“I'm naturally shy, so the social media thing is new to me. I haven't really figured out how my voice sounds on social media, you know? I don't want to tweet everyday just for the sake of tweeting. I want to make sure whatever I do there is honest. Social media can very quickly get fake, and I don't want to be that guy.” KnowsWantGuySocialSoundVoiceHonestMediaHavensEverydaySakeSocial MediaFakeShyThat GuyTweet Author:Hunter Hayes
“Sometimes I am more interested in the richness of the material with all the stuff we've done which all tell a story to me rather than any single film career I could have, because I really do find myself interested in other people's ideas. I just want to be responsible with an array of things that engage me and feel vital, opposed to the corporate media out there that is just about making the loudest noises possible.” PeopleWantFeelsIdeasSometimesDoneStoriesFilmStuffCareersMediaMaterialsResponsibleNoiseCorporateRichnessBeing Responsible Author:Larry Fessenden
“The media - they want to rush everything. They want to give their seedy opinions without knowing all the facts.” WantGivingFactsOpinionKnowingMedia Author:Jennifer Lopez
“You can be labelled but if it doesn't speak to people then it won't work. The social media and online has been really important. Fans are really smart too: they don't want to hear something manufactured or something that has too much marketing behind it.” PeopleIfsWantHas BeensImportantSpeakSocialBehindsToo MuchFansMediaSmartMarketingSocial MediaOnlineReally Smart Author:Mac Miller
“If you decide to become a dancer on Broadway, never say who your favorite dance partner is, because members of the media will presume you never want to dance with anybody else.” IfsWantMediaMembersPartnersDancerBroadwayYour FavoriteDance Partner Author:Bill Nye
“What I like about being independent [in the music industry] is that anybody who does play the album on the radio and anybody who does choose to write in the media does so because they want to, because they like it or because they find something interesting there, not because they have to.” WantWritingDoePlayInterestingMediaIndustryIndependentRadioAlbumsMusic IndustrySomething Interesting Author:Ani DiFranco
“Damn it, if just 5% of people got motivated in some direction, and it doesn't necessarily have to be what I believe in, but if they just got motivated and stopped getting their political ideologies from the mainstream media, they would go out and figure out what they want.” PeopleIfsWantBelievePoliticalI BelieveMediaFiguresI Believe InIdeologyDamnMotivatedMainstreamMainstream MediaPolitical Ideology Author:Alex Jones
“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
“I've never been that uncomfortable talking about it. Things come out [in the media] about me. When it's out, it's someone else's version of what's the matter with me. I want it to be my version of what it is. My recourse is to do my version.” WantMatterTalkingMediaVersionsUncomfortableRecourse Author:Carrie Fisher
“I want to create a rapid response team, right around the world, perhaps starting originally with our partners, similar to the one we have in the United Nations whereby, where there's a problem in our society which demands a compassionate response, an educated, informed, not just a splurgy emotional thing, but an informed compassionate response that puts yourself in the position of the other and sees all sides of the problem, not just your own, there'll be somebody poised in each society who can write to the media, write an op-ed piece, to go on TV or radio.” WorldWantWritingProblemNationsSidesUnitedPiecesTeamMediaPositionEmotionalTvsGoes OnDemandResponseStartingRadioPartnersEducatedAround The WorldOur SocietyCompassionateUnited NationsRapidsEmotional Things Author:Karen Armstrong
“A lot of media that that I want to consume, I don't want to have to own forever and ever. It's not like real estate.” WantRealForeverMediaEstates Author:John Hodgman
“What the media is playing is what people want is really a false idea. Capitalism and people who control the market have a large hand in everything. It doesn't have anything to do with figuring out what the crowd wants to hear. It has to do with the media deciding what they think people want to hear.” PeopleThinkingWantIdeasHandsMediaCapitalismCrowds Author:Boots Riley
“We've had 20 years of mass murders throughout which I have repeatedly told CNN and our other media, if you don't want to propagate more mass murders, don't start the story with sirens blaring. Don't have photographs of the killer. Don't make this 24/7 coverage. Do everything you can not to make the body count the lead story, not to make the killer some kind of anti-hero. Do localize the story to the affected community and make it as boring as possible in every other market. Because every time we have intense saturation coverage of a mass murder, we expect to see one or two more within a week.” IfsWantYearsKindTwoStoriesBodyCommunityWeekMediaHeroMassMurderPhotographBoringIntenseAffectedKillersCan NotCoverageCnnSirensSaturationAnti Hero Author:Park Dietz
“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
“I want to have complete control over every media so that when I make my record I put on it what I want to put on it. Not what society wants me to put on it.” WantRecordsMediaWant Me Author:Peter Tosh
“I find that fashion recently has been a little too hasty. Often times, it's put together quickly to catch the attention of the media, and I didn't want to do that.” WantLittlesHas BeensTogetherAttentionMediaFashionHasty Author:Giorgio Armani
