“I think this is one of the problems that we're having in Indigenous affairs. Why we're not confronting the issues that are going to resolve it, the anger and the guilt. The anger on the Aboriginal side; the guilt on the non - Aboriginal side. We have got to deal with that, move on and start doing real work.” ThinkingRealProblemMovingSidesDealsIssuesGuiltAffairResolveIndigenousConfrontingAboriginalReal Work Author:Warren Mundine
“In order to deal with the issues we're going to take a thoughtful, considered, intelligent approach to moving forward, we're going to do it with a great deal of consultation ... but to suggest you never change anything ever, ever, ever going forward I don't think is particularly responsible.” ThinkingMovingOrderChangeDealsIssuesApproachIntelligentResponsibleMoving ForwardThoughtfulNever ChangeConsultation Author:Rachel Notley
“But you cannot expect every writer to dwell on human suffering. I think my books do deal with grave issues. People who say they are too positive probably havent read them.” PeopleThinkingHumansBookSufferingDealsIssuesGravesHuman Suffering Author:Alexander McCall Smith
“The concept of God as a loving, all-powerful person, who created us, who has a plan for us, who issues commandments, and who is ready to receive us into Heaven, is a substantial concept, rich in meaning and significance for human life. But if we take away all this, and leave only the idea of an original cause, it is questionable whether the same word should even be used. By keeping the original word, we delude ourselves into thinking that we are talking about the same thing.” IfsThinkingShouldHumansPersonsIdeasUsedHeavenCausesPowerfulTalkingIssuesRichPlansReadyConceptsOriginalsHuman LifeSignificanceCommandmentsQuestionablePowerful Person Book:Created from Animals: The Moral Implications of Darwinism Source: Created from Animals: The Moral Implications of Darwinism
“I'm not a genre film filmmaker. I'd rather look for a topic that I think we need to bring up and discuss because there's something about the issues in the film.” ThinkingNeedsLooksFilmIssuesGenreFilmmakerTopics Author:Ruben Ostlund
“I think in the U.S., the border fence is no longer an immigration issue primarily; it's a security issue.” ThinkingIssuesSecurityImmigrationBordersFence Author:Duncan Hunter
“I think that the notion of justice and the issues and values that I understood growing up and [have] continued to embrace throughout my life and into my career have been the same.” ThinkingHas BeensValuesJusticeCareersGrowing UpIssuesGrowingUnderstoodEmbraceNotion Author:Maya Harris
“I think that language matters. I think that people who are in public life have an opportunity to help the public understand issues and understand the urgency of issues. And to that extent, I think it is important how issues are talked about.” PeopleThinkingImportantMatterHelpingOpportunityLanguageIssuesUrgencyPublic Life Author:Maya Harris
“You start questioning yourself: Who am I? Where do I belong? Where am I going? Why is my city divided? Why are we not allowed to enter in certain areas? We used to ask my father why the Christians lived in another neighborhood and didn’t come to our neighborhood. I think my father was trying to avoid having us think about these issues.” ThinkingTryingChristianUsedCertainAsksFatherCitiesIssuesAreasNeighborhoodDividedQuestioning Author:Rula Jebreal
“What we've also got to think about is the limitations of military power. Maybe it's time to focus on the economic issues, and most of all the political issues, because the political failure in Iraq right now is almost worse than the military failure. And the two are intertwined.” ThinkingTwoPoliticalIssuesFocusEconomicMilitaryRight NowIraqLimitationIntertwinedMilitary PowerPolitical IssuesEconomic Issues Author:Paul Rieckhoff
“I think it's important to relate to one another about issues that you're having, because the second you open up and someone else says, 'Oh, me too. I feel the same way,' then all of a sudden, you feel more at peace with yourself and you can feel more confident with who you are.” ThinkingWayFeelsImportantIssuesWho You AreRelate Author:Lily Collins
“Communicate, communicate, communicate: If anything, make sure to communicate what you're doing, what you're up to, what's going on and what issues your facing as often as you can - even if [you think] no one's listening. This serves both as a log of your activities and a personal record that you can refer to later but also opens the possibility that someone might just come along and be able to help you in some unexpected but totally necessary way!” IfsThinkingWayHelpingMightAbleIssuesRecordsPossibilityListeningActivityCommunicateUnexpected Author:Tara Hunt
