“There is no doubt that the issue of race is always present in American politics and in the politics of any multiracial society. There is also no doubt that for some people it is an element in the manifested hostility to Obama. But I don't think it is the major theme at all. Obama is right when he reminds people: By the way, I was black before the election.” PeopleThinkingWayBlackRaceIssuesDoubtElementsMajorsElectionThemeNo DoubtAmerican PoliticsHostilityMultiracial Author:Al Gore
“As I looked at material and spiritual poverty in the world around me, including approximately 2 billion people who haven't even heard the gospel, I knew that I needed to make some major changes in my life.” PeopleWorldSpiritualPovertyHeardHavensMaterialsNeededMajorsIncludingBillionsChanging My LifeMajor Change Author:David Platt
“I spent the first forty years of my life making major interventions into other people's lives, and I have an idea of the limitations of that method. I see a major event as rather like major surgery. It is a moment, but whether people use it, whether people go with it, needs to be seen.” PeopleNeedsYearsFirstsIdeasMomentsUseEventsMajorsMethodLimitationFortySurgeryIntervention Author:Rachel Naomi Remen
“With money come the tests. My bankruptcy, which at the time I thought was a disaster, turned out to be a major blessing. It taught me so much! Money is not only an isolator, but it's a magnet, too. It draws all kinds of people to you - you may not want them but it draws them to you anyway. The reverse of that, a bankruptcy, sends everybody away.” PeopleWantKindMayTaughtBlessingMajorsDrawsTestsDisasterAll KindsReverseMagnetBankruptcy Author:Leslie Parrish
“Leadership from the Oval Office - and sustained, effective use of the bully pulpit - is essential to getting the American people off their too-pampered butts and into meeting successfully the long-haul challenges of fixing major problems in the very fabric of our republic's life, both domestically and in our international relations.” PeopleLongUseProblemChallengesEssentialsOfficeMajorsRelationMeetingsInternationalRepublicFabricBullyInternational RelationsFixingPulpitHaulOvalMajor ProblemsLong HaulPampered Author:Lawrence Wilkerson
“In the past, people were going to record stores and buying albums or CDs. And the label was exposing their artist as much as possible and maybe getting them picked up by a major. Now I tell people to cut a good tune and have it up in the marketplace the next day. You better be prepared to give it away, and people will come pay to see you.” PeopleGivingPastArtistNextPayRecordsCuttingMajorsPreparedAlbumsStoresLabelsBuyingTunesBe PreparedNext DayMarketplaceCdsExposingRecord Stores Author:Chuck D
“The support is absolutely crucial. If you have the right people helping you in the lead up to a major event, then you know when you're lining up to start the race you have them there with you, willing you on. And I'm not only referring to the coaches, mechanics, physios, administrators, but also family and friends.” PeopleIfsKnowsHelpingRaceSupportEventsWillingMajorsCoachesCrucialFamily And FriendsMechanicReferringAdministratorsLining UpPhysio Author:Chris Hoy
“Many years ago making movies was something. It was the major entertainment just to go to the cinema, once, twice a week. At the time, something like 400 million people went to the movies.” PeopleYearsMillionsWeekMajorsYears AgoEntertainmentCinema Author:Costa-Gavras
“There are major influences on us that people are not aware of. There are big lies that nobody's willing to discuss.” PeopleBigsLyingInfluenceWillingMajors Author:Jack Nicholson
“The people who run the major banks have MBAs and wear suits. And when those people in suits come to the homes of people who don't have a high school diploma, don't even speak English, and offer them a home at zero percent down, that doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense.” PeopleHomeRunningSchoolSpeakHellOffersMajorsPercentHigh SchoolSuitsZeroSpeak EnglishDiplomaMbaHigh School Diploma Author:Ramin Bahrani
“I think the Americans don't understand that this is a complicated new ball game. People everywhere have seen that a few determined people who were not scared to die can create a huge upheaval within a major superpower.” PeopleThinkingDiesGamesHugeMajorsBallsScaredComplicatedTerrorismDeterminedSuperpowerUpheavalBall Games Author:Imran Khan
“The kind of people who can assemble huge crowds into one spot will be the major influences on mass culture in the next decade. The rock enthusiasts have created some of the most exciting theatrical events on the planet.” PeopleKindCultureNextInfluenceRocksEventsPlanetsHugeMajorsMassExcitingCrowdsDecadesSpotsTheatricalMass Culture Author:Jim Morrison
“The next major advance in the health of the American people will be determined by what the individual is willing to do for himself.” PeopleNextIndividualWillingMajorsMedicineDeterminedAlternative Medicine Author:John Knowles
“We'll probably only consider a handful of individuals. We'll bring up people who can accumulate either innings or at-bats, so we can hopefully gauge where they stand as a prospective Major Leaguer.” PeopleIndividualMajorsHopefullyBatsHandfulGaugesMajor League Author:Dan O'Brien