“The religiously observant is lumped in with the nominal Muslim, the nominal Muslim is lumped in with the non-Muslim and the radical. If we want to make sense of this mess and stop pushing Muslims into the arms of the extremist, we need to make meaningful distinctions between the religion of Islam that a billion Muslims follow and see as a guidance as a peaceful righteous moral life and the puritanical Islam of a minority which so captures the media's attention.” IfsWantNeedsAttentionMoralMediaArmsIslamBillionsMeaningfulPeacefulMessRadicalMake SenseGuidanceDistinctionMinoritiesPushingCaptureRighteousExtremistObservantMoral LifeReligion Of Islam Author:Reza Aslan
“We think of Craigslist as a form of Social Media.We provide a simple service that is mostly free and we leave money in the community, instead of taking it away. Shared values, nothing fancy, treating people like we want to be treated. What works on the net works for people in general. The net has very little to do with technology, what matters is how people use the technology.” PeopleThinkingWantLittlesMatterUseFormValuesSocialCommunitySimpleTechnologyMediaSocial MediaTreatedFancyWhat MattersShared ValuesCraigslist Author:Craig Newmark
“The "paperless office" is a bad idea because paper is one of the most useful and valuable media ever invented. "On paper" is a good place for information you want to use; a bad place for information you want to store.” WantIdeasUseMediaInformationOfficePaperValuableStoresBad IdeasGood PlacePaperless Author:David Gelernter
“Asking the question whether the mainstream media has a liberal or conservative bias is like asking whether al Qaeda uses too much oil in their hummus. I might think they use a little bit too much oil; some people might think it's a little dry. But the problem with al Qaeda is they want to kill us. And the problem with the mainstream media is that it has these other biases that are much more important.” PeopleThinkingWantLittlesImportantUseProblemMightBitsToo MuchMediaLittle BitAskingConservativeOilDryAlsMainstreamBiasAl QaedaMainstream MediaHummus Author:Al Franken
“We did tons of research. We went to visit a prison. We had speakers. We have read tons of supplementary material, books and articles. We are constantly emailing articles around the writers' room. We have dipped ourselves in prison culture and lore and media, and the experience and the people. We really want to be as informed as possible.” PeopleWantBookCultureRoomsMediaMaterialsResearchPrisonArticlesSpeakers Author:Jenji Kohan
“For me, I guess the general reason for using social media is that the connection I have with people who are interested in my music is extremely important to me. That connection is like the pillar in everything I do. I want to embrace that connection and make it stronger.” PeopleWantImportantReasonSocialMediaMusic IsConnectionsStrongerEmbraceSocial MediaPillars Author:Steve Aoki
“We as fighters always want to fight the best possible opponents and the best fights. We want the fans and media to be excited about the fights that we have. I now believe that this is a big fight and people want to see it, I'm not sure that was the case a few years back.” PeopleWantYearsBelieveBigsFightingCasesFansMediaExcitedFighterNot SureOpponents Author:Miguel Cotto
“Someone recently pointed out how much Barack Obama's style and strategies resemble those of Latin American charismatic despots - the takeover of industries by demagogues who never ran a business, the rousing rhetoric of resentment addressed to the masses and the personal cult of the leader promoted by the media. But do we want to become the world's largest banana republic?” WorldWantLeaderMediaStyleIndustryMassStrategyBarackRanLatinRepublicResentmentRhetoricCultLatin AmericaBananasCharismaticDespotsLatin AmericanTakeovers Book:Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt) Source: Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)
“Social media is the greatest leadership tool ever invented. It gives you the opportunity to amplify your voice, extend your influence, and create a tribe of passionate followers who want to hear from you.” WantGivingOpportunitySocialVoiceInfluenceMediaToolsPassionateSocial MediaFollowersTribesAmplifyGreatest Leadership Author:Michael Hyatt
“You don't want your relationship to be in the press, but at the same time, and this is only a theory, the more you try and keep it secret, the more the media tries to crack it open.” WantTryingSecretMediaTheoryPressesCracksOur Relationship Author:Jennifer Lawrence
“I get that the media wants us to play theater critics and critique every other proposal. What I`m focusing on are my own policy proposals.” WantPlayMy OwnMediaPolicyTheaterCriticsWant UProposalCritique Author:Ted Cruz
“The media isn't only asleep; it doesn't want to know this news, that the people are revolting, in the very best sense of the term, revolting against the thieves in high places and reaching out to each other, which is our great strength.” PeopleKnowsWantTermMediaNewsReachingReach OutThievesHigh Places Author:Jim Hightower
“[T]here's a good reason to stay pessimistic about deficits as far as the eye can see. It's called the 'news' media. Legislators who want to get re-elected will clearly want to avoid any spending decision that will create bad national publicity, and our news media, the manufacturers of bad national publicity, will send crying victims down the assembly line at the slightest thought of a social spending cut or freeze. Exhibit A is Sen. Jim Bunning.” WantReasonEyeSocialLinesDecisionCuttingMediaCryNewsVictimSpendingDeficitPublicityAssemblyExhibitsFreezePessimisticLegislatorsNews MediaAssembly LineSpending CutsReason To Stay Author:L. Brent Bozell, Jr.
