“Abortion is not an issue with the American people. It is a figment of your imagination if you think that this is an issue that is talked about a lot.” PeopleIfsThinkingImaginationIssuesAbortionFigments Author:Dan Quayle
“We have a tendency to put ourselves last, we concentrate on everything else; work, friends, family, home issues, but we ignore the deeper stuff until it becomes so compressed that it can explode.” HomeLastsStuffIssuesDeeperTendenciesFamily FriendsFamily Home Author:Cecelia Ahern
“The First Amendment was specifically designed for citizens to insult politicians. Libel laws were written to protect law students speaking out on political issues from getting called whores by Oxycontin addicts.” FirstsLawPoliticalIssuesWrittenStudentsCitizensPoliticianProtectInsultAmendmentsAddictFirst AmendmentSpeaking OutLibelPolitical IssuesLaw StudentsOxycontin Author:Bill Maher
“Obama wanted to offer his support to birth control activist Sandra Fluke. He wanted to express his disappointment that she has been the subject of inappropriate personal attacks and thank her for exercising her rights as a citizen to speak out on an issue of public policy.” Has BeensWantedSpeakSupportIssuesRightsSubjectsPolicyBirthCitizensExerciseOffersDisappointmentActivistSpeaks OutInappropriateBirth ControlPublic PolicyFlukesPersonal Attacks Author:Jay Carney
“I can't stand when people use drugs as an escape. It's like, everybody suffers. Deal with your issues, you'll feel so much better.” PeopleFeelsI CanUseSufferingDealsIssuesDrug Author:Alyson Hannigan
“I truly believe a woman's weight is a political issue, and if one young woman out there can see me and not feel crummy about herself, that's a good thing.” IfsFeelsBelieveYoungPoliticalIssuesWeightGood ThingsYoung WomenPolitical Issues Author:Janeane Garofalo
“The commitment of government to deal with the population issue is of course essential....There are many ways to make the death rate increase.” WayGovernmentCoursesDealsIssuesEssentialsCommitmentIncreaseRatePopulation Author:Robert McNamara
“When we face a choice between adding features and resolving security issues, we need to choose security.” NeedsFacesChoicesIssuesSecurityFeatures Author:Bill Gates
“The world is less homophobic, depending on where you are in the world... As a gay man I feel very strongly about those issues around the world - there've been huge changes and developments, but there are still places where things are scary.” MenWorldFeelsStillsIssuesHugeDevelopmentGayScaryAround The WorldWhere You AreVery StrongGay MenHomophobicHuge Changes Author:Boy George
“Early on, I settled on the first-person strategy as a way to deal with exposition and world-description issues. As long as the book is, it could have been far longer had I gone with an omniscient third-person narrator, or multiple point-of-view characters, since either of those would have enabled me to impart much more detailed information about the history and geography of the world.” WorldWayFirstsPersonsLongHas BeensBookCharacterViewsDealsGoneIssuesInformationThirdsStrategyPoint Of ViewDescriptionMultipleCould Have BeenGeographyFirst PersonImpartNarratorsOmniscientThird Person Author:Neal Stephenson
“I think most people, when they take a look at the candidates and the positions of the candidates, realize that protecting this country and keeping this economy going are the two most important issues. And you can't protect the country if you retreat from overseas, and you can't keep the economy growing if you raise taxes. And that's exactly what the Democrats in the House would like to do.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksTwoImportantCountryHouseRealizingEconomyIssuesGrowingPositionProtectTaxesRaisesDemocratCandidatesRetreatImportant Issues Author:George W. Bush
“Setting aside the issue of gender while highlighting the symmetry of bodies seemed indispensable in order to focus on the narrative of human beings in the making.” HumansBodyOrderHuman BeingsIssuesFocusGenderSettingSettingsNarrativeIndispensableSymmetryHighlighting Author:Alante Kavaite
“My parents were civil rights activists, and my mother was active in the feminist movement. Issues concerning marginalized people and especially women of color were what they cared about most in the world.” PeopleWorldMotherParentIssuesRightsMovementColorFeministActiveCivil RightsActivistMarginalizedFeminist Movement Author:Anna Holmes
“The issue of power is not bound to power per se, but often depends on the people themselves, to what extent they unconsciously encourage this power and its structures.” PeopleIssuesDependsStructureBounds Author:Mitra Farahani
“One cannot always summarize massive issues by looking at the life of one person or one family, or even one community.” PersonsCommunityIssuesMassive Author:Fred Ritchin