“The Patriot Act removed major legal barriers that prevented the law enforcement, intelligence, and national defense communities from talking and coordinating their work to protect the American people and our national security.” PeopleLawCommunityTalkingSecurityProtectMajorsDefenseBarriersPatriotNational SecurityLaw EnforcementEnforcementNational DefensePatriot ActCoordinating Author:Jon Porter
“Abstraction has always been around, since the drawings in the caves. It exists in all cultures all over the world. I thought for a while that it was going to be the major movement. But people always drift back to realism. I guess there is a certain security in that.” PeopleWorldCertainCultureSecurityMovementMajorsDrawingRealismCavesAbstraction Author:Brice Marden
“Business of blurring is fantastic. They both are playing the politics of avoidance. They avoid all the issues on corporate power, Iraq, Palestine, Israel, so on and so forth. They avoid all those. That's the politics of avoidance. All the major issues that are so much on people's minds - health care, living wage, public works, jobs - they avoid.” PeopleMindCareJobsIssuesMajorsIraqIsraelFantasticHealth CareCorporatePalestineAvoidanceLiving Wage Author:Ralph Nader
“I don't think it's ok to judge others and put people down. However, it should be ok to be concerned about the health of someone which could leader to major problems in their future.” PeopleThinkingShouldProblemLeaderJudgingMajorsConcernedMajor Problems Author:Scott Herman
“I had a great time working on the movies, both the major movies I've done. I've had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot.” PeopleDoneMajorsHollywoodGreat TimesHad A Great Time Author:Al Franken
“If I was going to go into an office I wanted it to be with people I would choose to be around even if we didn't have to work together and so that was one of the major reasons why I decided out of all the different companies we invested in to work with Zappos.” PeopleIfsDifferentReasonWantedTogetherCompanyOfficeMajorsDecidedReason WhyWorking Together Author:Tony Hsieh
“What kind of believer are you? Do you believe IN God?. Or do you believe God? There is a major distinction. People who believe in God, simply acknowledge the existence of a Higher Power. People who believe God believe Him enough to do what He says.” PeopleBelieveKindEnoughExistenceHigherMajorsBelieverAcknowledgeDistinctionBelieve In GodHigher Power Author:Robert G. Allen
“The Great Society went wrong for three major reasons. First, the self-organization the Johnson administration promoted turned out to be not the pooling of family and community resources into shops and businesses, but political pressure for government handouts. Second, the Great Society failed to anticipate the perverse side-effects of handing money out to people who have done nothing to earn it. Third, while the Great Society was showering money on the poor, the Supreme Court was with childlike glee smashing to bits traditional methods of maintaining law and order.” PeopleFirstsSelfReasonDoneGovernmentLawPoliticalOrderThreeBitsSidesCommunityPoorEffectsMajorsResourcesOrganizationThirdsPressureMethodCourtSupremeTraditionalAdministrationShopsSupreme CourtMaintainingJohnsonAnticipateChildlikeLaw And OrderGleeSide EffectsSmashingHandoutsGreat Society Author:David Frum
“People can write jokes five minutes after a major world event happens, and have hundreds of thousands of people read them within 10 minutes. Whereas before you write a joke, you don't know if anybody is really touching on it or not, and you tell it onstage the next night. For joke writing it has changed things.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldWritingHappensNightNextFiveMinutesEventsChangedMajorsJokesTouchingFive MinutesWorld Events Author:Nick Thune
“There is a double-standard between men and women. My father was a major league baseball player, and I grew up thinking I could have the same attitude on the field that he did. When I did that in real life, people thought I was a total bi-atch.” PeopleThinkingMenRealFatherAttitudePlayerFieldsGrewMajorsGrew UpStandardsMen And WomenBaseballReal LifeLeagueBaseball PlayerDouble StandardMajor LeagueMajor League Baseball Author:Katie Uhlaender
“Major heat wave in India - 122 degrees today. It was so hot people in India were sweating like Americans waiting to hear if their job is being outsourced to India.” PeopleIfsTodayJobsWaitingDegreesMajorsIndiaHotWaveHeatSweatingHeat WaveOutsourced Author:Jay Leno
“I don't think people talk to me because I'm such a good, charming, good-looking guy. I don't - whether that's true or not. I think they do it because I work for a major news organization, and they think that it can probably be helpful to them and their business interests or their personal interest and what have you.” PeopleThinkingGuyInterestMajorsNewsOrganizationHelpfulCharmingLooking GoodTalk To MePersonal InterestGood Looking Guys Author:Mark Leibovich
