“Poor Hollywood! These things happen all over the world but what a great backdrop to have Hollywood in our movie. No, but I know people who divorce a lot....and have really nice houses. But I didn't model the character on anyone in particular. And if I did, I would never tell the name.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldCharacterHappensHouseNamesPoorNiceParticularModelsHollywoodDivorceThings HappenReally NiceBackdropNice House Author:Catherine Zeta-Jones
“The Republican brand has been so badly damaged that if Republicans try to run an anti-Obama, anti-Rev. Wright or, if Sen. Clinton wins, anti-Clinton campaign, they are simply going to fail. This model has already been tested with disastrous results.” IfsTryingHas BeensRunningWinningResultsFailingRepublicanModelsClintonCampaignsBrandsTested Author:Newt Gingrich
“The very moment you understand that being a Muslim and being American or European are not mutually exclusive, you enrich your society. Promote the universal principles of justice and freedom, and leave the societies elsewhere to find their model of democracy based on their collective psychology and cultural heritage.” MomentsJusticePrinciplesDemocracyPsychologyModelsUniversalCollectivesHeritageElsewhereExclusiveCultural Heritage Author:Tariq Ramadan
“A lot has been written about the Internet bust. From my point of view, it's quite clear the Internet isn't a category; the Internet is a technological infrastructure that can be deployed to facilitate a disruptive business model or a sustaining business model.” Has BeensViewsClearWrittenInternetModelsPoint Of ViewCategoriesTechnologicalInfrastructureSustainingFacilitateDisruptiveBusiness Models Author:Clayton Christensen
“I don't think being a musician makes me a role model at all. But I do believe that I have responsibility to offer people a helping hand when and if I can, just the same way that others have helped me. I think that it's important to keep that cycle going, and to give back to whatever your personal definition of community is.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayGivingBelieveI CanImportantHelpingHandsCommunityResponsibilityRolesOffersMusicianModelsDefinitionsCyclesRole ModelsGiving BackHelping Hand Author:Thalia Zedek
“As far as Marx's analysis of capitalism, there's a lot of very useful ideas in it, but he's developing an abstract model of 19th century capitalism. It's abstract and it's changed.” IdeasCenturyChangedModelsCapitalismDevelopingAnalysisAbstract19th Century Author:Noam Chomsky
“I talked with people starting up in the middle of the recession and employees, and supplies and office space were cheap. As far as companies that are already in existence, many became more creative with how they spent their money. A lot of them stopped wasting money that they didn't know they were wasting after they looked hard at their businesses. Some had to change business models because of the economy. Their market didn't exist or wasn't as big anymore.” PeopleKnowsHardBigsSpaceExistenceCompanyEconomyCreativeMiddleOfficeModelsStartingEmployeeSuppliesRecessionsBusiness ModelsStarting UpOffice SpaceWasting Money Author:JJ Ramberg
“The franchise model is great, because most people who are entrepreneurial want flexibility and time to do what they love. A lot home business entrepreneurs struggle because they have to do everything.” PeopleWantHomeStruggleModelsEntrepreneurFlexibilityEntrepreneurial Author:Rory Vaden
“I've dated some very enthusiastic, attractive people and some very unenthusiastic, less attractive people. I see no correlation. But female friends of mine who have dated male public figures have found that is the case. They say male models are terrible in bed, because they feel like just showing up is all the effort they need to make.” PeopleNeedsFeelsFoundEffortCasesFiguresMinesTerribleBedModelsFemaleMalesAttractiveEnthusiasticShowing UpCorrelationPublic FiguresFemale Friends Author:Moby
“The first thing the male establishment wants to control is uterus and birth. You might call it womb envy. But even worse is the fact we are still using the male model of sexual response for women.” WantFirstsStillsFactsMightBirthModelsResponseMalesEnvyEstablishmentWombUterus Author:Betty Dodson
