“If you're setting a game during the Cuban Missile Crisis, look through a library. find out what people were wearing, what other issues were in the news, how houses were furnished, what cars were being driven. Especially include things which now seem foreign.” PeopleIfsLooksSeemsGamesHouseIssuesCarNewsCrisisLibraryDrivenSettingSettingsMissilesCubanCuban Missile Crisis Author:Graham Nelson
“Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable on and championing the cause. Perhaps he will start to champion perjury statutes and obstruction of justice.” SeemsPoliticalFoundCausesJusticeIssuesVulnerableChampionAlsGoreStatutesObstructionPerjuryGreat PoliticalPloy Author:Barbara Olson
“If that's your definition of the Clinton faction, then I think that that seems to be in ascendancy. That might include a guy like John Edwards, who's just starting this new center in Chapel Hill to deal with issues of poverty and work.” IfsThinkingSeemsMightGuyDealsPovertyIssuesClintonStartingDefinitionsHillsFactionsChapelAscendancyChapel Hill Author:John Podesta
“Actually, I don't really consider myself either a Liberal or a Conservative. Truth be told, I consider myself a 'Truthetarian.' I try to examine each separate issue and go to where I feel the truth is. And, yes, I must admit that more often than not, when I do this, upon arrival, I do seem to find myself in the company of left-minded people. However, quite often, I'm more than a little surprised to find myself standing in a room full of right-wingers!” PeopleFeelsTryingLittlesSeemsPoliticsLeftRoomsCompanyIssuesTruth IsStandingConservativeArrivalsTruth Be Told Author:Derek R. Audette
“It seems to me to be a way to give the Clinton Administration an opportunity to sidestep the issue of whether to announce they're going to withdraw from the ABM treaty, or whether they're going to go ahead and proceed with construction and be hopeful the Russians are not going to accuse them of violating the treaty.” WayGivingSeemsOpportunityIssuesClintonAdministrationHopefulConstructionTreaties Author:Thad Cochran
“To take an unequivocal stand, it seems to me, is of greater heuristic value and far more likely to stimulate constructive criticism than to evade the issue.” SeemsValuesIssuesGreaterCriticismConstructiveConstructive CriticismUnequivocalHeuristics Author:Ernst Mayr
“To suggest that the president should be censured because you don't agree with the legal advice he got seems to me to just -- to be out of the ballpark in terms of the way we can sensibly discuss and talk about issues like this.” WayShouldSeemsPresidentTermIssuesAdviceAgreeBallparks Author:Jon Schmidt
“There is such a thing as righteous judgment, but it seems that lately the word 'judgment' has become a curse word, period. The issue isn't whether or not we're insightful enough to avoid being judgmental, but whether or not we're secure enough to accept being judged. It is inevitable for every conscious human being to judge. It may spring from insight and experience and sincerity, and in such cases, it is quite beneficial on the receiving end.” HumansMayEndsEnoughSeemsHuman BeingsAcceptingCasesIssuesJudgingPeriodsJudgmentSpringConsciousInsightSecureInevitableCurseInsightfulSincerityJudgedReceivingRighteousBeneficialJudgmentalBeing JudgedCurse WordsBeing Judgmental Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“The bad news is that Iran wants to talk about everything except their nuclear program. They want to talk about regional cooperation, they want to talk about the sanctions issues, and it seems like the western powers want to talk about nothing more than the nuclear issue.” WantSeemsIssuesNewsProgramWesternNuclearIranCooperationSanctionsBad NewsRegional Cooperation Author:Reza Aslan
“The real issue is not whether baking biscuits is meaningful, but the extent to which the activity can seem to be so after it has been continuously stretched and subdivided across five thousand lives.” Has BeensRealSeemsIssuesFiveThousandActivityMeaningfulBakingBiscuits Author:Alain de Botton
“Facilitative attitudes (and skills) can help a therapist gain entry into the group Freedom from a desire to control the outcome, and respect for the capacity of the group, and skills in releasing individual expression Openness to all attitudes no matter how extreme or unrealistic they may seem Acceptance of the problems experienced by the group where they are clearly defined as issues Allowance of the freedom of choices in direction, either for the group or individuals particularly in the near future” MayMatterHelpingProblemSeemsDesireChoicesIndividualAttitudeIssuesGroupsAcceptanceExpressionSkillsGainsCapacityExtremesDefinedOutcomesOpennessTherapistsEntryFreedom Of ChoiceAllowanceIndividual Expression Author:Carl Rogers
“The purchase of a bargain issue presupposes that the market's current appraisal is wrong, or at least that the buyer's idea of value is more likely to be right than the market's. In this process the investor sets his judgement against that of the market. To some this may seem arrogant or foolhardy.” MayIdeasSeemsValuesProcessIssuesCurrentsJudgementInvestorsArrogantBargainsBuyersAppraisalFoolhardy Author:Benjamin Graham