“I've been on a major label for 14 years. I've always wanted as many people as possible to hear my music, and it definitely made sense for the majority of my career to be on a major label, on a distribution level, to be in people's faces and be out there, and have access to major labels' incredible machine, even though they have not understood or haven't been invested in what I was doing.” PeopleYearsMadeWantedFacesLevelsCareersHavensMajorsUnderstoodMachinesMajorityIncrediblesAccessLabelsDistribution Author:DJ Shadow
“People in the United States don't like to hear it, but puritanical Islam has been on the rise because of our unequivocal policy of absolute support for Israel, regardless of what Israel does - even if they invade Lebanon and bombard a major city like Beirut, full of civilians. Israel has atomic bombs, but we go nuts if any Arab country or Iran develops even nuclear capabilities.” PeopleIfsDoeHas BeensCountryStatesUnitedCitiesUnited StatesSupportPolicyMajorsAbsolutesIslamIsraelNuclearBombsIranNutsCapabilityCiviliansAtomic BombLebanonBeirutUnequivocal Author:Khaled Abou El Fadl
“The American obliviousness towards the suffering of Palestinians refugees plays a major part in radicalizing people. And we are fanning the flames of puritanism.” PeoplePlaySufferingMajorsFlamesPalestinianRefugeePuritanism Author:Khaled Abou El Fadl
“When the media worries about what Hillary’s hair looks like or what my hair looks like, that’s a real problem. We have millions of people who are struggling to keep their heads above water, who want to know what candidates can do to improve their lives, and the media will very often spend more time worrying about hair than the fact that we’re the only major country on earth that doesn’t guarantee health care to all people.” PeopleKnowsWantLooksRealCountryFactsProblemCareEarthWaterCan DoMillionsWorryStruggleMediaHairMajorsHealth CareCandidatesGuaranteesMore TimeReal Problems Author:Bernie Sanders
“Creating festivals made a major impact on society in general because you couldn't draw large crowds indoors. At Newport we were soon drawing crowds of 10,000 and there weren't halls that could hold that many people.” PeopleMadeCreatingMajorsDrawsImpactCrowdsDrawingHallsFestivalsLarge CrowdsImpact On Society Author:George Wein
“It ain't this big I, little You. Music is to be shared. Music is not a hustle. [Hip hop's become] cultural stripmining [by the major labels]. Some people get into this music to make a killing but music is a way to make a living.” PeopleWayLittlesBigsMajorsMusic IsKillingHip HopHipsLabelsHopsHustle Author:Chuck D
“I am a bit of a solitude person - a solitary personality. I like being on my own. I don't have any major friendships or relationships with people.” PeoplePersonsBitsMy OwnPersonalitySolitudeMajorsSolitary Author:Anthony Hopkins
“One of the problems with episodic television of any color is that everything has got to be okay at the end of the episode so it can start again next week. So the events that occur are rarely life-changing. But with film, you can say that this thing only happened once; this is a major thing that happened to these people.” PeopleEndsProblemFilmNextHappenedWeekEventsTelevisionColorMajorsOkayLife ChangingEpisodesNext Week Author:Peter Capaldi
“The regime is in trouble economically and can no longer offer anything to its citizens. That's why [Vladimir] Putin has to pursue an aggressive foreign policy, so he can serve his people the fairy tale of Russian pride and regaining its strength as a major power.” PeopleTroublePolicyPrideCitizensOffersMajorsTalesPursueFairyAggressiveRegimesForeign PolicyFairy TalePutin Author:Garry Kasparov
“Virtually every major technological advance in the history of the human species- back to the invention of stone tools and the domestication of fire has been ethically ambiguous. If you want to reason about faith, and offer a reasoned (and reason responsive) defense of faith as an extra category of belief worthy of special consideration, I'm eager to play. I certainly grant the existence of the phenomenon of faith; what I want to see is a reasoned ground for taking faith seriously as a way of getting to the truth , and not, say, just as a way people comfort themselves and each other” PeopleIfsWayWantHumansHas BeensReasonPlayBeliefExistenceFireSpecialComfortOffersMajorsToolsStonesSpeciesWorthyDefenseInventionExtrasConsiderationGrantsPhenomenonCategoriesTechnologicalAmbiguousHuman Species Author:Daniel Dennett
“The September 11 attacks were major atrocities. . . . This was a horrendous crime . . . The primary victims . . . were working people: janitors, secretaries, firemen, etc. It is likely to prove to be a crushing blow to Palestinians . . . It is also likely to lead to harsh security controls, with many possible ramifications for undermining civil liberties and internal freedom.” PeopleLibertySecurityCrimeProveMajorsVictimBlowPrimariesCrushEtcInternalsPalestinianSeptemberSecretaryHarshSeptember 11AtrocitiesCivil LibertiesUnderminingFiremanRamificationsJanitor Author:Noam Chomsky
