“I think I was always able to laugh a lot at the industry - to be detached from it, even if some of the other models weren't. Jeez - it's hardly rocket science, is it? It's not as if you can get to be a better model..... .you can either get away with it, or you cant? And most of them were also acutely aware of the passage of time.....and how it would affect their careers.” IfsThinkingAbleCareersLaughingIndustryModelsGet AwayPassagesCantRocketsDetachedPassage Of TimeRocket Science Author:Ashton Kutcher
“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
“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
“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.
“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 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'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
“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
“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
“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
“I don't like to use the words "real women," honestly. I like to use the word woman. And I say that because there are so many women out there who are naturally thin, or are naturally curvy, and I think when we start putting a label on the type of woman it gets misconstrued and starts to offend people. At the end of the day we just all want to be known as women or models or actresses or whatever.” PeopleThinkingWantRealEndsUseKnownTypeModelsActressesHonestlyLabelsThe End Of The DayCurvyReal WomenMisconstrued Author:Ashley Graham
“Someone said to me that we have to encourage more young women to want top-level editing jobs. I think that will happen naturally as we have more role models, more examples of boss ladies who aren't sad and cruel and overworked and undersexed like in DevilWearsPrada, but who are straight-up owning it and notable not for their gender but for their editorial savvy.” ThinkingWantSaidHappensJobsYoungLevelsRolesExampleModelsGenderBossRole ModelsYoung WomenEditingNotableEditorialsSavvyStraight UpOwning It Author:Ann Friedman
“When I started my own business, I funded it as a naked model. I still think that the sex industry can, for some men and women, be a powerful tool for improving their financial prospects.” ThinkingMenStillsSexMy OwnPowerfulIndustryModelsMen And WomenToolsFinancialNakedImprovingOwn BusinessProspects Author:Molly Crabapple
“I think I am a good role model, and a lot of mothers come up to me and they're really happy, and I think if any girl follows their dreams then anything can happen to them.” IfsThinkingDreamHappensMotherGirlRolesModelsCome UpRole ModelsReally HappyAnything Can HappenGood Role Models Author:Paris Hilton
“Back in the day, a lot of our instructors in nonfiction were actually fiction scholars. So they would bring in stories as models for the essay. And in some ways that's a good idea, because we can all learn from other genres. But I think it also made me realize that I literally didn't have an essay model, and that if I wanted one I would have to find it.” IfsThinkingWayMadeIdeasStoriesWantedRealizingFictionModelsGenreGood IdeasNonfictionScholarEssaysInstructorsBack In The Day Author:John D'Agata
“And it's about a three-month process every screening. And that way we have seven or eight chances at the film before we have to actually build the models, build the sets, do the animation and all of that. So it's a - I think that's a real key to the way we make films.” ThinkingWayRealFilmThreeProcessChanceKeysMonthsModelsSevenEightAnimationThree MonthsScreening Author:Pete Docter
“I don't like to get too involved in the idea that "I'm a role model" and that everything I do is right. I don't think that's the case at all, but I think who I am at my core, and what I represent at my core, is something that is meaningful, and can be something that other people can gain inspiration from.” PeopleThinkingIdeasInspirationRolesCasesInvolvedModelsGainsMeaningfulCoreWho I AmRole Models Author:Mike Vallely
“The notion of a conscious model of oneself as an individual entity actively trying to establish epistemic relations to the world and to oneself, I think, comes very close to what we traditionally mean by notions like "subjectivity".” ThinkingWorldTryingMeanIndividualModelsConsciousRelationNotionOneselfEntitySubjectivity Author:Thomas Metzinger
“The unsupervised learning is the way most people will learn in the future. You have this model of how the world works in your head and you're refining it to predict what you think is going to happen in the future.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayHappensModelsRefining Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“I do think that metaphysical exploration is like scientific exploration, in the sense that philosophers and scientists are both developing models of reality, and furthermore that we all rely to a significant extent on the idea that models which provide elegant, simple and satisfying explanations are more likely to be true.” ThinkingIdeasRealitySimpleModelsScientistPhilosopherSignificantBeing TrueDevelopingExplanationRelyExplorationSatisfyingMetaphysicalElegant Author:L.A. Paul
