“I think more things are becoming socially acceptable. I think that just by having more media, whether that's TV or Internet, we're able to see more things.” ThinkingAbleMediaTvsBecomingInternetAcceptable Author:Brie Larson
“If I worried about what the media said I wouldn't get much sleep and I'm able to sleep pretty well.” IfsWellsSaidAbleSleepMediaWorried Author:Mitt Romney
“I also focus on Bush and his administration - who do a lot of lying - and how a right-wing media has allowed them to get away with a lot of stuff that, in a different media environment, they probably wouldn't be able to get away with.” DifferentAbleLyingStuffEnvironmentComedyFocusMediaWingsAdministrationGet AwayRight Wing Author:Al Franken
“Populism is at its essence just determined focus on helping people be able to get out of the iron grip of the corporate power that is overwhelming our economy, our environment, energy, the media, government. One big difference between real populism and what the Tea Party thing is, is that real populists understand that government has become a subsidiary of corporations. So you can't say, let's get rid of government. You need to be saying let's take over government.” PeopleNeedsRealHelpingBigsGovernmentAbleEnergyDifferencesPartyEconomyEnvironmentFocusMediaEssenceDeterminedTeaCorporateCorporationsIronOverwhelmingHelping PeopleOur EnvironmentTea PartyPopulistPopulism Author:Jim Hightower
“Modern women are just bombarded. There's nothing but media telling us we're all supposed to be great cooks, have great style, be great in bed, be the best mothers, speak seven languages, and be able to understand derivatives. And we don't really have women we're modeling after, so we're all looking for how to do this.” AbleMotherSpeakLanguageWomenModernMediaStyleBedSevenSupposed To BeCooksBeing The BestModelingDerivativesBest MotherBombardedModern WomanBombarded By Author:Jamie Lee Curtis
“The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible. If we knew as much about Darfur as we do about Michael Jackson, we might be able to stop these things from continuing.” IfsMightAbleLiteratureSilenceMediaTelevisionNewsContinuingNews MediaDarfurTelevision News Author:Nicholas D. Kristof
“The media can be challenging, but at the same time, without the media, I would not have been able to share my personal story. Often the media can bring beauty and encouragement to people's lives...” PeopleHas BeensStoriesAbleChallengesShareMediaEncouragementPersonal Stories Author:Bethany Hamilton
“The media is tremendously important for all governments that are able to communicate through the it. It doesn't mean there is a balance of editorial opinion that favors what you are doing or that the opposition doesn't have its voice, but you have to be able to effectively communicate your story through the media.” MeanImportantStoriesGovernmentAbleVoiceOpinionMediaBalanceCommunicateFavorsOppositionEditorials Author:Stephen Harper
“It's not sufficient in the internet age to communicate through the media; you have to be able to do it on the ground, door by door, coffee shop by coffee shop, shop floor by shop floor. You really have to do that as well.” WellsAgeAbleDoorsMediaInternetCommunicateCoffeeSufficientShopsCoffee Shop Author:Stephen Harper
“Social media has definitely changed the game for me. I am able to connect to my fans on twitter and interact with them, daily. YouTube has been a game changer as well - people around the world have been exposed to my comedy through my YouTube channel.” PeopleWorldWellsHas BeensAbleGamesSocialComedyFansMediaChangedSocial MediaAround The WorldExposedYoutubeGame Changers Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“From the consumer point of view, there may be questions about whether you'll have to be an AOL subscriber to get Time magazine, ... That combination of media with the access is one through which you may be able to block access to your competitors' subscribers.” MayAbleViewsMediaPoint Of ViewAccessBlockMagazinesConsumersCombinationCompetitorsTime Magazine Author:Charlene Li
“In real everyday life, I don't walk around feeling fat and if on TV I'm considered fat, honestly, I kind of like it, because I'm a big advocate of positive unique representations of women in media. And so I like how I'm able to represent a curvier body and still be beautiful.” IfsKindStillsRealFeelingsBodyBigsAbleBeautifulWalksMediaTvsUniqueEverydayHonestlyFatsRepresentationEveryday Life Author:Kether Donohue
“I like how I'm able to be curvy and beautiful and represent that in media, because I don't think it's shown often enough.” ThinkingEnoughAbleBeautifulMediaCurvy Author:Kether Donohue
“I think the biggest thing is that I have fun with the fans on Twitter and Instagram and at the show. It's a fun time to be able to communicate with all the different types of social media stuff.” ThinkingDifferentShowsAbleFunSocialStuffFansMediaTypeCommunicateSocial MediaHaving FunInstagramFun Times Author:Eric Hutchinson
