mom doesn't die in childbirth, making sure that she has access, for instance, to AIDS medication.” WholeFacesDiesGirlIssuesMomAidsAccessInstanceHostChildbirthMedicationVery Deep Author:Melinda Gates
“Architects thrive after massive urban disasters. The abject collapse of East Berlin gave us the only city in Europe with a mighty host of Postmodern skyscrapers.” CitiesEuropeEastDisasterThriveMassiveHostArchitectCollapseUrbanBerlinSkyscraperPostmodernEast Berlin Author:Bruce Sterling
“To be asked to do the pairing menus by Alamos Wineries in Argentina [was the most interesting opportunity]. There are so many chefs out there, and so if you were to say, "The dude who used to host Man V. Food is doing pairing for Jim Beam," you'd say, "Okay, that's kind of conceivable." If you're talking about the dude from Man V. Food is doing pairings for fine wine, then I think people might not necessarily anticipate that.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenKindMightUsedOpportunityInterestingTalkingFineOkayWineHostChefMost InterestingAnticipateBeamMenusArgentinaFine Wine Author:Adam Richman
“Russia hosts a lot of forums, including the International Economic Forum in St Petersburg, [usually in the beginning of summer], as well as the Economic Forum in Sochi.” WellsEconomicSummerIncludingInternationalRussiaHostForumsSochi Author:Vladimir Putin
“To be an author, and an executive producer, and a host, and I don't even know, I mean I actually have a resume now, which is pretty cool.” KnowsMeanProducersExecutivesHostResumes Author:Sophia Amoruso
“When J.J. [Abrams] called Lisa [Joy] and myself, he pitched us this idea of, what if we turn the structure around and started with the hosts. For us, that gave us a way to play with everything that we're interested in, all at once. It's the ultimate playground for us because we deal with questions about artificial intelligence, which is something I've long been fascinated by, but also human intelligence, or the lack thereof, human behavior, and interactive, immersive storytelling.” IfsWayHumansLongIdeasPlayJoyTurnsDealsBehaviorUltimateStructureStorytellingWhat IfArtificial IntelligenceHostFascinatedArtificialHuman BehaviorPlaygroundsHuman IntelligenceInteractiveAbram Author:Jonathan Nolan
“You'd have a quality insurance department, where they're making sure there aren't any glitches or weird things, and that the guests have a great experience and seamless experience. You'd also have security. So, we laid out the corporate structure, and then we cherry-picked from that the people who would be brought into the most conflict and the most day-to-day relationship with each other and with the hosts.” PeopleWould BeQualitySecurityConflictStructureCorporateDepartmentHostGuestsDay To DayCherriesWeird ThingsGreat ExperiencesSeamlessGlitches Author:Jonathan Nolan
“The most recent incarnation of [Bob] Dylan has been the traveling journeyman/ charlatan who sings roots music, snarls dark lyrics that make "All Along the Watchtower" sound like a Disney tune, hosts an old-school radio show, and turns up in some unusual places, like ads for Chrysler and Victoria's Secret.” Has BeensShowsSchoolTurnsSoundDarkSecretRootsRadioTunesUnusualHostAdsBobDylanIncarnationOld SchoolVictoriaCharlatansVictoria's SecretChrysler Author:Jay Michaelson
“I was a feature one time and they gave me host money. When I called to complain the guy goes "no you didn't feature, you co-hosted". He literally invented a term so he didn't have to pay me. And obviously that check bounced!” GuyTermPayComplainingChecksFeaturesHostOne Time Author:Bill Burr
“When economic structures and policies allow people to have access to capital, it releases a host of productivity that could humanize many bringing a greater flourishing to our society to the glory of God.” PeopleGreaterEconomicPolicyGloryStructureAccessProductivityReleaseOur SocietyHostGlory Of GodFlourishing Author:David Kim
“When we think about our work it deals with our motivations, our desires, our sense of security, purpose, and status. Our work deals with a whole host of relationships. Work impacts the flourishing of individuals, communities, and nations.” ThinkingWholeDesirePurposeMotivationIndividualNationsCommunityDealsSecurityImpactWorking ItHostFlourishing Author:David Kim
“I really suggest listening to talk radio. I mean, if you just listen to what the talk hosts are saying, they sound like they are lunatics.” IfsMeanSoundListeningRadioHostJust ListenTalk Radio Author:Noam Chomsky