“I feel like this is a feminist issue and is going to be a part of a feminist conversation, and I wanted images of women of color in that conversation - feminism historically has left us out.” FeelsWantedLeftIssuesFeminismColorConversationFeminist Author:Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
“I've generally gotten negative feedback from men who don't understand and don't find street harassment to be a serious issue. I've also gotten a lot of responses from women who are appreciative and thankful for the project; who relate to it who are passionate about it.” MenIssuesStreetsSeriousProjectsNegativeResponsePassionateRelateFeedbackHarassmentAppreciativeSerious IssuesStreet HarassmentNegative Feedback Author:Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
“Part of what we're trying to do is lay out what really happened. For example, I've been trying to get across that the intelligence leadership did not just keep the country in the dark. They actively misled the country on key issues. When you have someone who heads the NSA saying we don't hold data at all on US citizens, that's one of the most misleading statements I believe that's ever been made about surveillance policy. And I think that now we're starting to get that message across.” ThinkingTryingBelieveMadeCountryI BelieveDarkIssuesHappenedPolicyExampleKeysCitizensMessagesLaysStartingStatementsDataSurveillanceMisleadNsaMisled Author:Ron Wyden
“The government's collection authority, under the Patriot Act, is basically limitless. They can get the medical records and financial records, gun purchase records. And it also becomes part of another important issue that relates to the FISA court and the rest of the debate. It almost becomes a secret law, like there are two Patriot Acts. The one you read on the laptop essentially leads you to believe that there's some connection to terror .” BelieveTwoImportantGovernmentLawSecretIssuesRecordsAuthorityGunConnectionsCourtFinancialTerrorMedicalDebateRelateCollectionsPatriotLimitlessLaptopsImportant IssuesPatriot ActMedical Records Author:Ron Wyden
“I’m Armenian, and April 24th was another commemoration of the genocide of Armenia people by Turkey. The perpetrator never admitted the crime. I was raised with that, this question: how do you actually find the truth of such a traumatic event? I'm obsessed with that issue.” PeopleIssuesEventsCrimeRaisedObsessedGenocideTurkeysAprilPerpetratorsArmeniaCommemorationTraumatic Events Author:Atom Egoyan
“If freedom is to flourish the philosophic foundations of a free society must be kept a living intellectual issue and its implementation a task which challenges the ingenuity and imagination of the liveliest minds.” IfsMindImaginationChallengesIssuesIntellectualTasksFoundationIngenuityFree SocietyImplementationPhilosophic Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“There is no likelihood of our being able to suppress humanity's aggressive tendencies... Complete suppression of man's aggressive tendencies is not an issue; what we may try is to direct it into a channel other than that of warfare.” MenTryingMayAbleHumanityIssuesDirectTendenciesAggressiveWarfareSuppressionLikelihood Author:Sigmund Freud
“It's a very important issue to me, trying to wake people up to the fact that we'd better take better care of our planet.” PeopleTryingImportantFactsCareIssuesPlanetsOur PlanetImportant Issues Author:Dan Fogelberg
“History, well taught, is the demythologising of the past... Take any important issue of our time - Northern Ireland, Nuclear Disarmament, Race, The Welfare State, South Africa - and it becomes impossible to seriously confront any of them without understanding their historical background.” WellsImportantStatesPastUnderstandingRaceIssuesImpossibleTaughtHistoricalSouthNuclearBackgroundsWelfareOur TimeIrelandSouth AfricaDisarmamentWelfare StateImportant IssuesNorthern IrelandNuclear Disarmament Author:Alan Bullock
“The reason for teaching history is not that it changes society, but that it changes pupils; it changes what they see in the world, and how they see it.... To say someone has learnt history is to say something very wide ranging about the way in which he or she is likely to make sense of the world. History offers a way of seeing almost any substantive issue in human affairs, subject to certain procedures and standards, whatever feelings one may have.” WorldWayHumansMayReasonFeelingsCertainIssuesSeeingTeachingSubjectsOffersStandardsAffairWideMake SenseWorld HistoryProceduresPupilsTeaching History Author:Peter Lee
