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“Jerusalem - a divided city, where demonstrations for and against various issues occur regularly. One day, during an Orthodox demonstration against autopsies, I happened to click a few frames while a young man pushed his hamsa (spread hand) into my camera, which is seen by some as 'the evil eye.' As it happened, it was the tail end of my roll of film and the image is actually a double exposure. This taught me that in spite of your careful framing, chance occurrences create the most interesting images.”

“Nature, philosophy and social issues are the three things that always occupy my mind. You do not have any power over others but can only change yourself.”

Mind Philosophy Three Social Issues Social Issues Three Things Change Yourself Power Over Others

Author:Pawan Kalyan

“I always try to find the truth in a situation. That unvarnished, pure nugget of truth at the core of every issue that I write about.”

Writing Trying Situation Issues Pure Core Nuggets

Author:Michael Arrington

“The issues of going back to coal in Ontario? I don't think we're going to win that one.”

Thinking Winning Issues Coal Ontario

Author:Ken Boshcoff

“We discussed this very important issue yesterday over a beer.”

Important Issues Yesterday Beer Important Issues

Author:Vladimir Putin

“Go ahead and do things, the bigger the better, if your fundamentals are sound. Avoid procrastination. Do not quibble for an hour over things that might be decided in minutes. However, if the issue at stake is large, stay as long as the next man, but go ahead and do things.”

Ifs Men Long Might Next Sound Hours Issues Minutes Decided Bigger Fundamentals Stakes Procrastination

Author:John J. Raskob

“If women ran Hollywood, The Hollywood Reporter would have a "Men in Entertainment" issue every year, and those jerks would have to write something.”

Ifs Men Writing Years Issues Hollywood Entertainment Ran Reporters Jerk

Author:Elizabeth Meriwether

“The Iraq War was the biggest issue for people of my generation in the West. It was also the clearest case, in my living memory, of media manipulation and the creation of a war through ignorance.”

People War Memories Cases Issues Generations Media Creation Ignorance West Iraq Manipulation My Generation Iraq War Media Manipulation Invading Iraq

Author:Julian Assange

“In the case of climate change, the threat is long-term and diffuse and requires broad international action for the benefit of people decades in the future. And in politics, the urgent always trumps the important, and that is what makes it a very difficult and challenging issue.”

People Long Important Action Difficult Term Challenges Cases Issues Trump Benefits Threat Climate Climate Change International Decades Long Term Broads Urgent

Author:Martin Rees

“A safe, affordable and plentiful supply of food is a national security issue.”

Issues Security Safe National Security Affordable Plentiful

Author:Doug Ose

“I joined NOW on an issue of pay.”

Pay Issues

Author:Karen DeCrow

“There are still civil rights issues. There are still people who can't be visited by their spouse in the hospital because they're gay. These are humanitarian issues. At the end of the day, all you want is for people to be happy in the pursuit of life, love and liberty.”

People Want Stills Ends Liberty Issues Rights Gay Humanitarian Pursuit Civil Rights The End Of The Day Love Life Hospitals Spouse

Author:Brandi Carlile

“I tend to support and get behind issues instead of candidates, because of the whole 'Super Bowl' generalization of our world - You're on this side, I'm on that side; you're a Republican, I'm a Democrat; you're country music, I'm rock music.”

World Country Whole Sides Behinds Support Issues Rocks Republican Democrat Candidates Our World Bowls Rock Music Super Bowl Generalization

Author:Brandi Carlile

“My mother was a great advocate of womens rights, a member of the League of Womens Voters and lifelong member of Planned Parenthood and an advocate of a womans rights in terms of reproductive issues. She was also a founding member of Common Cause in the state of Indiana.”

States Mother Causes Term Common Issues Rights Members League Voters Parenthood Womens Rights Founding Lifelong Indiana Planned Parenthood

Author:Kathryn Lasky

“A career high was when I did a cover for W Magazines July issue with Steven Meisel. So few girls shoot with Meisel in their career, and a lot of people had told me I would never achieve that, so it was a dream come true.”

People Dream Girl Careers Issues Achieve Magazines Dreams Come True July Steven Meisel

Author:Joan Smalls

“The rates of soda consumption in our poorest communities cannot be explained by individual consumer preferences alone, but rather are linked to broader issues of access and affordability of healthy foods in low-income neighborhoods, and to the marketing efforts of soda companies themselves.”