“It was around the age of 18 when I started to feel like I had learned everything I could learn from being a model - modeling is a really incredible form of expression, but I got into modeling because I loved fashion so much and I really loved photography.” FeelsAgeFormFashionExpressionPhotographyModelsIncrediblesModeling Author:Jaime King
“The studios are never going to make $200 million a picture with those types of movies. It's not familiar to them, and it's not a model that can necessarily be sustained. Now, if they go back to making movies about people ... well, I hope they do that.” PeopleIfsWellsMillionsTypeModelsStudiosFamiliar Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“In programming when you're making a change you have to know all the affected places, and you have to be able to model in your head what the performance impact will be.” KnowsAbleModelsPerformancesImpactProgrammingAffectedMaking Changes Author:Bill Gates
“I hope to be a good role model for my daughters.” RolesModelsDaughterMy DaughterRole ModelsGood Role Models Author:Edwidge Danticat
“Sometimes I am still surprised that I'm a model and that people think I'm good-looking.” PeopleThinkingStillsSometimesModelsLooking Good Author:Daria Werbowy
“I just had to learn to look at it as a job, as opposed to identifying myself as a model and thinking of myself as a part of this industry.” ThinkingLooksJobsIndustryModelsIdentifying Author:Daria Werbowy
“At the end of the day, I'm not a model, I'm an actor. I didn't want to be a model for a brand - I wanted to be a spokesperson and to collaborate.” WantEndsWantedActorsModelsBrandsThe End Of The Day Author:Ruby Rose
“I think of this a lot in the terms of books. Of course there's a big to-do culturally about e-books versus print books, sales models. The paradigm has changed but my perspective on it is that there's not going to be another paradigm to alight on because everything will continue to evolve so quickly that our brains won't be able to keep up with it.” ThinkingBookBigsAbleCoursesTermBrainChangedPerspectiveModelsEvolvePrintVersusParadigmPrint Books Author:Ron Currie Jr.
“Narrative stories are nothing but models of karma and causality - how one thing leads to another. And a lot of narrative fiction is about causality that we don't immediately understand.” StoriesFictionOne ThingModelsKarmaNarrativeCausality Author:Jess Row
“One of the things that bugs me about the Western Literary Tradition is that the conventions of narrative in particular seem to confine the stories you can tell about characters to tropes of bone-headed action and old models of psychological realism. And as readers, too, we have been conditioned to understand characters as - and forgive me for saying it out loud - what the market says they should be. Namely, safe, clean, proper.” ShouldHas BeensCharacterStoriesSeemsActionParticularReaderSafeModelsTraditionForgivingCleanWesternBonesPsychologicalNarrativeLoudConventionsRealismBugsForgive MeTropes Author:Lidia Yuknavitch
“As with most of my work, I started from the abstract, from research, building an intellectual model that slowly became internalized when the characters came alive. It's fascinating what happens to the model you've so assiduously assembled when characters are allowed to run rampant: things you thought essential are broken and other things are vastly improved.” CharacterHappensRunningAliveBuildingBrokenEssentialsIntellectualModelsResearchAbstractFascinating Author:Lauren Groff
“Clearly, I'm committed to women's issues and stories and promoting gender equality. I have two incredible role models in Jenji [Kohan] and Shonda [Rhimes].” TwoStoriesRolesIssuesModelsIncrediblesCommittedGenderRole ModelsPromotingGender Equality Author:Alysia Reiner
“We think Android is very, very fragmented, and becoming more fragmented by the day. And as you know, Apple strives for the integrated model so that the user isn't forced to be the systems integrator.” ThinkingKnowsBecomingModelsStriveApplesUsersStrifeIntegratedBecoming MoreFragmentedAndroids Author:Steve Jobs