“In fact, for the majority of the population, wages and incomes have stagnated and conditions have gotten worse. So they are asking, "what did I do wrong?" And the answer that the talk show host is giving them is convincing, in it's internal logic. It's saying, "what's wrong is the rich liberals own everything, run everything, they don't care about you; therefore, distrust them" and so on.” GivingFactsShowsCareRunningAnswersRichConditionsLogicAskingMajorityPopulationDon't CareIncomeInternalsHostWagesDistrustConvincingTalk ShowsWhat Did I Do Wrong Author:Noam Chomsky
“Even the Interior Ministry in Riyadh was hit. Since then, the Saudis have employed a very intelligent and comprehensive approach to counter al-Qaida, including precise operations based on good intelligence, changes in their corrections facilities, superb strategic communications programs and a host of other initiatives - all of which, together, have helped Saudi Arabia achieve impressive results in their fight against extremists.” TogetherFightingResultsAchieveCommunicationApproachProgramIntelligentIncludingOperationsAlsHostInitiativeMinistryPreciseInteriorsEmployedImpressiveFacilityStrategicComprehensiveExtremistArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisCorrectionsSuperbRiyadh Author:David Petraeus
“[Late-night host] is not really a job for a woman. You can't have kids and be a late-night host.I mean Samantha Bee has children, but you're there all day and all night. No one has a life outside of it. I would never try to have a family. I care much more about a career anyway, than having a family, so that's my own prerogative. It's just not something that a woman.” TryingMeanChildrenCareKidsJobsNightMy OwnCareersLateHostBeesI CareAll NightPrerogativeLate NightSamantha Author:Chelsea Handler
“It's like being a stand-up comedian is what leads to being a talk-show host. That life is not cut out for a woman, being on the road at these disgusting hotels. What girls want to do that? Gross guys want to do that. I think that the dearth in female comics is just the nature of the business, but there certainly isn't a dearth anymore, so I think it's just silly.” ThinkingWantShowsLife IsGuyGirlCuttingFemaleSillyComedianHotelHostDisgustingGrossTalk ShowsStand Up Comedian Author:Chelsea Handler
“Every city and country just has a different reason for wanting to host the [Olympic] games.” DifferentCountryReasonGamesCitiesHostOlympic GamesCity And Country Author:Gary Hustwit
“People that live in the Northeast are leaving the Northeast for a whole host of reasons. They're relocating in Southern states and Midwestern states - no-income-tax states, milder climate states - and it's affecting the balance of power in those states.” PeopleStatesReasonWholeBalanceTaxesClimateLeavingIncomeSouthernHostIncome TaxBalance Of PowerRelocating Author:Rush Limbaugh
“There have been miraculous stories in the history of big football events all around the globe, with host nations achieving fantastic results and even winning titles with the support of their fans.” Has BeensStoriesBigsWinningNationsResultsSupportFansAchieveEventsFootballFantasticTitlesHostGlobesMiraculous Author:Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
“I've always been willing to take risks and chances. Often I'm on talk shows and hosts will ask 'How do you feel about it, when people say you're controversial?' And I say that, 'I think if I stop being controversial, I wouldn't be doing my job.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsShowsJobsAsksChanceRiskWillingHostControversialTalk Shows Author:Andrew Weil
“Bob Dylan was really mad with my wife. I had asked by Rolling Stone - the only assignment I ever had for them - to do a story on the Rolling Thunder Review, which was Bob Dylan, Alan Ginsberg, Joan Baez and a host of stars. My wife, some weeks before, had written in The New York Times that The Kid wasn't The Kid anymore and he wasn't all that winning anymore.” StoriesKidsWinningStarsWifeWrittenWeekNew YorkStonesMadMy WifeReviewsHostBobRollingThunderDylanNew York TimesAssignmentsRolling StonesGinsberg Author:Nat Hentoff
“I could vanish the silk better than Ben Vereen - that was for sure. So I think maybe they said, "Okay, maybe he has something to offer." Years pass and I get a bit of a career, and Ben Vereen ends up hosting one of my specials where I walked through the Great Wall of China. Things came full circle in kind of an ironic way, when you have that honor of people that have influenced you so much host your show. It's a huge experience in your life.” PeopleThinkingWayYearsKindSaidEndsShowsBitsCareersHugeWallHonorOffersOkayChinaCirclesIronicHostThey SaidSilkFull CircleGreat WallGreat Wall Of China Author:David Copperfield