“Hatemongers like Media Matters take innocent statements like mine, Rush Limbaugh's, John Gibson's, and Bill O'Reilly's and make them offensive by posting them on the Internet, allowing the general public to hear words that were meant for people who already agree with us. Hey, Media Matters, you want to end offensive speech? Then stop recording it for people who would be offended.” PeopleWantEndsMatterWould BeMediaMinesInternetSpeechAgreeBillsStatementsInnocentHeyAllowingOffensiveOffendedGeneral PublicBill O Reilly Author:Stephen Colbert
“The media has dubbed me as someone who can only get up for the big tournaments, and that is not who I want to be.” WantBigsMediaGet UpTournaments Author:Sloane Stephens
“The media wants a nice guy, so I can give that to them. I figured I could be myself in this interview since no one's gonna read this JV newspaper.” WantGivingI CanGuyNiceMediaNewspapersInterviewsNice Guy Author:Dabo Swinney
“I think that people are really hungry for original content. I think there's a sense of reboots and remakes, and we're lacking in any sense of originality in media. So, I think the people who want something like this which has a graphic novel feel or comic book feel but that is designed and created for the medium of television, I think that is something is very appealing to a lot of people.” PeopleThinkingWantFeelsBookNovelMediaTelevisionOriginalsHungryMediumsComicOriginalityLackingComic BookWant SomethingGraphicRemakesGraphic Novels Author:Miles Millar
“I only know what it's like to be an author with social media. I can't compare. I do think we lose the mystery of the author. Today, I get tons of e-mails and Facebook messages from readers, and my goal with Twitter and Facebook is, if someone reaches out to me, I'm going to respond to them. I don't want to be an elitist author who is untouchable. I'm just a regular person, too. I will always respond to everybody.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantPersonsI CanTodaySocialGoalLosesMysteryMediaReaderMessagesSocial MediaCompareReach OutMailElitistUntouchablesTwitter And Facebook Author:Matt de la Pena
“The main problem is just that people think that other people care about them way more than they do. Anything that you do, that requires anyone to do an ounce of work that's about you, is a mistake. Because unless you are Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, or David Letterman, or just a really, really giant celebrity, or you're maybe at the center of a media storm where everyone is trying to get in touch with you, people don't want to have to do any work to remember who you are, what you're selling, or what your website is.” PeopleThinkingWayWantTryingProblemCareRememberMistakeMediaWho You AreStormSellingGiantsWebsiteBradLettermanRemember Who You Are Author:Mandy Stadtmiller
“The modern media environment is so overrun with bullshit and static and people trying to sell you stupid crap. It makes you want to bite yourself.” PeopleWantTryingEnvironmentModernMediaStupidSellsBitesBullshitCrapStaticModern Media Author:Brad Listi
“I want Christians to consider who they vote for. We look a lot at the presidential elections. And that's where so much of our focus is, especially from the media, but some of the most important elections are the local elections - the mayors, city council members, county commissioners, school boards. How important school boards are - and we need to get Christian men and women running for office. We need Christian men and women not only running for office, but voting and getting behind other Christians that are running for office.” MenWantNeedsLooksImportantRunningSchoolChristianCitiesBehindsFocusMediaMembersOfficeMen And WomenVoteElectionLocalsPresidentialBoardsVotingCouncilCountyMayorsPresidential ElectionCommissionersRunning For OfficeSchool BoardCity Council Author:Franklin Graham
“It seems people don't read or listen. Our scholars and our media have been very outspoken. We were the first country in the world to hold a national public awareness campaign against extremism and terrorism. Why would we not want to fight an ideology whose objective is to kill us?” PeopleWorldWantFirstsHas BeensCountrySeemsFightingAwarenessMediaTerrorismCampaignsObjectivesIdeologyScholarExtremismOutspoken Author:Adel al-Jubeir
“There is an element - particularly on social media - where I want to encourage positivity and kindness rather than negativity and bashing of other people. I think that is a way I try to incorporate social responsibility into my life, but I feel like my day to day is pretty average.” PeopleThinkingWayWantFeelsTryingSocialResponsibilityKindnessMediaElementsAveragePositivitySocial MediaNegativityDay To DaySocial Responsibility Author:Danielle Panabaker