“It's still the classic thing to get nice lines, but knowing that your computer model, on your little machine, is on the screen, is priceless. And that doesn't happen too often I don't think.” ThinkingLittlesStillsHappensLinesKnowingNiceComputerModelsMachinesScreensClassicPriceless Author:Daniel Simon
“Oddly, I think if you look at comic books, you look at the shelves in the store, it's predominantly male characters, historically. But if you look outside the window it's 52-percent female, and something odd is going on there. So I do think it's your responsibility as a writer, really, to create stuff that little girls can get into too. I want my daughters to have role models that are female.” IfsThinkingWantLooksLittlesBookCharacterGirlStuffResponsibilityRolesModelsPercentDaughterFemaleWindowMalesStoresComicOddMy DaughterRole ModelsComic BookShelves Author:Mark Millar
“I think exactly the same qualities as men [women role model needs], exactly the same, which is kindness, courage and intelligence.” ThinkingMenNeedsQualityRolesKindnessModelsRole ModelsMen Women Author:Mark Millar
“The popular idea of a role model implies that an adult's influence on a child is primarily occupational, and that all a black child needs is to see a black doctor, and then this child will think, "Oh, I can become a doctor too."” ThinkingNeedsChildrenI CanIdeasBlackRolesInfluenceModelsAdultsDoctorsRole Models Author:Richard Rodriguez
“I think in an ideal world celebrities do have a responsibility in many different areas to be role models.” ThinkingWorldDifferentResponsibilityRolesModelsAreasIdealsRole ModelsIdeal World Author:John Amaechi
“I don't find the wave model very productive, because I think it kind of serves to fan the flames of generational tension, or make it seem like there's more generational tension than there actually is.” ThinkingKindSeemsFansModelsWaveFlamesTensionProductive Author:Jessica Valenti
“I think that the ideal of young womanhood as it's seen in pop culture specifically is a really kind of vapid, conceited, concerned with money and looks kind of thing that you'll see in a lot of reality shows. And I think that's really damaging, not just because it's a terrible role model to put forth, but that it also puts across this idea to the American public that this is what young women are like, that this is what all young women in America are like.” ThinkingLooksKindIdeasShowsRealityAmericaYoungCultureRolesTerribleModelsConcernedIdealsPopsRole ModelsYoung WomenWomanhoodPop CultureConceitedReality ShowsVapid Author:Jessica Valenti
“I think in terms of educating a group of readers, MFA programs are very good. I just think the model of MFA programs in which a young poet goes through the program, publishes a series of books, gets teaching jobs, that's a bit at risk.” ThinkingBookJobsYoungBitsTermRiskGroupsTeachingPoetReaderModelsProgramSeriesVery GoodPublish Author:Edward Hirsch
“I started modeling when I was - not older, but not 12. I have a mom who's a feminist, she's an English professor, an intellectual. She really gave me the equipment to understand that you can celebrate yourself without putting yourself down or needing to apologize for the way you look. I think that attitude is really crucial for a model.” ThinkingWayLooksAttitudeMomIntellectualModelsFeministCelebrateProfessorsCrucialApologizingEquipmentModeling Author:Emily Ratajkowski
“I don't like this vision that Turkey is successful because it is as successful as the western powers in economic terms. But I do think they are trying to find a new space in the multi-polar world, and this is what I am advocating. I don't think that Muslims have an alternative model.” ThinkingWorldTryingTermSpaceVisionSuccessfulEconomicModelsWesternAlternativesTurkeysAdvocating Author:Tariq Ramadan
“You have to be at the forefront of culture to create art, which they call "product," and Hollywood is not. It's this very old business model, which I think is dying in a lot of ways.” ThinkingWayArtCultureDyingProductsModelsHollywoodBusiness Models Author:Rose McGowan
“Elizabeth Warren is, I think, a great demonstration of the kind of movement-oriented model-wielding power from within the Senate. Over and over, she's rallied tons of people to battles that they don't normally get involved in.” PeopleThinkingKindMovementInvolvedBattleModelsSenateGet InvolvedDemonstrationWielding Power Author:Ben Wikler
“I think he's [Louis Brandeis] a great model for progressive justices today who want to answer the originalists. It's not that the original paradigm cases are irrelevant, but you have to focus on the values the framers were trying to protect, not on the means with which those values were invaded in the 18th century.” ThinkingWantTryingMeanTodayValuesJusticeAnswersCasesFocusCenturyProtectModelsOriginalsProgressiveIrrelevantParadigm18th CenturyFramersLouis Brandeis Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“As the popular trust in science fades - and many sociologists say that's happening today - people will develop a distrust of purely "scientific" psychology. Researchers in the universities haven't picked up on this; they're more interested in genetics and computer models of thinking than ever. But, in general, there is a huge distrust of the scientific establishment now.” PeopleThinkingTodayPsychologyHavensHugeComputerModelsHappeningsUniversityEstablishmentFadesDistrustGeneticsResearchersSociologists Author:James Hillman
