“There are so many other people involved in the making of a play or a television series or whatever... even if you're a novelist there's so much in just the marketing of a book, or even the time... the zeitgeist, the moment at which it comes out. There's a lot you can't control.” PeopleIfsBookPlayMomentsTelevisionInvolvedSeriesMarketingNovelistsZeitgeist Author:Peter Morgan
“The way that things happen in Egypt, the government - or the head of the government - don't get personally involved. They were always goonies and agents and people who do that kind of work for the government either by direct instructions or because they think that they're doing something good or they want to be on the good side of the government.” PeopleThinkingWayWantKindGovernmentHappensSidesInvolvedDirectThings HappenAgentsInstructionEgypt Author:Bassem Youssef
“I think there's evil on both sides [of Syria], and I think that's one reason I don't want to be involved in civil war. I see things in personal terms. I just can't see sending one of my sons - or your son or daughter - to fight in a civil war, where on one side we have a dictator, who in all likelihood gassed his people.” PeopleThinkingWantWarReasonFightingEvilSidesTermSonInvolvedDaughterCivil WarMy SonDictatorSyriaBoth SidesLikelihoodYour Son Author:Rand Paul
“Now the kids are portrayed as dirty when they talk to an agent, a shoe guy, some hanger-on. Well, it's only natural that people are circling them - there are millions of dollars involved.” PeopleWellsKidsGuyNaturalMillionsInvolvedDollarsShoesAgentsDirtyHangers Author:Sonny Vaccaro
“The magic of comics is that there are three people involved in any comic: There is whoever is writing it, and whoever is drawing it, and then there's whoever is reading it, because the really important things in comics are occurring in the panel gutters, they're occurring between panels as the person reading the comics is moving you through, is creating a film in their heads.” PeopleWritingPersonsImportantFilmMovingThreeReadingMagicInvolvedCreatingImportant ThingsDrawingComicGutters Author:Neil Gaiman
“Abandon all hopes of utopia - there are people involved.” PeopleInvolvedAbandonUtopia Author:Clayton Cramer
“When you are but slightly involved in the world, the effect the world has on you is also slight. When you are deeply enmeshed in affairs, you machinations also deepen. So for enlightened people simplicity is better than refinement, and freedom is better than punctiliousness.” PeopleWorldEffectsInvolvedAffairSimplicityEnlightenedTaoismRefinement Author:Zicheng Hong
“I heard a statistic, and this one blew my mind, that 1 out of every 4 men in the church are involved in pornography. And yet, when was the last time you heard a pastor talk about pornography? ... Talk to people in law enforcement, and they will tell you that the great majority of sexual assaults were perpetrated by people that were looking at pornography and they wanted to make a reality what they were seeing in the pornography.” PeopleMenMindRealityWantedLastsLawChurchSeeingHeardInvolvedMajorityLast TimePastorAssaultLaw EnforcementEnforcementPornographyIn-lawsSexual Assault Author:Rafael Cruz
“As more and more people recognize the level of violence involved and the consequences of CTE [chronic traumatic encephelopathy, a degenerative brain disorder], they're obviously going to say "We don't want this to be a part of culture." And they overlook the fact that there's a huge swath of the populace where physicality is still a real common thing.” PeopleWantStillsRealFactsCultureLevelsCommonBrainViolenceHugeInvolvedConsequenceDisorderPhysicalityCommon Things 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
“All my life I've been involved with racial politics. I was a Freedom Rider in the South. I was the author of books on gang violence, I was a community organizer in Newark, New Jersey, and when I spoke to the Black Caucus, congressional and state, I realized they were going all the way for Hillary [Clinton] and so was the Latino caucus in Sacramento and I asked myself this question: "Do I really want to cast my vote against these people who have been central to my life and to the soul of the country?" And so I went with them. Period.” PeopleWayWantHas BeensBookSoulCountryStatesBlackCommunityViolenceInvolvedPeriodsVoteClintonSouthCastsI RealizedSpokesGangJerseyLatinoRidersNew JerseyOrganizerCaucusSacramentoNewarkGang Violence Author:Tom Hayden