“I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.” PersonsFeltViewsNumbersIntelligencePoint Of ViewHostTopicsOpposing ViewsConflicting Ideas Author:Abigail Adams
“I must say that, in the first instance, we got the request from many African countries who said, look, you people had better host the Parliament. So, the general feeling around the Continent was that it would be better that the Parliament was based here. In part, because of what this country has done with regard to establishing a democratic system, and we have responded to that. We have said, fine.” PeopleFirstsLooksSaidCountryDoneFeelingsWould BeFineRegardDemocraticInstanceHostContinentsParliamentRequest Author:Thabo Mbeki
“As I said, the matter of the Pan African Parliament was raised with us by other African countries who said we should host.” ShouldSaidCountryMatterRaisedHostParliament Author:Thabo Mbeki
“We were asked to host the Pan African Parliament and we agreed to this.” HostParliament Author:Thabo Mbeki
“The word relationship best refers to the connection between parasite and host, or shark and remora. It's a biological term. I'd rather be a jerk than a scientist when it comes to love.” LoveTermConnectionsScientistHostSharksJerkParasites Author:Ian Shoales
“I feel a lot of personal responsibility to undo the negative stereotypes. I know that it's not coming from a bad place. It's coming from an ignorant place. I can sort of be an ambassador in a subtle way to say, "This is what I am: a comedian, a show host, a writer." It will still always be part of the conversation and people will want to focus on it because there is a culture that is so embedded that if you have a disability, you're someone to be either admired just for living, or be pitied for having to struggle.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayWantFeelsStillsI CanShowsCultureResponsibilityStruggleFocusConversationNegativeIgnorantComedianSubtleDisabilityHostStereotypePersonal ResponsibilityAmbassadorsEmbeddedNegative Stereotypes Author:Zach Anner
“When the rich build bigger, they shift the frame of reference that shapes the demands of the near rich, who travel in the same social circles. Perhaps it's now the custom in those circles to host your daughter's wedding reception at home rather than in a hotel or country club. So the near rich feel they too need a house with a ballroom. And when they build bigger, they shift the frame of reference for the group just below them, and so on, all the way down.” WayNeedsFeelsCountryHomeHouseSocialRichGroupsShapesDemandDaughterBiggerClubsCirclesHotelCustomsHostReceptionYour DaughterBallroomFrame Of ReferenceCountry ClubsWedding Reception Author:Robert H. Frank
“[CNN host] doesn't know what's going on in the editing room. She knows what he's told happened, and she's reading it off the teleprompter, and she just accepts it. I'm not saying that they're IQ dumb or any of that. I'm saying they're not curious.” KnowsReadingRoomsAcceptingHappenedCuriousDumbHostEditingCnn Author:Rush Limbaugh
“In America there are people advocating for trans rights and people like Vice President Pence, who is vehemently opposed. In Pakistan, too, you have all kinds of folks - from flamboyant gay fashion designers and female Air Force pilots to the Taliban. A cross-dressed man used to be the top TV talk show host. It was actually quite radical. So the diversity of these societies is often lost on people.” PeopleMenKindShowsAmericaUsedLostForcePresidentRightsAirFashionTvsGayDiversityFemaleCrossesFolksVicesAll KindsUsed To BeRadicalDesignerHostPilotsPakistanTransTalibanVice PresidentAdvocatingFashion DesignerAir ForceTalk ShowsFlamboyant Author:Mohsin Hamid
“There are just a host of problems born by the electronic age. Things we couldn't even conceive of. I was amused by the analogy that Justice Scalia made in a case about a GPS tracker so you don't know that's being done to your car, is that a violation of your right to protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. So Justice Scalia imagines a constable clinging to the bottom of a carriage as it went on its way, so there was some notion that this similar: there is an official eye that's on you, but you don't know about it. Yes, there are all kinds of challenges.” KnowsWayKindMadeDoneProblemEyeAgeBornChallengesJusticeCasesImagineCarNotionBottomProtectionAll KindsOfficialsHostViolationAnalogiesUnreasonableClingingAmusedBeing DoneCarriagesSeizuresGpsUnreasonable SearchesUnreasonable Search And SeizuresJustice Scalia Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“I'm not referring to an up-and-coming comedian. I am referring to the host of The Profit. He invests his own money into small businesses that need to be turned around. He becomes partners in them. And I love the way he does business, and I love his integrity, and I love where his head's at, and I love what he has to say, and I learn from him.” WayNeedsDoeIntegrityProfitPartnersComedianHostSmall BusinessReferring Author:June Diane Raphael
