“We have to make sure that not only we [politicians] actually focus on, but the entire nation knows we're focusing on, growth and competition within the United States of America and compete internationally. I don't know anywhere where it's written that we have to be number two.” KnowsTwoStatesAmericaNationsGrowthUnitedNumbersUnited StatesFocusWrittenPoliticianCompetitionUnited States Of America Author:Joe Biden
“If you're in a popular TV show, you can attract attention, and I like to help focus that on stories that deserve to be told - which is what politicians do. But I would lose my autonomy, and to get things done I would have to compromise and get into the weeds of policy. I don't know if I'm smart enough.” IfsKnowsDoneEnoughHelpingStoriesShowsLosesAttentionFocusPolicyTvsPoliticianSmartDeserveCompromiseWeedTv ShowsAutonomyThings Done Author:Tony Goldwyn
“Don't underestimate the value people place on authenticity. Politicians listen to the focus groups and say the things they think people want to hear. But after 30 years of reading consumers, I know that they can smell phonies.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantYearsValuesReadingFocusGroupsPoliticianSmellAuthenticityConsumersUnderestimatePhonyFocus Groups Author:Rochelle B Lazarus
“I think that politics could be a positive thing. My beef is that people focus on the personal aspect of a politician too much. They should focus on the results.” PeopleThinkingShouldResultsToo MuchFocusPositivePoliticianAspectBeefPositive Things Author:LL Cool J
“I think too many politicians are not listening to the men and women they represent, and if we're going to change the path America is on, we have got to be fighting for policies not that benefit the giant corporations and the banks and the special interests and the lobbyists, which is what Washington focuses on every day, but instead every policy needs to focus on the working men and women, the truck drivers and the steelworkers, and the young people.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenNeedsAmericaYoungFightingInterestPathFocusSpecialPolicyHe ManListeningPoliticianBenefitsMen And WomenCorporationsGiantsDriversTruckSpecial InterestsLobbyistsWorking ManTruck Driver Author:Ted Cruz
“Too many politicians seem to reach for 'infrastructure' as the default answer to investment, as if roads and bridges were the answer to everything. Even the IMF and the World Bank seem to mainly offer infrastructure spending as an alternative to austerity, although they are right to focus on the need for investment.” IfsWorldNeedsSeemsAnswersFocusPoliticianOffersInvestmentSpendingAlternativesBridgesInfrastructureDefaultAusterityImfWorld Bank Author:Mariana Mazzucato
“I'm not a politician, and I do not think I am as effective in this way as people who actually prepare for it - is to focus on technical reform, because I speak the language of technology. I spoke with Tim Berners-Lee, the guy who invented the World Wide Web. We agree on the necessity for this generation to create what he calls the Magna Carta for the Internet. We want to say what "digital rights" should be. What values should we be protecting, and how do we assert them.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayWantShouldGuyValuesSpeakLanguageTechnologyFocusRightsGenerationsInternetPoliticianAgreeWideReformDigitalSpokesThis GenerationWorld Wide WebMagna Carta Author:Edward Snowden
“I'm going to focus on people and what they need, not on name calling between politicians.” PeopleNeedsNamesFocusPoliticianCallingName Calling Author:Charles Schumer
“Too often, the perspectives on housing come from journalists, politicians and property experts, with a focus on the extreme ends of the market. Through the FOURWALLS Film Project, we want to get an accurate picture of the London housing situation through the eyes of the people that live there, and promote discussion around it.” PeopleWantEndsEyeFilmSituationFocusPerspectivePoliticianProjectsPropertyExtremesLondonJournalistDiscussionExpertsAccurateHousingThrough The Eyes Author:David Lammy
“It is quite widely known that I like shoes. This is not something that defines me as either a woman or a politician, but it has come to define me in the eyes of the newspapers. I wore a pair of leopard-print kitten heels to a Conservative Party Conference a few years ago and the papers have continued to focus on my feet ever since.” YearsEyePartyKnownFocusFeetPoliticianPaperYears AgoShoesConservativeNewspapersPairsPrintHeelsPapersConferencesKittenLeopardsConservative PartyLeopard Print Author:Theresa May