“I write and speak about personal and spiritual growth. One week I write about illness and another week I speak about relationships and another week I write about work and money and another week I speak to people with obesity issues. I write about whatever wounds seem to cry out for more enlightened solutions, and the love that heals them all.” PeopleWritingSeemsSpiritualSpeakGrowthIssuesWeekCrySolutionsIllnessWoundsHealEnlightenedSpiritual GrowthObesityWork And Money Author:Marianne Williamson
“I know that when I look at today’s Mexicans and Central Americans, they seem to me fundamentally the same as my grandparents seeking a better life in America. On the other side, however, open immigration can’t coexist with a strong social safety net; if you’re going to assure health care and a decent income to everyone, you can’t make that offer global. So Democrats have mixed feelings about immigration; in fact, it’s an agonizing issue.” IfsKnowsLooksFactsFeelingsSeemsCareTodayAmericaStrongSocialSidesIssuesOffersSafetyDemocratSeekingImmigrationIncomeHealth CareDecentGrandparentBetter LifeCoexistSafety NetAgonizingMixed Feelings Author:Paul Krugman
“Darwin seems to lose out with the public primarily when his supporters force him into a mano-a-mano Thunderdome death match against the Almighty. Most people seem willing to accept Darwinism as long as they don't have to believe in nothing but Darwinism. Thus, the strident tub-thumping for absolute atheism by evolutionary biologists like Richard Dawkins, whom the new issue of Discover Magazine rightly criticizes as "Darwin's Rottweiler," is self-defeating.” PeopleBelieveLongSelfSeemsForceLosesAcceptingIssuesAtheismWillingAbsolutesMagazinesCriticizeAlmightySupporterDarwinismBiologistTubsRottweilers Author:Steve Sailer
“A big issue for Muslims is when Christian evangelizing - telling people about the faith - becomes proselytizing, actively trying to convert. Some Muslims say Christian evangelizing seems like colonialism.” PeopleTryingBigsSeemsChristianIssuesColonialismProselytizing Author:Bob Abernethy
“Over the years, I've found that I either live life or write about it. I can't seem to do both simultaneously - I have to do it sequentially. When I write incessantly, I lose touch with the issues and passions that fuel the work. But when I get too involved in organizations or movement endeavors, I almost forget that I'm a writer. It's a constant struggle to find a balance between these two worlds - the solitary writing life and the life of a social justice activist.” WorldWritingYearsI CanTwoSeemsPassionFoundSocialLosesJusticeForgetStruggleIssuesMovementBalanceInvolvedOrganizationSocial JusticeConstantActivismLive LifeFuelActivistEndeavorSolitaryWriting LifeTwo WorldsIncessantlyConstant Struggle Author:Letty Cottin Pogrebin
“The issue of comparative performances can be regarded as settled to-day, both scientifically and practically. Though differences in attitudes between men and women still form a favorite topic of drawing-room conversation ... women's abilities are no longer seriously in doubt. These discussions rather seem to be a kind of rearguard action carried on after the main battle has been decided.” MenKindHas BeensStillsSeemsActionFormDifferencesAbilityRoomsAttitudeIssuesDoubtBattleConversationMen And WomenDecidedPerformancesDrawingDiscussionTopics Book:Women's Two Roles: Home and Work Source: Women's Two Roles: Home and Work
“It often seems to me that the biggest single issue for a writer is how to stay buoyant enough to go on writing. How not to drown.” WritingEnoughSeemsIssuesGoes On Author:Janette Turner Hospital
“They said, "You know, this issue doesn't seem to resignate with the people." And I said, you know something? Whether it resignates or not doesn't matter to me, because I stand for doing what's the right thing, and what the right thing is hearing the voices of people who work.” PeopleKnowsSaidMatterHumorSeemsPoliticalVoiceIssuesHearingRight ThingThey SaidPolitical Humor Author:George W. Bush
“Whats the biggest commercial for aggression, sexuality and materialism? What gets pumped into these kids heads? Taking someone elses girl, which is so laissez-faire in hip-hop, will get you killed in the streets, but it doesnt seem to be an issue when you hear it on the radio.” SeemsKidsGirlIssuesStreetsHip HopRadioSexualityHipsHopsMaterialismAggressionLaissez FaireFiasco Author:Lupe Fiasco
“It seems to me that making escapist films might be a better service to people than making intellectual ones and making films that deal with issues. It might be better to just make escapist comedies that don't touch on any issues. The people just get a cool lemonade, and then they go out refreshed, they enjoy themselves, they forget how awful things are and it helps them - it strengthens them to get through the day.” PeopleHelpingSeemsMightFilmEnjoyForgetDealsIssuesComedyIntellectualAwfulLemonadeEscapists Author:Woody Allen