“Elizabeth Warren is, I think, a great demonstration of the kind of movement-oriented model-wielding power from within the Senate. Over and over, she's rallied tons of people to battles that they don't normally get involved in.” PeopleThinkingKindMovementInvolvedBattleModelsSenateGet InvolvedDemonstrationWielding Power Author:Ben Wikler
“My audience is made up of two groups of people. The first group includes people whose roots are deep in the Christian faith, but for whom the traditional symbols, as traditionally understood, no longer make sense. The other audience is the audience that has left. I call them the Church Alumni Association, citizens of the secular city. They are a bit nostalgic about this faith of their childhood, but they aren't really interested in trotting it out or becoming involved with it again as it is presently organized.” PeopleFirstsMadeTwoChristianLeftBitsChurchCitiesAudienceGroupsChildhoodBecomingCitizensInvolvedUnderstoodRootsTraditionalSymbolsMake SenseOrganizedAssociationSecularNostalgicChristian FaithAlumniTrottingBecoming Involved Author:John Shelby Spong
“There was a very important superintendent of Yellowstone, a man who was involved in the founding of the National Park Service itself, Horace Albright. And he became superintendent, which is the boss of Yellowstone Park, in 1919 - from 1919 to 1929. Later, he was director of the park service itself. Albright embraced the idea that in order for the national parks - and Yellowstone in particular - to have support from the American people and from politicians, there needed to be wildlife as spectacle.” PeopleMenImportantIdeasOrderSupportParticularNeededInvolvedPoliticianDirectorsParksBossFoundingWildlifeNational ParksYellowstoneSuperintendents Author:David Quammen
“I firmly believe that volunteering is good for our society and brings communities together. It's a fantastic opportunity to get involved in your local community, to meet new people and to gain a sense of pride and achievement.” PeopleBelieveTogetherOpportunityCommunityPrideInvolvedAchievementGainsLocalsFantasticOur SocietyVolunteerGet InvolvedMeeting New PeopleLocal Community Author:Boris Johnson
“I got into my first serious relationship with a man when I was twenty-three. I had, before that, sort of a typical, sad history of relatively promiscuous sexual encounters with men I didn't know, because I felt that if I were involved with people I did know, other people would know that I was gay, and it was something that I needed to keep so secret.” PeopleIfsKnowsMenFirstsThreeFeltSecretSeriousNeededInvolvedGayTwentiesEncountersTypicalPromiscuousSerious Relationship Author:Andrew Solomon
“I saw [Ronald] Reagan. I've watched Jimmy Carter and his selflessness, getting involved in things like votes in African countries, but also putting his foot right into the whole Israel-Palestine crisis. Sometimes into places where people are going, "Why are you doing that?" .” PeopleCountrySometimesWholeSawsFeetInvolvedVoteCrisisIsraelSelflessnessPalestineJimmyCarter Author:David Mandel
“I was involved in trying to save the Rwandan people and Sudan now. It's a mass murder. Mass murder is a terrifying word. We don't have to go further than that. Cambodia came close to, but what was it, Cambodians killing Cambodians after all. So therefore I think we should be very careful with vocabulary.” PeopleThinkingShouldTryingInvolvedMassMurderKillingCarefulVocabularySudanCambodia Author:Elie Wiesel
“Off pitch, I keep things simple. I enjoy spending time with my family. I never forget my roots and regularly give back to children in West Africa. I support several youth associations, and I am also involved in the protection of the forest in my country [Ivory Coast]. When away from home, I mostly miss people and enjoying a good laugh with my peers.” PeopleGivingChildrenCountryHomeEnjoySimpleForgetSupportLaughingMissingYouthInvolvedRootsMy FamilyWestProtectionSpendingForestsNever ForgetAssociationPeersCoastGiving BackSpending TimeIvoryAway From HomeGood LaughWest Africa Author:Yaya Toure
“I think people love nature after they experience it. I know I experienced it as a young man - I took a lot of hikes, I was involved in scouting.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenYoungInvolvedYoung ManNature LoveScouting Author:Ed Begley, Jr.