“I try to, at least once or twice a week, have someone over and model, usually a dancer friend or a poet or someone to come over and just stay still for me. Depending on how exhibitionist they are, it will determine the finished work. And I say, "You're the muse; you come up with it. I'll draw you however you want."” WantTryingStillsWeekPoetModelsDrawsDetermineCome UpFinishedDancerMuseFinished WorkExhibitionist Author:Eric Drooker
“I believe everyone in the education sector should be looking at evidence, reassessing, making tweaks to figure out what works, I think it's a positive model.” ThinkingShouldBelieveI BelieveFiguresModelsEvidenceTweak Author:Dana Goldstein
“I was always the weirdo at school. When I became a model [at 16], I didn't tell anybody. I was terrified that the kids would rip me to pieces.” KidsSchoolPiecesModelsTerrifiedRipWeirdo Author:Karen Elson
“One girl came up to me - I remember it so vividly - she said, "You're not fit to model socks." It crushed me. But at the same time, it made me unbelievably determined to prove everybody wrong and prove to myself that I could live an incredible life.” MadeSaidRememberGirlFitProveModelsIncrediblesDeterminedCrushedSock Author:Karen Elson
“Obviously there are going to be a lot of skeptics. I only hope I can prove them wrong and give the idea of model-slash-anything a genuine chance.” GivingI CanIdeasChanceProveModelsGenuineSkepticProve Them Wrong Author:Karen Elson
“I'm not sure we're presenting ourselves as real role models. I don't think literature has ever been a real place for role models.” ThinkingRealLiteratureRolesModelsNot SureRole ModelsPresenting Author:Mac Barnett
“It's a sort of patronizing idea that literature for children has to feature role models of exemplary behavior. I think not only is that bogus, but it leads to really boring books.” ThinkingChildrenBookIdeasLiteratureRolesBehaviorModelsBoringFeaturesRole ModelsExemplaryPatronizingBoring Books Author:Mac Barnett
“I'd like to go back and revisit the Flash/Captain Cold relationship, because that to me has been the heart of it all along. My impression is that The Flash is a show about a boy's journey into manhood. For the Flash character, there is a variety of male models presented to him, and Captain Cold is one of them.” HeartHas BeensCharacterShowsBoysJourneyColdModelsMalesImpressionVarietyFlashCaptainsManhood Author:Wentworth Miller
“A big factor is that the enthusiast camp's values are really rooted in Silicon Valley and in these supposedly new business models. But again, I think this such an interesting moment because things like the NSA revelations are really forcing people to recognize the connections between corporate and government surveillance.” PeopleThinkingMomentsBigsGovernmentValuesInterestingModelsConnectionsFactorsCorporateRevelationsCampsValleysRootedSurveillanceNsaSiliconSilicon ValleyBusiness ModelsNew BusinessGovernment Surveillance Author:Astra Taylor
“And of course the things that get the most attention online tend to be similar to those that succeeded under the old model.” CoursesAttentionModelsOnline Author:Astra Taylor
“Technology and television didn't dictate one path or the other - it was civil society and public policy intervening in creating alternative funding models. So I think that's one of the questions for our time: do we want to intervene in this model or completely acquiesce and leave it to the unfettered, not-actually-that-free market? Neither path is inevitable.” ThinkingWantTechnologyPathPolicyTelevisionCreatingModelsAlternativesInevitableOur TimeFree MarketFundingCivil SocietyPublic PolicyIntervening Author:Astra Taylor
“There are many mediocre entertainers who don't aspire to much more than fame and glory. It's very easy to have them as your role models because there aren't as many greats.” EasyRolesFameModelsGloryRole ModelsAspireMediocreEntertainers Author:Carmen Ejogo
“They [academy writing programs] have no concept that the world has changed, that publishing has changed, that filmmaking has changed, and if you're not constantly looking at your education model and adjusting for the change, you'll find yourself teaching antiquity. Like all of these programs that won't accept students who are writing genre fiction - what an institutional ego!” IfsWorldWritingFictionAcceptingTeachingChangedStudentsEgoModelsConceptsProgramGenreFinding YourselfFilmmakingPublishingAcademyAntiquityAdjusting Author:Tod Goldberg