“In America, there seems to be more focus on the idea that it's important to do things differently. In Britain, it's not an issue.” ImportantIdeasSeemsAmericaIssuesFocusBritain Author:Thom Yorke
“The sun of her [Great Britain] glory is fast descending to the horizon. Her philosophy has crossed the Channel, her freedom the Atlantic, and herself seems passing to that awful dissolution, whose issue is not given human foresight to scan.” HumansPhilosophySeemsGivenSunIssuesGloryPassingPassingsAwfulBritainHorizonForesightGreat BritainDissolutionDescending Book:Notes on the State of Virginia Source: Notes on the State of Virginia
“Today, unfortunately, the right to vote seems to have become a partisan issue. Democrats seek to guarantee and expand voting rights. Republicans try to undermine and suppress voting rights.” TryingSeemsTodayPoliticalPoliticsJusticePartyDemocracyIssuesRightsPolicyRepublicanEqualEthicsVoteStrategyDemocratIdeologyGuaranteesVotingFree SpeechPolitical PartiesEqual RightsPartisansRight To VotePartisanship Author:Donna Brazile
“The fallacy is that politicians don't really do much about social issues. They just demonize their opponents as elitists and reap the benefit. It's a stupid way to do politics. Economic issues can more often be addressed concretely, and it would seem logical for people to vote their interests in this area.” PeopleWaySeemsSocialInterestIssuesEconomicStupidPoliticianBenefitsAreasVoteOpponentsLogicalSocial IssuesReapFallacyOften IsElitistEconomic Issues Author:Timothy Noah
“Experience, however, shows that neither a state nor a bank ever have [sic] had the unrestricted power of issuing paper money without abusing that power; in all states, therefore, the issue of paper money ought to be under some check and control; and none seems so proper for that purpose as that of subjecting the issuers of paper money to the obligation of paying their notes either in gold coin or bullion.” StatesShowsSeemsPurposeIssuesOughtPaperGoldNotesChecksObligationCoinsPaper MoneyAll StateGold Coins Author:David Ricardo
“I don't take so-called "vacations" often. In fact vacations are more stressful than the lives my wife and I worked hard to set up for ourselves in New York. It seems like being on vacation is like normal living, which is not very satisfying. It means we're figuring out what to make for lunch today, and that seems like such an absurd way to live. The issue of dealing with that doesn't seem to be so prominent back home. It sounds so silly and ridiculous, but it's really the way it is. We love what we do, so I prefer being in the studio; that's really living for me.” WayMeanHardFactsHomeSeemsTodaySoundIssuesWifeNew YorkNormalStudiosMy WifeRidiculousSillyAbsurdLunchSatisfyingVacationStressfulBack HomeWay To LiveProminentReally Living Author:Ryan McGinness
“With the advent of this kind of TMZ culture, it sadly seems to have infiltrated the vanguard of film commentary. I see these reviews sometimes where I think, well, you have a right to say whatever you want about my work, and I will listen whether it's good or bad and see if there's something that I might work with, but personal issues don't have a place in film commentary.” IfsThinkingWantWellsKindSometimesSeemsMightFilmCultureIssuesReviewsCommentaryAdventVanguardPersonal Issues Author:Nicolas Cage
“The issue we are reluctant to talk about is even more sensitive than condoms. The issue - and I will try to be tasteful here - is that sometimes it seems like maybe the president of the United States is kind of dumb. If you get what I mean. What I mean is, I am not totally confident that the president would get what I mean, unless several aides explained it to him. And even then, he might forget.” IfsTryingKindMeanSometimesStatesSeemsMightFunnyPresidentForgetUnitedUnited StatesIssuesDumbSensitiveReluctantCondomReaganomics Author:Dave Barry
“I'm fascinated by the whole issue of arousal addiction, which seems to be mostly a problem for young men.” MenWholeProblemSeemsYoungIssuesAddictionYoung ManFascinatedArousal Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“It seems that people are more comfortable with the private outrage about gay marriage, because when you are outraged about this issue, it requires no work. There's no work that you have to do when you're outraged about a gay couple. There is work that you have to do if you want to see black fathers raise their children. There is work that you have to do if you want to see a school develop.” PeopleIfsWantChildrenSeemsSchoolFatherBlackIssuesCoupleGayComfortableRaisesGay MarriageOutrageOutragedGay Couples Author:Otis Moss III
“Believe it or not, I supported Richard Nixon on the issue of presidential privilege. How could anyone conceive of being the president of the United States and think that every single thing that you say or do can become a part of the public record? It just seems so stupid to me.” ThinkingBelieveStatesSeemsPresidentUnitedUnited StatesIssuesRecordsStupidPrivilegePresidential Author:Jack Nicholson