“The media coverage for Donald Trump has been almost cheerleading over the last couple weeks. And I'm convinced it's because many in the press want him to be the nominee.” WantHas BeensMediaTrumpPressesConvincedCoverageWant HimCheerleadingMedia Coverage Author:Marco Rubio
“People want everything quick and now. We live in the age of social media and hyper digital. Tweets are published in less than a second, Safari pages load in less than three seconds.” PeopleWantAgeThreeSocialMediaPagesSocial MediaDigitalSecondsLoadTweetHyperSafari Author:Aeriel Miranda
“It's a closing of the mind that happens when you want to be lazy and go with the easiest answers, like the media do all the time in their sound bytes.” WantMindHappensSoundAnswersMediaLazyClosing Author:David O. Russell
“Marco [Rubio] made reference earlier to the litigation against Trump University. It's fraud case. I want you think about if this man is the nominee, having the Republican nominee on the stand in court being cross examined about whether he committed fraud. You don't think the mainstream media will go crazy on that?” IfsThinkingMenWantMadeCasesCrazyMediaTrumpRepublicanCrossesCourtUniversityCommittedFraudMainstreamI Want YouMarcosMainstream Media Author:Ted Cruz
“Years ago, it was easier to make new things than it is now. The weight of experience weighs heavily, and the expectations; everybody wants to see something they haven't seen before. Now, with social media, with too much information, with the speed of information - all that is making it harder and harder to realize the objective.” WantYearsSocialRealizingToo MuchMediaHavensInformationEasierExpectationsYears AgoWeightHarderSocial MediaSpeedObjectivesNew ThingsToo Much Information Author:Rei Kawakubo
“I love touring, I love making records, but eventually all I want...I want to score. I want people to ask me to score their film or use my songs in cinematic ways. I think the ultimate media is a story that you can watch and feel and have a musical moment to. I think it's my favorite. I love watching something when music is creating motion within the motion.” PeopleThinkingWayWantFeelsMomentsStoriesUseFilmSongAsksWatchesRecordsMediaCreatingMusic IsUltimateMusicalMy FavoriteAsk MeScoreTouringLove MakingCinematic Author:Justin Vernon
“Obviously, I don't want to minimize the patriarchal nature of our media, our government and our culture as a whole. But I think it's our refusal as women to own our power that is our biggest problem, both individually and collectively. The linchpin that holds the current system in place is the slumber of women.” ThinkingWantWholeProblemGovernmentCultureMediaCurrentsRefusalSlumber Author:Marianne Williamson
“I say the elite looks out of touch because it's kind of saying; look we'll manage all this for you. You know, we know best. We'll sort it all out for you. And then because people believe that doesn't meet their case for change and they want real change, social media and the way the relationship between people can come into a sense of belonging very quickly, that then is itself a revolutionary phenomenon. You see this around the world.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayWantBelieveLooksKindRealSocialCasesMediaSocial MediaManageAround The WorldRevolutionaryBelongingPhenomenonElitesReal Change Author:Tony Blair
“In this day and age, social media is a huge part of a business, which I actually love. It's a phenomenal platform to share your message, keep others and myself inspired and help keep your students connected to your events. The hardest part is the anonymous ability to say whatever you want.” WantHelpingAgeSocialAbilityShareMediaEventsStudentsHugeMessagesInspiredSocial MediaConnectedHardestThis DayPlatformsPhenomenal Author:Kathryn Budig
“We were telling, and frankly the media didn't take it seriously, during the time when we tried to point out that Debbie Wasserman Schultz was biased. She scheduled debates at times that didn't draw huge audiences, I believe, and many believe, because she didn't want Bernie to have a larger exposure to the voters.” WantBelieveI BelieveAudienceMediaHugeDrawsDebateVotersExposureBiased Author:Jonathan Tasini
“If you want to get unpaid media coverage, you had better be quotable. It's an interesting problem, because very few candidates are quotable.” IfsWantProblemInterestingMediaCandidatesCoverageMedia Coverage Author:Roger Ailes