“I want to use film to tell stories that need to be told to spark discussions that will lead to change. I really want to see a change in the mindset of youth, how they see themselves and how they value life. Young audiences will be able to see themselves in this film and older audiences will gain an understanding of what their kids are dealing with on a daily basis. Kids discuss what they see on TV, social media, film so I want to create content that they will discuss and will change the way they think.” ThinkingWayWantNeedsStoriesUseKidsAbleFilmYoungValuesSocialUnderstandingAudienceMediaYouthTvsGainsBasesSocial MediaMindsetDiscussionSparks Author:Jamie Hector
“There are distractions, all around. There's so much media, for a young kid to battle against, to get to something soulful. You have to make a decision, on your own, what you can take from these people, if you can dig deeper. It's nice to be able to let people dig deeper.” PeopleIfsKidsAbleYoungDecisionNiceMediaBattleDeeperDistractionSoulfulDig Deep Author:Jack White
“I guess it really didn't even dawn on me that you could be a rock critic as a job until I was maybe almost out of college. I knew criticism existed. I read Rolling Stone and Spin. Siskel and Ebert were on television. But I had absolutely no idea how to get that kind of life. And moreover, it didn't interest me that much. I just sort of read normal books growing up. I wasn't that media-conscious. I felt like the one thing I was able to do was to listen to a record and decide whether I liked it.” KindBookIdeasAbleJobsFeltInterestGrowing UpRecordsGrowingOne ThingRocksMediaTelevisionCollegeNormalConsciousStonesCriticismCriticsNo IdeaDawnRollingRolling Stones Author:Chuck Klosterman
“All of our media is made of language: our films, our music, our images, and of course our words. How different this is from analog production, where, if you were somehow able to peel back the emulsion from, say, a photograph, you wouldn't find a speck of language lurking below the surface.” IfsMadeDifferentAbleFilmCoursesLanguageMediaPhotographProductionsSurfaceOur WordsLurkingSpecksAnalogBelow The Surface Author:Kenneth Goldsmith
“I had known David Ham and Marco Santiago from having met and worked with them on The Cross and the Switchblade which we worked on together at Times Square Church. We joined together as Trace Life Media to be a directing/producing team to be able to assist churches in the production of a play in their own community or to bring a fully-produced productions - something that will be ministering to the Body of Christ.” PlayBodyAbleTogetherChristCommunityChurchKnownTeamMediaMetsCrossesProductionsSquaresHamMarcosBody Of ChristTimes SquareSantiago Author:Patricia Mauceri
“I have defended Syria for a long time, so I was admiring Syria, I have admired your president very much. I hope at some point to be able to meet him and shake his hand. I think he is the greatest man in a very difficult period, and especially with what's going on right now, in terms of Lebanon and its relations with Syria. But absolutely, even from my perspective, and it shows you how the Zionist media around the world controls and affects all of us. Even those of us who are aware of it - it's subtly affecting.” ThinkingMenWorldLongShowsHandsAbleDifficultPresidentTermMediaPerspectivePeriodsRight NowLong TimeRelationAround The WorldShakesSyriaZionistAdmiringLebanonGreatest Man Author:David Duke
“I have chosen to cast my lot with independent media outlets because I believe that only through independent reporting where you are not beholding to the interests of corporations or government are you able to really aggressively pursue the truth.” BelieveGovernmentAbleI BelieveInterestMediaIndependentCastsChosenPursueCorporationsWhere You AreOutletsIndependent Media Author:Jeremy Scahill
“Merchandisers, by embedding subliminal trigger devices in media, are able to evoke a strong emotional relationship between, say, a product perceived in an advertisement weeks before and the strongest of all emotional stimuli - love (sex) and death.” AbleStrongSexWeekMediaEmotionalProductsDevicesStrongestTriggersStimulusEvokeAdvertisementsSubliminalSex And DeathStrong EmotionalEmotional RelationshipEmbedding Author:Wilson Bryan Key
“I am a hundred-percent Indian traditionalist! I am not "playing anything" - that is for the media to be able to say what I am doing.” AbleMediaPercentHundredIndian Author:Trilok Gurtu
“I bailed out on social media for a while, and in short order I found I was able to sit down and read a book again. For the first time in a couple years I could read more than three pages without my brain wandering off into the ether. I drew a direct causal line between all this sort of ratta-tat-tat staccato stimulation that we get from the Internet and my growing inability to sit down and read anything that was longer than 500 words. But for me it came back because those synapses were already latent in my brain.” YearsFirstsBookAbleOrderThreeFoundSocialLinesBrainGrowingMediaCoupleInternetPagesFirst TimeDirectDown AndSocial MediaWanderInabilityStimulationLatentSynapses Author:Ron Currie Jr.