“I think I've always wanted to be a role model, and I think ... everyone should try to live their life like they'd like to be a role model. I think it's like the thing keeping me out of jail.” ThinkingShouldTryingWantedRolesModelsJailRole Models Author:Mindy Kaling
“[Being role model ]is good for me mentally, selfishly, and it's also nice to try to do that for, especially, younger women. I mean, it's scary as hell. ... I worry about it, but I think it's a good thing to try to do.” ThinkingTryingMeanRolesWorryHellNiceModelsGood ThingsScaryRole Models Author:Mindy Kaling
“I had PubLIZity, I had Oh, Hello, I had Bobby and Farley - all of these sketches that were really these duo sketches, but the relationship between them is really what catapulted them forward. A lot of that, I think, came from Wayne and Garth, these two similar guys - they're Midwestern metal guys - but in the end, they're quite different because there's an alpha and a beta. And I think that model became very present for me on Kroll Show.” ThinkingTwoDifferentEndsShowsGuyModelsMetalsHelloWayneAlphasBetaDuos Author:Nick Kroll
“I never think of an actor as a model. A model wears what you tell them to wear, that's their job. An actor is different. It's important to work with the actor because in the end that's who the audience sees and that's the success that you need.” ThinkingNeedsImportantDifferentEndsJobsActorsAudienceModels Author:Patricia Field
“I know that people look at my life and ask, "How can I achieve some of those things?" So, I suppose in that sense, yes, I'm a role model. But I try to think of myself more as a mentor, as somebody who I hope young people feel comfortable approaching or writing to.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFeelsWritingTryingLooksYoungAsksRolesAchieveComfortableModelsRole ModelsMentor Author:Condoleezza Rice
“I think, for one, the LGBTQ community is just a paragon of leadership, of standing up and saying "these are our rights, and we deserve them." As a model of activism, it's so wonderful what the community has been able to achieve towards goals like marriage equality.” ThinkingHas BeensAbleGoalCommunityRightsWonderfulAchieveModelsDeserveStandingActivismMarriage EqualityParagon Author:Jill Stein
“I wasn't trying to be a role model for anybody. I don't think that you can.” ThinkingTryingRolesModelsRole Models Author:Annie Lennox
“I know the American Library Association has models for working with the poor. They do have that, and I think that we really need to put our efforts - if we want to think long-range and invest in the community so that we don't have to, you know, invest in prisons - into making a change, because I know that the library can make a change in a life, because it made a change in mine.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantNeedsLongMadeCommunityPoorEffortMinesModelsPrisonLibraryRangeAssociationMaking Changes Author:Sandra Cisneros
“I think the free market model of commercial trade openness - this model has undoubtedly shown enormous benefits for nations, for those of us that follow this model, of course.” ThinkingCoursesNationsBenefitsModelsTradeEnormousOpennessFree Market Author:Enrique Pena Nieto
“I think that rather than talking about particular models, of which there could be a huge number, we should talk about basic principles of democracy. After all, even within the West, there is no single standard and single model.” ThinkingShouldNumbersTalkingPrinciplesDemocracyParticularHugeModelsStandardsWestBasic PrinciplesHuge Numbers Author:Vladimir Putin
“I don't think you have to be perfect to be a role model.” ThinkingPerfectRolesModelsRole Models Author:Rob Lowe
“I used to live with Teri Toye in the '80s - a really gorgeous transsexual. She won Girl of the Year in 1986 [I think] as a Chanel model and she introduced this whole way of slinky, slow-motion modeling. It was amazing that the girl of the year was actually born male.” ThinkingWayYearsWholeUsedGirlBornModelsMales80sGorgeousModelingSlow MotionTranssexualsSlinkies Author:Nan Goldin
“I think the "trick" is you have to really want to do it. You're embracing more of the world. Which is great. We're all in the world together, you know? And the models in the show who are "plus size," they're not in a special place, they're not wearing differently styled outfits. They're just beautiful girls who are in the show, like normal. Everything's normal. That's how it should be!” ThinkingKnowsWorldWantShouldShowsTogetherBeautifulGirlSpecialNormalModelsSizeTricksPlusSpecial PlacesOutfitsBeautiful GirlPlus Size Author:Christian Siriano
“You can increase the odds of spotting the weak points in your approach if you really think about the end-to-end business model you plan to follow - how you plan to create, capture, and deliver value.” IfsThinkingEndsValuesPlansApproachModelsWeakIncreaseCaptureOddsBusiness ModelsWeak Points Author:Scott D. Anthony