“The closer you are to people, the more you realise what has happened to them.” PeopleHappenedRealising Author:Jennifer Lynch
“All I write about is what's happened to me and to people I know, and the better I know them, the more likely they are to be written about.” PeopleKnowsWritingLiteratureWrittenHappened Author:Norman MacCaig
“My concern about Barack Obama is he ran a campaign in 2008 where he said we're going to bring people together and solve big problems. And he specifically talked about the need to reach across the aisle and deal with issues like the economy, which was obviously the top issue in 2008. It has not happened.” PeopleNeedsSaidProblemBigsTogetherDealsEconomyIssuesHappenedConcernSolveCampaignsBarackRanBig ProblemsAisle Author:Rob Portman
“There was a wonderful little short four-year time period when marvelous things happened. It started in 1908, when the Wright brothers flew in Paris, and everybody said, 'Ooh, hey, I can do that.' There's only a few people that have flown in early 1908. In four years, 39 countries had hundreds of airplanes, thousands of pilots.” PeopleYearsLittlesSaidI CanCountryCan DoFourWonderfulHappenedBrotherPeriodsThings HappenHeyParisFour YearsPilotsAirplaneMarvelousFlewTime PeriodsMarvelous ThingsWright Brothers Author:Burt Rutan
“When one nation is at war with another nation, the political machine does everything it can to vilify the people of the other nation, so it makes it easier to kill them. Which is understandable and it's happened this way throughout history.” PeopleWayDoeWarPoliticalNationsHappenedEasierMachinesVilify Author:Alexander Siddig
“Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people marched in the streets. I think what we need is a global protest movement of people who won't give up.” PeopleThinkingNeedsGivingLooksLawHappenedStreetsMovementGiving UpEmploymentFranceProtestWon't Give UpProtest Movements Author:Jose Saramago
“If we got into a situation where people start burning our records, then bring it on. That's the whole point. The gloaming has begun. We're in the darkness. This has happened before. Go read some history.” PeopleIfsWholeSituationDarknessRecordsHappenedBurningGloaming Author:Thom Yorke
“There's also something happening in television similar to what happened in the '80s, when people stopped taking so many drugs and wanted to hear real instruments in music again. I think people want plot, story and characters. Those are more important than having a big star.” PeopleThinkingWantImportantRealCharacterStoriesBigsWantedStarsHappenedTelevisionDrugHappeningsInstrumentsPlot80s Author:Jessica Pare