“Social media is the new way to communicate, the new way to show your work. You don't have to rely on stuffy, traditional, and conservative methods to be able to display your work.” WayShowsAbleSocialMediaMethodConservativeCommunicateSocial MediaTraditionalRelyDisplayNew Ways Author:Kesh
“I try not to limit myself. The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different roles and into different media. That ensures your longevity as an artist and prevents you from getting bored with yourself and, hopefully, prevents people from getting bored with you.” PeopleTryingDifferentAbleArtistActorsRolesMediaInspireShapesLimitsHopefullyComedianBoredLongevity Author:Gugu Mbatha-Raw
“Since September 11, the Mirror has reached back to its roots, and decided, it seems, to be something of its old self again. I received a call asking if I would write for it again, which I've done. It's a pleasure to be able to do that. It's become an important antidote to a media that is, most of it, supportive of the establishment, some of it quite rabidly rightwing. The Mirror is breaking ranks, and that's good news.” IfsWritingImportantSelfDoneSeemsAblePleasureMediaNewsRootsDecidedAskingMirrorsEstablishmentSeptemberGood NewsSupportiveAntidoteSeptember 11Old Self Author:John Pilger
“I never wanted it to get to this point. I had hoped that, by its own course, by the way the media covers politics, people would open their eyes and see who Donald Trump really is. But that, unfortunately, has not happened. The polls in the early states indicate that he's been able to fool a significant number of people into believing that he is something that he is not.” PeopleWayBelieveStatesEyeAbleWantedCoursesNumbersHappenedMediaFoolTrumpSignificantPollsSignificant Numbers Author:Marco Rubio
“What I tried to do is to present the evidence that's available and that no one has been able to refute. Not even the Arab governments who own their media have been able to denigrate bin Laden as a man.” MenHas BeensGovernmentAbleMediaEvidenceAvailableBin Laden Author:Michael Scheuer
“There may be some who wish that he would have taken the occasion to first comment on the Brexit vote, but they're not going to abandon him. They're not gonna let the media do it. Romney people? The media could separate his supporters from him, but they can't from Trump. They don't understand this yet. They think one of these times when they do a trick like this it's gonna work and they're gonna be able to really harm [Donald] Trump.” PeopleThinkingFirstsMayAbleWishTakenMediaTrumpVoteHarmTricksOccasionsAbandonCommentSupporterRomney Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Stillness empowers. Being able to detach from all external stimulants - social media, social engagements, TV, alcohol, food, etc. - and face our own silence is an enormous luxury that should not be taken for granted. The most rewarding moments in my life have stemmed from such stillness.” ShouldMomentsAbleFacesSocialSilenceTakenMediaTvsSocial MediaAlcoholEnormousLuxuryGrantedEmpoweringEtcEngagementStillnessSilence IsTaken For GrantedStimulants Author:Romany Malco
“It's probably no coincidence with the internet and social media and the word being able to spread beyond the radio, where fans can go and talk and congregate and trade stories and a band could communicate news very quickly and in a worldwide basis. I'm sure that's helped in bringing in this case us to more of the forefront of peoples attention.” StoriesAbleSocialAttentionCasesFansMediaInternetBandNewsBasesTradeRadioCommunicateSocial MediaSpreadCoincidence Author:John Petrucci
“I know "accessibility" is a term that's kind of thrown around wantonly today, especially with talking about visual media. But I think that the strength of comics [is how they] really allow you to transcend those last barriers between a reader absorbing the information of an experience, and a reader being able to project themselves into the [experience of the] people about whom they're reading.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindTodayAbleLastsReadingTermTalkingMediaInformationReaderProjectsVisualsThrownBarriersAbsorbingAccessibility Author:Nate Powell
“We are able to help animals all around the world as a result of the media and entertainment business, which is able to spread compassion and change at rapid speed.” WorldHelpingAbleAnimalResultsCompassionMediaEntertainmentSpreadSpeedAround The WorldRapidsEntertainment Business Author:Katie Cleary
“I think I'm able to reach a lot of folks, despite the fact that the conventional news media sometimes says, "You know, this speech is too long," or "It's too complicated," or "He needs to have better sound bites," or what have you.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsLongSometimesFactsAbleSoundMediaSpeechNewsFolksComplicatedDespiteBitesConventionalNews MediaSound Bites Author:Barack Obama
“Maybe boutique media, maybe people who are reading papers and talking to academics and whatnot, maybe they understand, because they're high-information. But a lot of people are still unaware that I never intended to end up in Russia. They're not aware that journalists were live-tweeting pictures of my seat on the flight to Latin America I wasn't able to board because the US government revoked my passport.” PeopleStillsEndsGovernmentAbleAmericaReadingTalkingMediaInformationPaperRussiaFlightJournalistBoardsSeatsLatinPapersLatin AmericaPassports Author:Edward Snowden
“We have to be able track the ways in which fear, for instance, is monopolized by state and media institutions, ways in which fear is actually promoted and distributed as a way of bolstering the need for greater security and militarization.” WayNeedsStatesAbleGreaterSecurityMediaInstitutionsTrackInstance Author:Judith Butler