“Sometimes, people forget my record of fiscal conservatism on major issues in the state legislature. The greatest example is my voting against the pension borrowing scheme in 1997.”

People Sometimes States Forget Issues Records Example Majors Voting Schemes Conservatism Legislature Borrowing Pension State Legislatures

Author:Leonard Lance

“I think I was the first executive to ever speak at a Greenpeace business conference, in London in 2001. That didn't play well here at Ford, but I thought it was an important signal to send internally, that these were the kind of issues we needed to be grappling with.”

Thinking Firsts Wells Kind Important Play Speak Issues Needed London Executives Signals Conferences Grappling Greenpeace

Author:Bill Ford

“The euro is a vital issue for Germany. There is no other country that derives as much benefit from the common domestic market and the monetary union as Germany.”

Country Common Issues Benefits Unions Germany Other Countries Monetary Euro

Author:Peer Steinbruck

“I think we have to keep working enormously hard to see that every single Indigenous child - every Australian child - has true equality of opportunity. Weve got to work harder at it. I think, you know, the heartland issue for us is the gap; the gap in life expectancy in this country.”

Thinking Knows Heart Children Country Hard Opportunity Issues Hard Work Harder Gaps Indigenous Australian Work Harder Expectancy Equality Of Opportunity Life Expectancy True Equality

Author:Quentin Bryce

“I think it's... I don't want to become a social crusader on this issue, but I think sports, male sports, has traditionally not been an inviting environment for gay men to identify themselves. But eventually... we will get to a place where it is not an issue in sports.”

Thinking Men Want Social Sports Issues Environment Gay Males Inviting Gay Men

Author:David Stern

“If I give dollars to some charity, nobody cares. I mean, it helps the charity, but nobody cares. But if the Dodgers do the same thing, they bring more focus to issues, and that makes it better.”

Ifs Giving Mean Helping Care Issues Focus Dollars Charity Nobody Cares Dodgers

Author:Mark Walter

“I'd really love to go for a fourth trip into space with maybe Mr. Duceppe and Mr. Boisclair, and I am convinced, I am convinced that after such a trip, Quebec sovereignty will no longer be an issue. Space travel affects us that much.”

Space Issues Convinced Fourth Sovereignty Space Travel Quebec

Author:Marc Garneau

“I made the connection between food and weight, but feeling good or bad was a separate issue.”

Made Feelings Issues Connections Weight Feel Good

Author:Robin Quivers

“I was having health issues all my life. You're just not conditioned to think of them as health issues.”

Thinking Issues Health Issues

Author:Robin Quivers

“I'm not feeling undertaxed. Tax reform is an important issue. You have to have an inherent sense of fairness.”

Important Feelings Issues Taxes Reform Fairness Inherent Important Issues Tax Reform

Author:Stephen A. Schwarzman

“I'm much more accepting of myself. A lot of my body issues have naturally settled down.”

Body Accepting Issues

Author:Geri Halliwell

“Obviously, the issue for the Left isn't aging white males; it is conservatives, whether they are young or old, white or nonwhite, male or female. If female aborigines were conservative, the Left would have a problem with female aborigines.”

Ifs Problem Young Left White Issues Female Aging Males Conservative

Author:Dennis Prager

“A final and long-lasting solution to the Kosovo issue cannot be achieved without an agreement with Serbia, especially in regard to the U.N.”

Long Issues Solutions Regard Finals Agreement Lasting Long Lasting Serbia Kosovo

Author:Ivica Dacic

“Had someone from Serbia flown a Greater Serbia flag in Tirana or Pristina, it would become an issue for the U.N. Security Council.”

Issues Greater Security Flags Council Serbia Security Council

Author:Ivica Dacic

“The issue is: how do you engage the audience? And one of the things I talk to our communicators about is: The outline is great; the stories are great. But how do you engage them? How do you make it feel like we are on a journey, not you are just up there giving me information.”

Giving Feels Stories Audience Issues Journey Information Outlines Communicators

Author:Andy Stanley

“Films are very influential, and I especially feel a responsibility to tell stories that have been pushed aside. Being able to shed light on issues that need to be brought to the world.”

World Needs Feels Has Beens Stories Light Able Film Responsibility Issues Shed Influential

Author:Q'orianka Kilcher

“Political disagreements have the colour and fragrance that normally is seen and felt in a political bouquet, while remaining united on one issue that democracy is the future of Pakistan.”