“I'm inspired by everything, really. I'm inspired by locations and travel, I'm inspired by art and music, I'm inspired by people. When my curiosity peaks and I want to know everything about the subject, I want to know how I can get more deeply involved.” PeopleKnowsWantArtI CanKnow HowSubjectsInvolvedInspiredCuriosityLocationArt And Music Author:Sophia Bush
“Donald Trump foreign policy speech got good reviews, and it says we're going to defeat the people who are direct threats to us, but we're going to be a lot more cautious about getting involved in long-term, Wilsonian adventures.” PeopleLongTermPolicyAdventureTrumpInvolvedSpeechDirectThreatDefeatLong TermReviewsForeign PolicyCautious Author:Jeff Sessions
“I do consider myself a feminist. I know the word has weird implications for people now, but I do think that its important to have women involved, whether its business or public service or...anything.” PeopleThinkingKnowsImportantInvolvedFeministImplicationsPublic Service Author:Madeleine Albright
“People involved in the inner journey discover the value of the feminine, the spiritually receptive and inclusive aspect of human consciousness.” PeopleHumansValuesConsciousnessJourneyInvolvedAspectFeminineReceptiveHuman ConsciousnessInner Journey Author:Marianne Williamson
“People can get involved in wonderfully creative ways that have nothing to do with you, but spark off things you begin with.” PeopleWayCreativeInvolvedSparksGet Involved Author:Neil Gaiman
“The breakup of my first marriage was my first failure; I had to learn to accept that and support the people involved. The court case brought against me by three of the band was awful, but learning how to let it go, move on, and come back together as friends and creative partners was a life lesson above any other.” PeopleFirstsTogetherMovingThreeAcceptingCasesSupportCreativeInvolvedLessonsBandCourtPartnersAwfulBreakupLife LessonLet It GoBack TogetherCourt Cases Author:Gary Kemp
“We are having to pull money into site-level protection for elephants just to keep them alive. But there isn't enough money to go around. The people involved in protecting those elephants, like rangers on the ground, are so under-resourced. They have very few vehicles, they have very poor weapons (if any weapons at all), and they are treated as the bottom of the tree when it comes to law enforcement priority.” PeopleIfsEnoughLawPoorLevelsAliveTreeInvolvedWeaponsBottomProtectionPrioritiesTreatedVehicleSiteElephantsLaw EnforcementEnforcementRangers Author:Allen Crawford
“The thing that I do in my day-to-day is teach Yoga, and train teachers, and train therapists, and now my life has gone to a whole other level because I became involved with people at the very top of American healthcare.” PeopleWholeLevelsTeachGoneTeacherInvolvedYogaTrainHealthcareDay To DayTherapists Author:Gary Kraftsow
“US Cycling is doing a lot now with camps in different towns or different regions, but I think a great place, and I'm not sure how much it's been hit, is camps for people that are involved in other sports. Why not put on camps for high school kids that are cross-country runners, because those are the some of the best cyclists.” PeopleThinkingDifferentCountryKidsSchoolSportsInvolvedHigh SchoolCrossesTownsNot SureRegionsWhy NotCampsRunnersCyclingCyclists Author:Kristin Armstrong
“I'll refrain from making any more comments on any ongoing people involved in the judicial process.” PeopleProcessInvolvedCommentOngoingRefrainJudicial Author:Bill Belichick
“I'm not going to be able to talk about the people who are involved specifically in any ongoing judicial process. We do the same thing with all our players. We take a look, as I said, at their personal family life, we look at the history of what they've done in high school and college.” PeopleLooksSaidDoneAbleSchoolProcessPlayerCollegeInvolvedHigh SchoolOngoingFamily LifeJudicial Author:Bill Belichick
“I would love to see a revival of what we had against the war in the '60s - we could do these teach-ins on the internet, live and split screen, and have real in-depth debate between people that are on the "other" side of issues - nuclear, gun control, whatever. We could really be having a much more democratically involved and exciting debate with people emailing their questions and having a virtual town meeting.” PeopleWarRealSidesTeachIssuesInternetInvolvedGunExcitingTownsMeetingsDepthScreensNuclearDebateSplitsGun ControlRevival Author:Bonnie Raitt
“I had to imagine myself into certain aspects of [Julian Assange] character for our version of events. That involved extrapolating based on clues in his biography, his public persona, photographs, and other accounts of him by people who encountered him during that extraordinary period from 2007 to 2010 that we charted in the film [The Fifth Estate]. So, it involved a lot of research but, sadly, no contact with the man himself.” PeopleMenCharacterFilmCertainImagineEventsHe ManInvolvedPeriodsResearchAspectAccountsExtraordinaryPhotographVersionsContactEstatesBiographiesClueFifthPersonaAssange Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“I came out of a family background that involved itself with people.” PeopleInvolvedBackgroundsFamily Background Author:Ella Baker
“[I and Don Knotts never have a romantic relationship off screen].We were just good friends, and would go out to dinner sometimes when we both lived in Los Angeles. People always asked me if we were involved, but I always said, "No! He's a married man!".” PeopleIfsMenSaidSometimesInvolvedMarriedDinnerScreensLos AngelesGood FriendMarried ManRomantic Relationship Author:Betty Lynn