“If people want me to be their role-model, it would be nice.” PeopleIfsWantWould BeRolesNiceModelsRole ModelsWant MeBeing Nice Author:Cher Lloyd
“Poverty is about low, self-esteem and a lack of role models and opportunities. Without money, people resort to de-dignifying activities in order to support themselves. We free people through education and entrepreneurship. Freedom is self-determination, and you can't self-determine without understanding money and capitalism.” PeopleSelfOrderOpportunityUnderstandingFreedomMoneyEducationPovertyRolesSupportSelf EsteemActivityModelsLowsSelf ImprovementCapitalismDeterminationEntrepreneurDetermineDeterminedEsteemEntrepreneurshipRole ModelsSelf DeterminationLackingKey To SuccessResortsRoad To SuccessLow Self EsteemDetermination MotivationalCauses Of Poverty Author:John Hope Bryant
“I'm only thirteen, so I have role-models! But I've sort of experienced... my sister has always been my role-model because I've always seen her. She's been acting my whole life and she's grown up on film, so it's neat for me to get to travel around and do interviews, because I've always seen her doing it.” WholeFilmActingRolesModelsWhole LifeInterviewsRole ModelsMy SisterNeatThirteen Author:Elle Fanning
“No matter what size you are, you must be healthy. I focus on health as a model, whether it's doing yoga, hiking, kickboxing - those things bring me joy.” MatterJoyFocusHealthyModelsYogaNo Matter WhatSizeHikingKickboxing Author:Crystal Renn
“Jean Valentine and Jane Cooper were my professors at Sarah Lawrence College - and they were uncompromised in their art. They gave me models of how to live one's life as a poet.” ArtCollegePoetModelsProfessorsValentineJane Author:Denise Duhamel
“People will continue to make movies. But I do think the economic model of the studio movie is closing in on a kind of systemic collapse.” PeopleThinkingKindEconomicModelsStudiosCollapseClosingEconomic Models Author:Matthew Specktor
“The question is not about whether it will work or not. It's how quickly we can pull it off. Structural change will happen. When economies grow, there comes a time when you cannot rely on investment alone. We had that. The return on investment is becoming less and less. So we have to change. The old model doesn't work anymore. It's a question of speed.” HappensGrowsEconomyReturnBecomingModelsInvestmentSpeedRelyThere Comes A TimeReturn On Investment Author:Zhang Xin
“Chinese no longer crave so much for food and accommodation, but they do crave democracy. I stand by that. I don't know which model China will follow.” KnowsDemocracyModelsChinaChineseCraveAccommodations Author:Zhang Xin
“I don't know if there is an existing model that anyone can hold on to right now. Every [piece of] advice about how to go about in the record business you would get 5 years ago is no longer valid. Everything is changing very rapidly and there is an increased sense of anger and despair among artists that are not major-selling megastars.” IfsKnowsYearsArtistRecordsPiecesAdviceRight NowDespairMajorsModelsYears AgoSelling Author:Olof Arnalds
“I recognise my responsibility, and it's funny when I read people who say they never asked to be a role model, and I understand that, but as soon as you have influence over people, you have a responsibility with what you do with that influence.” PeopleResponsibilityRolesInfluenceModelsRole ModelsRecognise Author:Brooke Fraser
“Our traditional stories are based on an aristocratic model without a middle class, whereas The Arabian Nights reflect people living in cities, traders, merchants, travelers, with a wide range of personalities.” PeopleStoriesNightCitiesClassMiddlePersonalityModelsWideTraditionalRangeMiddle ClassTravelerMerchantsTradersArabianAristocraticLiving In The CityArabian Nights Author:Marina Warner
“The technique of the book and the technique carried by the figure of Scheherazade is one of opening the Sultan's mind. He's emblematic of the ignorant person: the ignorant, lock-in, raging man who wants to kill all he doesn't understand. The model of the book is the extraordinary, very-large, Mirror of Princes.” MenWantMindPersonsBookFiguresModelsMirrorsExtraordinaryRageTechniqueIgnorantOpeningLocksIgnorant Person Author:Marina Warner