“California will not wait for our federal government to take strong action on global warming. We won't wait for the federal government. We will move forward because we know it's the right thing to do. We will lead on this issue and we will get other western states involved. I think there's not great leadership from the federal government when it comes to protecting the environment.” ThinkingKnowsStatesGovernmentActionMovingStrongWaitingIssuesEnvironmentInvolvedWesternMoving ForwardCaliforniaThings To DoRight ThingGlobal WarmingFederal GovernmentGreat LeaderGreat Leadership Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Once in a while I come across a director who hasgrown up thousands of miles from me, and the work touches me.Through these issues/50/images I am connected and something is illuminated.And I know then that I am not alone.” KnowsIssuesDirectorsConnectedMilesNot AloneTouch Me Author:Werner Herzog
“On religious issues there can be little or no compromise. There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this Supreme Being. But like any powerful weapon, the use of God's name on one's behalf should be used sparingly.” PeopleShouldLittlesUseUsedJesusNamesBeliefChristReligiousPowerfulIssuesPositionWeaponsJesus ChristClaimsDebateSupremeCompromiseAlliesBehalfReligious BeliefSupreme BeingPowerful WeaponsNo Compromise Author:Barry Goldwater
“What happened after 9/11 - and I think even people on the right know this, whether they admit it or not - was deeply shameful. The atrocity should have been a unifying event, but instead it became a wedge issue. Fake heroes like Bernie Kerik, Rudy Giuliani, and, yes, George W. Bush raced to cash in on the horror. And then the attack was used to justify an unrelated war the neocons wanted to fight, for all the wrong reasons....The memory of 9/11 has been irrevocably poisoned; it has become an occasion for shame. And in its heart, the nation knows it.” PeopleThinkingKnowsShouldHeartHas BeensWarReasonWantedUsedFightingNationsMemoriesIssuesHappenedEventsHeroHorrorShould HaveShameOccasionsFakeJustifyCashShould Have BeenShamefulAtrocitiesUnifyingWrong ReasonsWedgesRudy Author:Paul Krugman
“In many respects, we now live in a society that is only formally democratic, as the great mass of citizens have minimal say on the major public issues of the day, and such issues are scarcely debated at all in any meaningful sense in the electoral arena. In our society, corporations and the wealthy enjoy a power every bit as immense as that assumed to have been enjoyed by the lords and royalty of feudal times.” Has BeensBitsEnjoyLordIssuesCitizensMajorsMassDemocraticMeaningfulEnjoyedCorporationsOur SocietyWealthyImmenseArenaRoyalty Author:Robert Waterman McChesney
“While the Constitution is what the judges say it is, a public issue is something that Walter Cronkite or John Chancellor recognizes as such. The media by themselves do not make the decisions, but on behalf of themselves and larger interests they certify what is or is not on the nation's agenda.” NationsInterestDecisionIssuesMediaJudgingConstitutionAgendasBehalf Author:Fred W. Friendly
“We respect women and don't insult them by saying all they care about is reproductive rights. All issues are women's issues.” CareIssuesRightsInsultRespect WomenReproductive Rights Author:Carly Fiorina
“The biggest issue on software teams is making sure everyone understands what everyone else is doing.” IssuesTeamSoftware Author:Martin Fowler
“The whole issue of how women's management styles are viewed is an incredibly interesting subject.” WholeInterestingIssuesSubjectsStyleManagement Author:Jill Abramson
“African films should be thought of as offering as many different points of view as the film of any other different continent. Nobody would say that French film is all European film, or Italian film is all European film. And in the same way that those places have different filmmakers that speak to different issues, all the countries in Africa have that too.” WayShouldDifferentCountryFilmSpeakViewsIssuesPoint Of ViewFilmmakerItalianOfferingContinentsDifferent Points Of View Author:Elvis Mitchell
“The stories that I want to tell are completely, well somewhat autobiographical. It's completely based on my own self-absorption issues and problems.” WantWellsSelfStoriesProblemMy OwnIssuesAbsorptionSelf Absorption Author:Nicole Holofcener
“One of many challenges is of course to create a legal basis for copyright issues that's up to date with both modern distribution, consumer behavior and the rights and needs of creators and copyright holders.” NeedsCoursesChallengesIssuesRightsModernBehaviorBasesCreatorConsumersDistributionCopyrightUp To Date Author:Lisa Langseth
“The issue of animal use and abuse can seem insurmountable, it is tragic and it is complex. We love our companion animals and we value wildlife but we are generally blind to the realities of what goes into the food we eat.” UseRealitySeemsValuesAnimalIssuesAbuseBlindComplexesTragicCompanionWildlifeInsurmountableCompanion AnimalsUse And Abuse Author:Liz Marshall