“I feel like that's a blessing [ Ralph Angel role]. I really just think it's about the overall message, the way it's conveyed and the people involved in the project. Find people you want to create with because it's infinite, unlimited expression.” PeopleThinkingWayWantFeelsRolesExpressionInvolvedBlessingProjectsMessagesAngelInfiniteUnlimited Author:Kofi Siriboe
“Let's recall Bosnia in 1995. As we know well, the European peacekeeping contingent, represented by the Dutch troops, did not want to get involved with one of the attacking sides, and allowed it to destroy a whole village. Hundreds of people were killed or injured. The tragedy in Srebrenica is well known in Europe.” PeopleKnowsWantWellsWholeSidesKnownInvolvedEuropeTragedyVillageTroopsRecallsWell KnownGet InvolvedAttackingInjuredDutchPeacekeepingBosnia Author:Vladimir Putin
“Almost all the bars in Southeast Asia are lady bars. The listener and participants who interact and frequent the clubs are exclusively male who become actively involved with the ladies, not the music. Coming to them to listen only to the music is not what people do.” PeopleInvolvedMusic IsMalesClubsBarsListenersAsiaParticipantsSoutheast Asia Author:Alan Bishop
“There is no one "root of all evil" in software development. Design is hard in many ways. People tend to underestimate the intellectual and practical difficulties involved in building a significant system involving software. It is not and will not be reduced to a simple mechanical "assembly line" process. Creativity, engineering principles, and evolutionary change are needed to create a satisfactory large system.” PeopleWayHardEvilProcessLinesSimplePrinciplesCreativityDesignBuildingDevelopmentNeededInvolvedIntellectualRootsDifficultySignificantPracticalsSoftwareEngineeringUnderestimateAssemblyInvolvingSoftware DevelopmentAssembly Line Author:Bjarne Stroustrup
“I'm lucky to have met so many people who have been involved in peace and who have been peace prize winners.” PeopleHas BeensInvolvedMetsLuckyWinnerPrize Author:Joan Baez
“If we can just convince other people to get involved, this could make some major changes in our society. It's very exhilarating.” PeopleIfsInvolvedMajorsConvinceOur SocietyGet InvolvedExhilaratingMajor Change Author:Dolores Huerta
“My kids have lived experiences that could have never been duplicated otherwise. That's one thing about people who get involved in activism, you live so many experiences that otherwise they wouldn't be there. This is why peoples' lives are so enriched.” PeopleKidsOne ThingInvolvedActivismGet Involved Author:Dolores Huerta
“When you start searching for your name, you might be thrilled with what a lot of people say and it just takes one person. And it can hurt your feelings, but I have been aware of the fan bases and stuff like that and realize how deeply involved they are.” PeoplePersonsHas BeensFeelingsMightNamesStuffRealizingHurtFansInvolvedBases Author:Kevin Costner
“We've seen a shift where people were often initially reluctant to call things terrorism until they knew for sure. And now they start out assuming it's terrorism and then work backwards and say it may or may not have been terrorism. And it does matter tremendously because of the resources involved. If it's a crime that's seen as a disturbed individual, then local police will handle it. If it's a crime that's seen as someone who might be linked to an international terrorist group, you get the vast federal U.S. national security bureaucracy as well as tremendous political attention.” PeopleIfsWellsMayDoeHas BeensMatterMightPoliticalIndividualAttentionGroupsSecurityCrimeInvolvedResourcesPoliceAssumingInternationalTerrorismTerroristHandleLocalsBackwardsNational SecurityBureaucracyLinkedDisturbedReluctantTerrorist Groups Author:Daniel Byman
“My struggles have been around protecting our air quality, protecting people from mercury in fish. I was very involved in the effort to get the FDA to recognize that mercury in fish is a real health issue and the FDA, you know, needed to be on that. But they were very tight with the fishing industry and did not want the public to be aware in the same way that they later didn't want the public to be aware of the problems with Vioxx, and they sat on the studies for many years and allowed 140,000 people to develop heart disease.” PeopleKnowsWayWantYearsHeartHas BeensRealProblemEffortQualityStruggleStudyIssuesAirIndustryNeededInvolvedDiseaseFishesSatFishingMercuryHeart DiseaseFdaMy StruggleHealth IssuesAir Quality Author:Jill Stein
“I guess I would know more about permaculture than most people, and I can't define it. It's multi-dimensional - chaos theory was inevitably involved in it from the beginning.” PeopleKnowsI CanTheoryInvolvedChaosPermacultureChaos Theory Author:Bill Mollison
“All movies are inherently collaborative, and animation even more so. There are hundreds and hundreds of people involved with an animated movie.” PeopleInvolvedAnimationAnimatedAnimated Movies Author:Nicholas Stoller
“If I can stay [involved] with the sport, we can find different ways to motivate people and preach to them and explain to them that all they need is dedication to the sport.” PeopleIfsWayNeedsI CanDifferentSportsInvolvedDifferent WaysDedication Author:Usain Bolt
“The work on "Weeds" was wonderful! It was pure fun, from the people involved in the production to Jenji Kohan, who was the creator of the show, to Justin Kirk, who was my partner and who was terrific to work with because he's a great friend. The whole experience was just wonderful.” PeopleWholeShowsFunWonderfulInvolvedPureProductionsCreatorPartnersWeedTerrificJustinGreat FriendKirk Author:Meital Dohan
“It's just one of those things. Everybody wants to do it, but it's really difficult. People had to wait for "Indy 4" for a decade, and the reason is because of the people involved.” PeopleWantReasonWaitingDifficultInvolvedDecadesJust One Author:Roland Emmerich