“The environmental agenda seems swept under the rug a lot, and environmentalists are looked at as tree-huggers who aren't dealing with the real issues when in fact someone needs to be keeping an eye on how we're treating the planet. When politicians bring up the environment, they're immediately labeled as being anti-business. But for the sake of the planet on which we live, we need to take the environment into account.” NeedsRealFactsSeemsEyeIssuesEnvironmentTreePlanetsPoliticianAccountsEnvironmentalSakeAgendasEnvironmentalist Author:Rachel Dratch
“I think it's very interesting, people who can't stand people who whinge and whine. It seems almost like a class issue. Because you think about who is the most positive, who's the most redemptive songwriter that's ever existed in your lifetime?” PeopleThinkingSeemsInterestingClassIssuesLifetimeSongwritersVery Interesting Author:Glen Hansard
“For me, and I suspect a lot of socially awkward people, dealing with people face-to-face seems really traumatic. Particularly if you have massive sweating issues, and particularly if on top of that you have quite smelly sweat that smells like onion soup.” PeopleIfsSeemsFacesIssuesSmellMassiveSuspectsSweatAwkwardSoupFace To FaceOnionsSweatingDealing With PeopleSmellySocially Awkward Author:Caitlin Moran
“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
“It can be seen as 'weak' to complain about health issues or worry about your health. But with younger guys, I think it's just a case of it being a secondary thought. We live pretty busy lifestyles these days. People have got work and social lives, and they party and spend a lot of time doing other things, and health just takes a backseat in a lot of cases. That's just the way a lot of people seem to live their lives.” PeopleThinkingWaySeemsGuySocialPartyCasesWorryIssuesWeakBusyComplainingLifestyleThese DaysSocial LifeHealth IssuesBackseat Author:James Magnussen
“My 12-year-old daughter said to me, "Enough with the subtitles, Daddy, for crying out loud." Because they always seem to cloud the issue rather than clarify it.” YearsSaidEnoughSeemsIssuesCryDaughterCloudsLoudDaddySubtitles Author:Martin Amis
“The issue here is this, that the Government's argument at the present moment is the argument that now the war is over, terrorism is defeated, we have to focus on economic development which in the north and east particular, being the areas where the war was fought, development has to proceed at a pace. That people from those parts of the country are leaving seems to suggest a lack of confidence and certainty in the trajectory of this kind of economic development.” PeopleKindWarCountryMomentsSeemsGovernmentIssuesFocusEconomicParticularDevelopmentAreasArgumentLeavingTerrorismEastCertaintyPresent MomentPaceDefeatedEconomic DevelopmentTrajectoryLack Of Confidence Author:Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu
“I can understand why some people might look at me and say, 'What's she got to be depressed about?' I get that a lot in Britain, where mental health issues seem to be a big taboo.” PeopleLooksI CanBigsSeemsMightIssuesMental HealthBritainLook At MeTabooHealth Issues Author:Natalie Imbruglia
“I understand why some women/girls/ladies don't want to be women-identified 'cuz it totally complicates your band identity and no one seems to pay much attention to the music or what you're doing. We have chosen to be girl-identified (although Billy isn't a girl!), because we want to encourage other women/girls to play music. When I was growing up, I found it discouraging to have all these women in bands not wanting to address the issue of gender...we're interested in what women are doing.” WantPlaySeemsGirlFoundPayAttentionGrowing UpIssuesGrowingIdentityBandGenderChosenAddressesDiscouragingCuz Author:Tobi Vail
“You know, in America, Christian fundamentalism vs. science. You know, be it teaching Darwinian evolutionary theory or stem cell res- You know, the whole thing, and then the issue of women being educated in Middle Eastern - I mean, it just seems so contemporary. In terms of spirituality, it's interesting because I actually think (her character in Agora) Hypatia is very spiritual.” ThinkingKnowsMeanWholeCharacterSeemsChristianAmericaSpiritualSpiritualityTermInterestingIssuesTeachingMiddleTheoryContemporaryEducatedCellsStemFundamentalismEasternStem Cell Author:Rachel Weisz
“Of course we also live in a world of great beauty, sacrificial and passionate love, tenderness, prosperity, courage and joy. But quite a lot of all that seems to happen regardless of the paradigm and the high thoughts of philosophy. It has always happened. It is precisely because it has always happened that we go on wrestling with these issues in the hope that it can happen more often and for more people.” PeopleWorldPhilosophySeemsHappensJoyCoursesIssuesHappenedGoes OnPassionateProsperityWrestlingTendernessParadigmPassionate Love Author:Sara Maitland