“We give people major responsibilities even if they are only 60 per cent ready. Our experience is that people are pretty elastic when you give them responsibility, and they just grow rapidly with the job.” PeopleIfsGivingJobsGrowsResponsibilityReadyMajorsCents Author:Azim Premji
“The attention of the congregation is a major part of the attention that the pastor gives to his or her utterance. It's very exceptional. I don't know anyone who doesn't enjoy a good sermon. People who are completely nonreligious know a good sermon when they hear one.” PeopleKnowsGivingPastEnjoyAttentionMajorsPastorExceptionalSermonsCongregationUtterance Author:Marilynne Robinson
“I wanna end the international embarrassment of the United States of America being the only major country on earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all people as a right, not a privilege.” PeopleWantEndsCountryStatesCareEarthAmericaUnitedUnited StatesMajorsInternationalPrivilegeHealth CareGuaranteesUnited States Of AmericaEmbarrassment Author:Bernie Sanders
“Emergence of Muslim communities in their own lands. They let in millions of people from a radically different culture and background. The Europeans have to ask themselves if all these people can be integrated. This has led to major problems. And...I do not stereotype all Muslims.” PeopleIfsDifferentProblemCultureAsksCommunityMillionsLandMajorsBackgroundsStereotypeIntegratedEmergenceDifferent CulturesMajor ProblemsMuslim Community Author:Manfred Gerstenfeld
“Baseball in Canada is like soccer in the U.S. It is growing, and some people are starting to gain interest. The way that there are Americans playing high-level soccer, there are Canadians breaking into the Major Leagues.” PeopleWayInterestLevelsGrowingMajorsGainsBaseballStartingSoccerLeagueCanadaHigh LevelMajor League Author:Joey Votto
“I have so many wonderful people in my life. I've never had any major physical problems or an accident or anything like that. I'm a very, very lucky person, thus far, knock on wood.” PeoplePersonsProblemWonderfulLuckyMajorsWoodsAccidentsLucky Person Author:Carrie Underwood
“Financial institutions are not being bailed out as a favor to them or their stockholders. In fact, stockholders have come out worse off after some bailouts. The real point is to avoid a major contraction of credit that could cause major downturns in output and employment, ruining millions of people, far beyond the financial institutions involved. If it was just a question of the financial institutions themselves, they could be left to sink or swim. But it is not.” PeopleIfsRealFactsLeftCausesMillionsInvolvedMajorsInstitutionsFinancialCreditFavorsEmploymentSwimOutputContractionsFinancial InstitutionsBailoutsDownturnSink Or Swim Author:Thomas Sowell
“There is very good evidence indeed that one of the major reasons for this horror in Syria was a drought that lasted for about five or six years, which meant that huge numbers of people in the end had to leave the land.” PeopleYearsEndsReasonNumbersFiveLandHugeHorrorSixMajorsEvidenceVery GoodSyriaDroughtHuge Numbers Author:Prince Charles
“Nowadays, all the people who are major are just DJs. The lighting and all that makes the show - without all of that stuff, it's just a person behind a laptop. With me, though, it's an actual show.” PeoplePersonsShowsStuffBehindsMajorsLightingDjsLaptops Author:AraabMuzik
“A hundred years ago-even 20 or 30 years ago-it was possible, if not always easy, to close major business by calling on and satisfying a key decision-maker. Today, every piece of business entails multiple decisions, and those decisions are virtually never made by the same person. Not only do you have to contend with multiple decisions, but the people who make those decisions may not even work in the same place.” PeopleIfsYearsMayPersonsMadeTodayEasyDecisionPiecesKeysCallingMajorsHundredYears AgoMakersSatisfyingMultipleDecision Makers Author:Brian Tracy
“Among the major tasks before us none is of greater importance for our strength and stability than the task of building up the unity and solidarity of our people.” PeopleGreaterBuildingMajorsTasksImportanceUnityStabilitySolidarityBuilding Up Book:Speeches, June 1964-May 1965 Source: Speeches, June 1964-May 1965
“You cannot prevent a major catastrophe, but you can build an organization that is battle-ready, where people trust one another. In military training, the first rule is to instill soldiers with trust in their officers - because without trust, they won't fight.” PeopleFirstsFightingMilitaryReadyBattleMajorsTrainingOrganizationSoldierOfficersCatastropheInstillWithout TrustMilitary Training Book:Managing the Non-Profit Organization: Principles and Practices Source: Managing the Non-Profit Organization: Principles and Practices
“For you to believe that there is no major world conspiracy which involves a small number of people manipulating humanity through a hierarchical structure of control toward a New World Order, shows you have, in actual fact, not looked genuinely into the abundance of well-researched information on world conspiracy to see if there is one!” PeopleIfsWorldBelieveWellsFactsShowsHumanityOrderNumbersInformationMajorsStructureAbundanceNew WorldConspiracyNew World OrderWorld OrderSmall Numbers Author:David Icke