“Our growing addiction to the Internet is impairing precious human capacities such as memory, concentration, pattern recognition, meaning-making, and intimacy. We are becoming more restless, more impatient, more demanding, and more insatiable, even as we become more connected and creative. We are rapidly losing the ability to think long about any- thing, even those issues we care about. We flit, moving restlessly from one link to another.” ThinkingHumansLongCareMovingMemoriesAbilityCreativeIssuesGrowingBecomingInternetLosingCapacityAddictionPatternsConnectedRecognitionIntimacyConcentrationLinksRestlessImpatientBecoming MoreInsatiableHuman Capacity Author:Margaret J. Wheatley
“I suspect that over time we will rely increasingly, or take notice at least increasingly, on international and foreign courts in examining domestic issues. [Doing so] may not only enrich our own country's decisions, I think it may create that all important good impression.” ThinkingMayImportantCountryDecisionIssuesCourtInternationalImpressionRelySuspectsExamining Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“I think liberal art faculties at major universities have views that are not very sound, at least on public policy issues - they may know a lot of French however.” ThinkingKnowsMayArtSoundViewsIssuesPolicyMajorsUniversityFacultyPublic PolicyLiberal Arts Author:Charlie Munger
“I think the pursuit of trying to understand things is really a critical issue. I see the issue of life and death in everything I do. I'm trying to find answers. It can be quite frustrating.” ThinkingTryingAnswersIssuesCriticalPursuitLife And DeathFrustrating Author:Robert Longo
“So it's an interesting process just going through and seeing what works and what doesn't work, and what's the best version of it. It was a good process because I think we all collectively, when everyone would run into issues in the cut or know that things weren't working, they kind of glaringly stuck out so we could focus on fixing those things and it wasn't a situation where you would show it to ten people and you would have ten problems.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindShowsProblemRunningProcessInterestingSituationIssuesFocusCuttingSeeingTenStuckVersionsFixing Author:Bryan Burk
“Hopefully, great science fiction films help you think about issues that relate to yourself, whether it's: What's my purpose? Why am I here? What is it that makes me who I am? Those are the kind of questions my favorite science fiction films ask.” ThinkingKindHelpingFilmPurposeAsksFictionIssuesScience FictionMy FavoriteWho I AmHopefullyRelateGreat Science Author:Joseph Kosinski
“I don`t know the facts surrounding Andrew Jarecki`s work. I think it`s a triumph of television. But it does raise troubling issues that I think we as a documentary community, you know, need to address.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsDoeFactsCommunityIssuesTelevisionRaisesTriumphAddressesDocumentariesAndrew Author:Joe Berlinger
“Not since the days of the Hitler Youth have young people been subjected to more propaganda on more politically correct issues. At one time, educators boasted that their role was not to teach students what to think but how to think. Today, their role is far too often to teach students what to think on everything from immigration to global warming to the new sacred trinity of 'race, class and gender.'” PeopleThinkingTodayYoungRaceClassRolesTeachIssuesYouthStudentsSacredGenderImmigrationPropagandaGlobal WarmingOne TimeEducatorTrinityPolitically CorrectHitler Youth Author:Thomas Sowell
“I think that the main issue with inequality is not the gap between the rich and the poor. It is the gap between the earnings of top business leaders and the salaries of academics and journalists.” ThinkingPoorLeaderIssuesRichInequalityJournalistGapsEarningSalaryBusiness Leaders Author:Arnold Kling
“I feel threatened, and sometimes it makes me angry because I can't do anything about that, there's just too many issues. But in a way I think my work is meant to get people out of that.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsI CanSometimesIssuesAngryThreatenedBecause I CanMake Me Angry Author:Klaus Nomi
“I think that the whole thing, the crux of the whole psychedelic issue, is that it accentuates personal responsibility by making people take their own experiences seriously.” PeopleThinkingWholeResponsibilityIssuesPersonal ResponsibilityPsychedelicAccentuateCrux Author:Terence McKenna