“One of the traps of auditioning is walking into that room feeling as though you're a guest in someone's house, and being really careful not to spill wine on the carpet. What you have to do is walk in there as though you're the host.” FeelingsHouseWalksRoomsWalkingWineCarefulHostBeing RealGuestsTrapsCarpetSpills Author:Wentworth Miller
“I often think that the reason capitalism hasn't completely destroyed everything is that a huge amount of anti-capitalist endeavor goes on, from labors of love, nurture, friendship, and barter to gift economies and different kinds of exchanges, not just one alternate model but a whole host of other ways in which we engage with each other and with the world that aren't financial and debt-based.” ThinkingWorldWayKindDifferentReasonWholeEconomyHugeGoes OnAmountModelsCapitalismLaborFinancialDebtDestroyedJust OneEndeavorHostCapitalistDifferent KindsNurtureLabor Of Love Author:Rebecca Solnit
“People think of a parasite as simply taking money, taking blood out of a host or taking money out of the economy. But in nature it's much more complicated. The parasite can't simply come in and take something. First of all, it needs to numb the host. It has an enzyme so that the host doesn't realize the parasite's there. And then the parasites have another enzyme that takes over the host's brain. It makes the host imagine that the parasite is part of its own body, actually part of itself and hence to be protected. That’s basically what Wall Street has done.” PeopleThinkingDoneRealizingBrainEconomyImagineWallComplicatedHostImagine ThatNumb Author:Michael Hudson
“I have a theory that the hosts are like babies. Whatever you do, they will learn, imitate, and do it back. It's like the purity and clarity of a newborn. If they're a clean slate, there's no agenda - just the need to survive.” BabyClarityPurityHostNewborn Author:Angela Sarafyan
“Media hosts just talk about Golda Meir and Margaret Thatcher and again miss the point. I was talking about AMERICAN culture, ladies and gentlemen. As I pointed out, if Margaret Thatcher or Golda Meir, by the way, she didn't care, and Margaret Thatcher didn't care how she look like. If Margaret Thatcher were running for president today, as she was when she was the Iron Lady, we wouldn't have her mom doing television commercials telling us how wonderful she was when she was a kid and how nice she is.” CareRunningKidsTodayCulturePresidentNiceWonderfulMissingMomGentlemanHostAmerican CultureLadies And Gentlemen Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Under Sharia law, If a woman has money, she can invest her money. The thing is, what we are concerned about is, in the public arena, there's a difference between a man and a woman. We would have complete segregation in the public arena, but other than that, if she wants to go to the market, if she wants to go to visit her relatives or for medicine or for education. There's a whole host of reasons why she would be out and about but, what we are saying is she not obliged to work. That is the job of the man.” MenReasonHe ManConcernedHostSegregation Author:Anjem Choudary
“The narrators get into trouble and make fools of themselves with their perversely impulsive fondlings of the language. These people have retreated from the world, in which they keep falling short, and into language, where they fall even shorter. The narrators aggrandize their every plaint and lurid insight into verbal formations that betray their fatuity as speakers and even as hosts of their own bodies and souls.” PeopleWorldSoulFallLanguageTroubleFoolInsightHostBetraySpeakersImpulsive Author:Gary Lutz