“As a young filmmaker, I shot a lot of stuff because I wanted to make sure that I got everything, but now I've gotten much more precise with my shooting. Editing is a whole other layer because then, sometimes you realize characters don't even need to say this or that. It becomes an issue of exposition, and over-explaining something. In the script, I'd reinforce certain things about what I wanted people to know two or three times, but in the editing room, I'd be like, "I only need to say this once, maybe twice."” PeopleKnowsNeedsTwoSometimesWholeCharacterWantedYoungCertainThreeStuffRealizingRoomsIssuesShotsScriptsShootingFilmmakerLayersEditingPreciseThree TimesExplaining Author:Storm Saulter
“There are advances in technology and enabling voices, but there are issues with the stories themselves. I think people of color are still not seen as human beings. They're still associated with types, with comedy, but we're in a crisis right now, with things like Black Lives Matter. We need films that address these issues.” PeopleThinkingNeedsHumansStillsMatterStoriesFilmBlackVoiceHuman BeingsTechnologyIssuesComedyColorTypeRight NowCrisisAddressesBlack Lives MatterEnablingBlack Lives Author:Charles Burnett
“Let me say something at the outset. The questions that have been asked so far in this debate illustrate why the American people don't trust the media. This is not a cage match. And, you look at the questions - "Donald Trump, are you a comic-book villain?" "Ben Carson, can you do math?" "John Kasich, will you insult two people over here?" "Marco Rubio, why don't you resign?" "Jeb Bush, why have your numbers fallen?" How about talking about the substantive issues the people care about?” PeopleLooksHas BeensTwoBookCareNumbersTalkingIssuesMediaTrumpLet MeMathDebateComicFallenInsultVillainComic BookCagesDon't TrustMarcosBen Carson Author:Ted Cruz
“The vast majority of my time is traveling and talking about the issues. It isn't really calling and asking for money.” TalkingIssuesCallingAskingMajorityMy TimeAsking For Money Author:Rand Paul
“For every teenager there are issues that make finding it hard. These girls are totally unique and totally like every teenager everywhere - in the world. They illuminate, beautifully, the universal search for identity that we all have. I hope that people come away from the film with a better understanding of themselves, and compassion for others.” PeopleWorldHardFilmGirlUnderstandingCompassionIssuesIdentityFindingsUniqueUniversalTeenagerCompassion For OthersSearch For Identity Author:Linda Goldstein Knowlton
“It doesn't happen often, it's what you dream and hope for. We are happy, but we want to make sure these changes have teeth. What we want to get across most is that this is a real opportunity for the military. They can step up and be a leader on misogyny and gender issues.” WantRealDreamHappensOpportunityLeaderStepsIssuesMilitaryGenderTeethMisogynyStep UpGender Issues Author:Amy Ziering
“Be very focused. Do your homework so your research and claims are unassailable. Make sure it is bulletproof and then make sure you are really focused. The thing I find is that the issues are usually so large that you try to cover a lot of ground. That's a natural impulse.” TryingNaturalIssuesResearchClaimsFocusedImpulseHomeworkBulletproof Author:Amy Ziering
“It's a different point of view on the world and it's different issues and it's important. It's healthy to have both, and more and more women are becoming of aware of that. And when you are aware of how strong of an impact it has on people - it changes things.” PeopleWorldImportantDifferentStrongViewsIssuesBecomingHealthyImpactPoint Of ViewDifferent Points Of View Author:Nadine Labaki
“I feel like a centrist, an issue-specific person. I'm pretty conservative fiscally and pretty liberal on social issues.” FeelsPersonsSocialIssuesConservativeSocial Issues Author:Howard Gordon
“Freud is usually viewed as the person who linked psychoanalysis to some issues in the environment, usually man-made. So I thought it would be fun to throw that in the mix.” MenPersonsMadeWould BeFunIssuesEnvironmentLinkedPsychoanalysis Author:DJ Spooky
“The true story is that black people need to tell their history. Very few films are made by black people about slavery. That itself is a crime because slavery is a very important historical event that has held our people hostage. Forget white people's role in it. In the end what's important is black people remain and live with the scars and psychological issues.” PeopleNeedsMadeImportantEndsStoriesFilmBlackWhiteForgetRolesIssuesEventsCrimeSlaveryHistoricalPsychologicalBlack PeopleScarWhat's ImportantTrue StoryHostageHistorical Events Author:Haile Gerima
“Eating a piece of meat, at its most efficient, we could say is like throwing away six times that amount of food every time you eat it because you're recycling all those calories through it. I know a lot of people who came to this issue not through animal welfare but through wastefulness.” PeopleKnowsAnimalIssuesPiecesAmountSixEatingWelfareMeatThrowingEfficientCaloriesAnimal WelfareRecyclingThrowing AwayWastefulness Author:Jonathan Safran Foer