Political Felt United Democracy Issues Colour Pakistan Fragrance Disagreement Bouquets

Author:Asif Ali Zardari

“I'm a storyteller. I feel like the issue of discourse is an important one because there's a lot of political and ideological discourse that goes around, and we relate to that on an intellectual level.”

Feels Important Political Levels Issues Intellectual Relate Discourse Storyteller Ideological

Author:Ayad Akhtar

“Learning about issues such as sustainability and locavorism are things that you need to have as part of you as a chef because it will make you cook more delicious food.”

Needs Issues Cooks Sustainability Chef Delicious Delicious Food

Author:Rene Redzepi

“The overarching issue, really, is our surgeon general should be able to communicate transparently and honestly with the American public on all issues.”

Should Able Issues Communicate Honestly Surgeons

Author:Richard Carmona

“I am not a Hispanic candidate. I am an American candidate who happens to be of Hispanic heritage, who understands the culture, who has worked the border and has a unique understanding of those issues. But rest assured my job is to represent all Americans as a U.S. senator.”

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Author:Richard Carmona

“I'm conservative on some issues, and I'm progressive on others.”

Issues Conservative Progressive

Author:Bill Halter

“Aspiring writers should read the entire canon of literature that precedes them, back to the Greeks, up to the current issue of The Paris Review.”

Should Literature Issues Currents Greek Paris Reviews Canon Aspiring Writers

Author:William Kennedy

“The age of the Earth is a hotly debated issue among evangelicals. Old Earthers believe, like most scientists, that the universe is billions of years old. Young Earthers measure the age of the universe in terms of thousands of years.”

Years Believe Age Earth Young Universe Term Issues Scientist Billions

Author:Norman Geisler

“I never go anywhere and encourage people to get married to someone of the same gender or to have abortions - the issue never comes up.”

People Issues Married Come Up Gender Abortion

Author:Cindy Sheehan

“A lot of issues need to be swept under the carpet---and poof, along comes SARS. Whether or not its appearance was coordinated, up front, to coincide with these scandals and tragedies in Iraq, one thing is for sure. SARS has been used as a smokescreen to keep the global public diverted and in fear.”

Needs Has Beens Used Issues One Thing Fronts Tragedy Iraq Appearance Scandal Carpet Sars

Author:Jon Rappoport

“So if Arizona sees the federal government isn't assuming its responsibilities, it creates local laws. But migration and keeping security on the borders is not a local or state issue, it's a federal issue.”

Ifs States Government Law Responsibility Issues Security Assuming Locals Borders Federal Government Migration Arizona

Author:Vicente Fox

“I dont accept the idea that there are two sides to any issue. I think that the middle ground is to be found within most of us.”

Thinking Two Ideas Found Sides Accepting Issues Middle Two Sides Middle Ground

Author:Krista Tippett

“Although I have won many times now, each time when I have a lead, I start to think about winning. It's very difficult not to think about winning. Every time, there are new challenges. Every time, there are new issues to overcome.”

Thinking Winning Difficult Challenges Issues Overcoming New Challenges

Author:Yani Tseng

“It's important for all people, and not just people in bands, to speak out on social justice issues. That means journalists or plumbers have just as much of a responsibility to do that as artists.”

People Mean Important Artist Speak Social Justice Responsibility Issues Band Social Justice Journalist Speaks Out Plumber

Author:Serj Tankian

“I'm passionate about the issues that I care about and I'm a really good listener.”

Care Issues Passionate Listeners I Care Good Listener

Author:Alan Lowenthal

“A lot of people dont understand how cargo coming into our ports matters, not just to Southern California but to every single congressional district. I want to educate on that issue.”

People Want Matter Issues California Southern Educate Port Southern California Cargo

Author:Janice Hahn

“I think a loaded weapon aboard an airplane, whether its in the cargo section or in your overhead baggage, is a security issue.”

Thinking Issues Security Weapons Airplane Sections Loaded Baggage Overhead Cargo

Author:Janice Hahn

“I think in 2012 one of the primary issues that will get a lot of discussion will be comprehensive tax reform.”

Thinking Issues Taxes Reform Primaries Discussion Comprehensive Tax Reform

Author:Tom Reed

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