“People nowadays talk about issues as if they're reading lines off a teleprompter. They recite what they read and echo it without thinking. It has become easier to divide people than to unify them, and to blind them than to give them vision. We are no longer unified like a bowl of Cheerios. Instead, we have become as segregated as a box of Lucky Charms. Every day we see the same leprechauns on TV acting like they're the experts of everything.” PeopleIfsThinkingGivingReadingLinesActingVisionIssuesTvsEasierLuckyBlindBoxesExpertsCharmDividesBowlsEchoesUnifiedDividingLeprechaunLucky Charms Author:Suzy Kassem
“Well, I think the way to go is civil unions. But I do think when you talk about the Republican Party and the debates that are going on within the Republican Party on a number of issues, what I'm hoping is that they will get to a point where they will work with us on moving forward with this economy.” ThinkingWayWellsMovingPartyNumbersEconomyIssuesRepublicanUnionsDebateMoving ForwardRepublican Party Author:Amy Klobuchar
“I always want to make films. I think of it as a great opportunity to comment on the world in which we live. Perhaps just because I just came off "The Hurt Locker" (2008) and I'm thinking of the war and I think it's a deplorable situation. It's a great medium in which to speak about that. This is a war that cannot be won, why are we sending troops over there? Well, the only medium I have, the only opportunity I have, is to use film. There will always be issues I care about.” ThinkingWorldWantWellsWarUseCareFilmOpportunitySpeakHurtSituationIssuesMediumsCommentTroopsI CareGreat OpportunityLockersHurt Locker Author:Kathryn Bigelow
“The president [Barack Obama] understands that the country's very concerned about [terrorism] issue. And I think what you're going to hear from him is a discussion about what government's doing to ensure all of our highest priority, the protection of the American people.” PeopleThinkingCountryGovernmentPresidentIssuesHighestConcernedTerrorismProtectionPrioritiesBarackDiscussionPresident Barack Obama Author:Barack Obama
“I think that dealing with guns is one way to handle the violent-crime issues that we have in this country.” ThinkingWayCountryIssuesCrimeGunViolentHandleOne WayViolent Crimes Author:Barack Obama
“I didn't want the film to be didactic, and this is tough because if you look at the list of issues, you have immigration, the education system, you have the grieving, you have suicide. I think what saved me were two things. I tried to do everything with some level of restraint and let the spectator make up his own mind.” IfsThinkingWantMindLooksTwoFilmLevelsIssuesToughSuicideListsSavedImmigrationGrievingTwo ThingsRestraintSpectatorsEducation SystemDidactic Author:Philippe Falardeau
“The populist zeal to seek revenge on those who make a lot of money is targeted almost exclusively at corporations. I haven't heard outcries about Hollywood actors who make millions per film, even when those movies are a bust at the box office and the talent at issue has none. There's no outrage over athletes like New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez's $33 million salary or Celtic power forward Kevin Garnett's $25 million. Nor should there be. These are exceptionally talented individuals whose teams' owners think they're worth every penny.” ThinkingShouldFilmActorsIndividualMillionsIssuesHeardTeamTalentHavensNew YorkOfficeHollywoodThirdsAthleteBoxesRevengeCorporationsOwnersLots Of MoneyYankeesSalaryPenniesZealAlexOutrageNew York YankeesKevinBox OfficePopulistCeltic Author:Linda Chavez
“Anyone who doesn't think the government killed my father either hasn't given the issue much thought, or is insane.” ThinkingGovernmentFatherGivenIssuesInsane Author:Sean Lennon
“I used to think I knew everything, but older you get the more you see other areas. If you could read everything about both sides, you'll pretty much be in the middle again, which is the state you had when you were totally ignorant. So my theory is if you maintain total ignorance - which isn't easy, but I try - you'll be just as far ahead as if you'd spent days and days reading about the whole issue. And you have that much extra time to play Pac-man.” IfsThinkingMenTryingStatesPlayWholeUsedReadingEasySidesIssuesMiddleIgnoranceTheoryAreasIgnorantExtrasBoth SidesPacsExtra Time Author:Emo Philips
“Because I think whenever you sit down with another human being who would absolutely disagree with you on every issue, you learn about them as a person and you relate, in human terms, and it's much more difficult for either side to dismiss out of hand, like that person's a freak, that person's a Nazi.” ThinkingHumansPersonsHandsDifficultSidesTermHuman BeingsIssuesRelateDisagreeFreakNazi Author:David Cross
