“I make movies about people in spiritual crisis because it's a way for me to spend the time, the energy, the focus and the obsession to come to terms with my own spiritual crisis.” PeopleWaySpiritualEnergyTermMy OwnFocusCrisisObsessionSpiritual Crisis Author:Jodie Foster
“If you're setting a game during the Cuban Missile Crisis, look through a library. find out what people were wearing, what other issues were in the news, how houses were furnished, what cars were being driven. Especially include things which now seem foreign.” PeopleIfsLooksSeemsGamesHouseIssuesCarNewsCrisisLibraryDrivenSettingSettingsMissilesCubanCuban Missile Crisis Author:Graham Nelson
“During the financial crisis and bailouts of 2008, it probably occurred to very few average people that we were entering a period of hardship for billionaires.” PeoplePeriodsCrisisFinancialAverageHardshipEnteringBillionaireFinancial CrisisBailouts Author:Thomas Frank
“My career started young and I was really ambitious, and then I had success and I hung out with people who were much older. I think I might have been temporally misplaced, so I thought I was 40. It was a premature midlife crisis.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensMightYoungCareersCrisisAmbitiousHungMight Have BeenPrematureMisplacedMidlifeMidlife Crisis Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“People rightly want our political leaders - on all sides - to concentrate on minimising the damage to jobs, living standards and our savings from the banking crisis.” PeopleWantJobsPoliticalSidesLeaderStandardsCrisisSavingDamageBankingSavingsPolitical LeadersBanking Crisis Author:Lucy Powell
“As long as I feel I am doing what I think is right and just for my country, for the Greek people, that is enough for me. Saving Greece from this crisis was the first thing on the agenda. We are now on a much more normalised road.” PeopleThinkingFeelsFirstsLongCountryEnoughCrisisSavingGreekAgendasGreece Author:George Papandreou
“I was elected by the people of Australia as Prime Minister of Australia. I was elected to do a job, I intend to continue doing that job. I intend to continue doing it to the absolute best of my ability. Part of that job has been to steer this country through the worst economic crisis the world has seen in 75 years.” PeopleWorldYearsHas BeensCountryJobsAbilityEconomicWorstAbsolutesCrisisMinistersAustraliaPrimePrime MinisterSteersEconomic Crisis Author:Kevin Rudd