“The freedoms we have in Russia are just leftovers. Freedom of travel, which was completely nonexistent in the Soviet Union; artistic freedom - so far, that's doing fine too, virtually everything can be published. Although with some books that are too edgy politically, or are especially undesirable, the authors are already running into difficulties. Theaters that produce provocative plays, or clubs that host undesirable events often find themselves on the receiving end of fire safety inspections and fines.” BookRunningDifficultySafetyArtisticHostSovietSoviet UnionProvocative Author:Vladimir Voinovich
“Actually, on a slightly more serious but kind of parallel level, I remember being on Loveline before both hosts ascended into loftier places in the culture. But I remember being shocked by Dr. Drew. He went into this extended monologue about how anyone with a baby voice is probably the victim of child abuse or has some daddy issue. As an intellectually curious person, all I could think is that there isn't any clinical evidence about that. But to be the guy wearing the doctor's hat on the radio and teaching everybody about this? It just seemed like a parody of good advice.” ThinkingKindChildrenRememberGuyCultureTeachingAdviceSeriousBabyEvidenceAbuseVictimCuriousHostChild AbuseDaddyGood Advice Author:John Flansburgh
“Women and men who are pro-life in every sense of the word marched side-by-side with pro-choice women because they care about so many common issues. We are already joined in common-cause to end sex-trafficking, pornography, discrimination, bullying, and a host of other issues.” MenCareCommonMen And WomenDiscriminationBullyingHostPornography Author:Carolyn Custis James
“The U.S. military today garrisons the planet in a fashion without historical precedent. Successive administrations, regardless of party, justify and perpetuate this policy by insisting that positioning U.S. forces in distant lands fosters peace, stability, and security. In the present century, however, perpetuating this practice has visibly had the opposite effect. In the eyes of many of those called upon to "host" American bases, the permanent presence of such forces smacks of occupation. They resist. Why should U.S. policymakers expect otherwise?” EyeTodayPartySecurityMilitaryFashionPolicyHistoricalJustifyStabilityHostSmack Author:Andrew Bacevich
“There's no doubt that cable news hosts can say things that the president of the United States shouldn't say, and people can be harsh at you. That doesn't mean you benefit by being harsh back.” PeopleMeanPresidentDoubtHostHarsh Author:Roy Blunt
“Some rules are good. For example, off the top of my head, let's say a stand-up comedian or a talk show host wearing a nice suit - as a ponderer, I grew up like, "Why don't they just go up there in their army jacket? They're fine!" Then little by little, you think, "You know, it's kind of nice to look nice, like you made the effort." Then you're back at rule one; that was the original rule.” ThinkingKindEffortNiceLike YouArmyComedianHostYou Think You Know Author:Fred Armisen
“Getting last-minute cancellations can put a black cloud over an event before it has even started. If it's a large, casual cocktail party, then I'll often not say anything until the next day. But if you're not able to make it to a small, seated dinner, you have to call the host - there's nothing worse than an empty chair at a table.” BlackPartyEmptyHostSay Anything Author:Derek Blasberg
“I was really inspired by my own experience, and specifically my own identity crisis but larger than that, I also wanted to explore the trend of reverse immigration, of the immigrant returning home after being in a host country or an adopted home for 20 years, and finding themselves at various levels of discord with the home culture. I wanted to explore people building lives across multiple geographies. I think that's, something that we're experiencing more and more as travel becomes easier, as people are traveling more for work. People can work from anywhere.” PeopleThinkingCountryHomeCultureIdentityBuildingCrisisInspiredVariousImmigrationHostMultipleAdoptedGeographyReturning Home Author:Cherien Dabis
“I'm felt I was writing about love and desire and community and belonging and grief and a whole host of other issues. But race is never far from the surface.” WritingDesireCommunityGriefBelongingHost Author:Danzy Senna
“There are a host of surprises among longer-term meditators, like a boost in the immune system from a day of practice, which is not seen in beginners, and a rapid recovery from stress or pain. At the "Olympic level" we find there is no anticipatory anxiety when the stress of pain is certain to come, and no lingering aftereffects - unlike the stress reactions in ordinary folk.” PainAnxietyStressSurpriseRecoveryHost Author:Daniel Goleman