“I think I would co-direct because I love actors and I've got a very good eye. I'm not a second-guesser. I don't think that I would be very happy, getting inundated by financial issues. I would love to co-direct with somebody because that would be a real freedom and an adventure, and then I could leave all the pain and misery to them. I'm not glib about it. I would take the responsibility to make a really good movie.” ThinkingRealWould BeEyePainActorsResponsibilityIssuesAdventureDirectMiseryVery GoodFinancialVery HappyGood MovieReal FreedomReally Good Movie Author:Lance Henriksen
“I think the main issue is that a lot of the stars today are very addicted, and they simply feel more comfortable smoking as they act.” ThinkingFeelsTodayStarsIssuesComfortableSmoking Author:Joe Eszterhas
“I get a singular comment that's very revealing: "I didn't know what to expect." Every time I hear that I think it's really just code for, "I wasn't sure I'd be comfortable with you in this role," which I understand coming from Oscar Bluth and Hank Kingsley and whatever. But I think there's a degree of, "Oh, okay, this is how it is." Then almost always people tell me that they love it and then people start talking to me about their families, whether it's transgender issues or not.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTalkingRolesIssuesDegreesComfortableOkayCodeCommentOscarsRevealingTransgender Author:Jeffrey Tambor
“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
“Fifty years from now I don't think optical realism is going to be an issue in visual communication any more. Experience is so much richer than light falling on your retina. You embody a microcosm of reality when you walk down the street - your memories, your varying degrees of awareness of what's going on around you, everything we could call the contextualizing information. Representing that information is going to be the main issue in the years ahead - how the world meets the mind, not the eye.” ThinkingWorldYearsMindRealityLightEyeFallMemoriesWalksIssuesStreetsAwarenessInformationCommunicationDegreesVisualsFiftyRealismOur MemoriesRepresentingMicrocosm Author:Bill Viola
“If I come across an issue, or something I feel strongly about, and I happen to think of a song that would go in that direction, then I do it. But that's not what I start out, necessarily, to do. Sometimes I may have an idea for a song - "Well, I'm going to write about a thing.” IfsThinkingFeelsWritingWellsMayIdeasSometimesHappensSongIssues Author:Charlie Daniels
“Well I think the problem is, is that...what people don't realize is they're gonna get away from the people that they're marketing with now. They're tryna change everything about the format of the NBA, the imaging and everything. This is more about control you know what I'm saying? This has nothing to do with clothing. This is a control issue.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWellsProblemRealizingIssuesMarketingGet AwayNbaClothingsFormatControl IssuesImaging Author:Bun B
“Basically, this industry is mostly run by men, and I think women have a harder time...I've had enough of the "Women in Rock" issues of magazines and all of that. There's no reason why we should have our own separate little genre; that's just ridiculous. Besides, what is the genre? I certainly don't fit into the whole "Lilith" thing (thank God), but I am a female musician. And there are enough other great females in music that don't have to fit into it, either.” ThinkingMenShouldLittlesReasonEnoughWholeRunningIssuesRocksIndustryFitMusicianFemaleShould HaveHarderRidiculousMagazinesGenreReason WhyNo ReasonThank GodHad EnoughLilithGreat FemaleFemale Musicians Author:Princess Superstar
“I think that for me personally, a lot of my choices have been to do with my own issues of not feeling safe as a child and feeling a sense of stability.” ThinkingChildrenHas BeensFeelingsChoicesMy OwnIssuesSafeStability Author:Mariah Carey
“I think anyone that comes to Nigeria has to offer value. What value are you bringing? There are Black Americans here. I think we've moved beyond that Africans vs. African Americans. They may have more issues with us than we do with them.” ThinkingMayValuesBlackIssuesOffersMovedAfrican AmericanNigeria Author:Mo Abudu
“We think about our country and the big issues that we face in this country; creating jobs, making sure people can keep their jobs, the need for rising wages, whether our children when they graduate from college can find a job, protecting the homeland, destroying ISIS, rebuilding defense. These are all the things that we need to focus on but we'll never get there if we're divided. We'll never get there if republicans and democrats just fight with one another.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsChildrenCountryBigsJobsFacesFightingIssuesFocusCollegeRepublicanCreatingOur ChildrenDemocratDefenseOur CountryRisingDividedDestroyingGraduatesWagesIsisHomelandRebuildingCreating Jobs Author:John Kasich