“It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even his personal services to the defence of it, and consequently that the Citizens of America (with a few legal and official exceptions) from 18 to 50 Years of Age should be borne on the Militia Rolls, provided with uniform Arms, and so far accustomed to the use of them, that the Total strength of the Country might be called forth at a Short Notice on any very interesting Emergency.” ShouldYearsMayCountryUseGovernmentMightAgeAmericaEnjoyInterestingMilitaryPositionArmsCitizensBasesPropertyProtectionPrimariesOfficialsProportionExceptionUniformsAccustomedEmergenciesVery InterestingDefenceMilitiaFree GovernmentFounding Fathers GunShort Notice Author:George Washington
“The book was at a reasonably high position on the New York Times... before I was in the country. I thought it would be an interesting experiment to see if my presence here would push it up or down.” IfsBookCountryWould BeLiteratureInterestingNew YorkPositionExperimentsNew York Times Author:Kazuo Ishiguro
“Children are rarely in the position to lend one a truly interesting sum of money. There are, however, exceptions, and such children are an excellent addition to any party.” ChildrenInterestingPartyPositionExcellentException Book:The Fran Lebowitz Reader Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader
“What's interesting, I think, is that a lot of times, women in powerful positions, when they do get critiqued, when they do get criticized, it often revolves around their appearance, their sexuality, their fertility, et cetera.” ThinkingInterestingPowerfulPositionAppearanceSexualityFertility Author:Anna Holmes
“I am in the interesting position of being sometimes skimmed by the critics and called literature and sometimes called historical fiction.” SometimesLiteratureInterestingFictionPositionHistoricalCriticsHistorical Fiction Author:Philippa Gregory
“My basic position is that the more mixed the society and the more mobility there is in it, the better. That's what makes things interesting. When you get a homogenous society, it's very, very dull, whether that's all working class or all upper class, because everybody thinks the same, everybody looks the same.” ThinkingLooksInterestingClassPositionDullWorking ClassMobilityUpper Class Author:Jarvis Cocker
“I think Hillary Clinton is a militarist. She is a political coward. The interesting thing about Hilary Clinton, like Bill Clinton dodging the draft, he never touched the Pentagon - she is in the same position.” ThinkingPoliticalInterestingPositionBillsClintonTouchedCowardInteresting ThingsPentagonHilary Clinton Author:Ralph Nader
“People take pride in being Irish-American and Italian-American. They have a particular culture that infuses the whole culture and makes it richer and more interesting. I think if we can expand that attitude to embrace African-Americans and Latino-Americans and Asian-Americans, then we will be in a position where all our kids can feel comfortable with the worlds they are coming out of, knowing they are part of something larger.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldFeelsWholeKidsCultureInterestingAttitudeKnowingPositionParticularPrideComfortableEmbraceAfrican AmericanItalianComing OutAsianLatinoAsian AmericanBeing IrishItalian American Author:Barack Obama
“A "showrunner" as a position is a relatively new thing. It used to be the executive producer. That's not true anymore. Now it's evolved into this model where people look to showrunners and say, that guy is that show. It's just become a lot more interesting to know the showrunner and to get a sense of that person.” PeopleKnowsLooksPersonsShowsUsedGuyInterestingPositionModelsProducersUsed To BeExecutivesNew ThingsThat Guy Author:Matt Nix
“I may not be the most interesting architect, but I'm still out there and have maintained some position of integrity.” MayStillsInterestingPositionIntegrityArchitectMost InterestingI May Not Be Author:David Chipperfield
“For A to sit down and think, What shall I do? is commonplace; but to think what B ought to do is interesting, romantic, moral, self-flattering, and public-spirited all at once. It satisfies a great number of human weaknesses at once. To go on and plan what a whole class of people ought to do is to feel one's self a power on earth, to win a public position, to clothe one's self in dignity. Hence we have an unlimited supply of reformers, philanthropists, humanitarians, and would-be managers-in-general of society.” PeopleThinkingFeelsHumansSelfWholeWould BeEarthWinningInterestingNumbersMoralClassPlansPositionGoes OnOughtWeaknessDignityDown AndManagersUnlimitedCommonplaceFlatteringSpiritedReformersPhilanthropist Book:What Social Classes Owe to Each Other Source: What Social Classes Owe to Each Other
“To finish first you have to first finish. Don't get in a position where you go back to go. What's interesting is that some guy whose grandfather was a lawyer and a judge-hurriedly going to Harvard Law with a wave of veterans-I was willing to go into so many different businesses. I was constantly going right into the other fellow's business and doing better than the other fellow did. The reason it was possible? Self-education- developing mental discipline, big ideas that really work.” FirstsIdeasDifferentSelfReasonBigsLawGuyInterestingPositionWillingJudgingDisciplineFellowsWaveLawyerDevelopingGrandfatherVeteranHarvardSelf EducationBig Ideas Author:Charlie Munger
“I think every person in a group has a right to protest something and not like something. I always find it to be interesting when people take that position before they've seen it.” PeopleThinkingPersonsInterestingGroupsPositionProtestLike Something Author:Ryan T. Murphy
“When I perform on stage I do achieve quite a variety of ways of singing. I was interested in trying to replicate that in the studio environment. I think it is an interesting alternative position, just to stretch people's imagination, myself included, as to who is actually singing the song. It's not to create alter-egos or characters - it always feels like me, even when the voice is extremely manipulated.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsTryingCharacterSongVoiceImaginationInterestingEnvironmentAchieveStagePositionEgoSingingStudiosLike MeVarietyAlternativesReplicateAlter Ego Author:Planningtorock
“I feel that I'm in a very interesting position, where I'm standing back to look at this change, at this moment in history of human beings. If the end of the civilization comes before the end of my life, that's lucky! I want to witness how this big story of humans ends.” IfsWantFeelsHumansLooksEndsMomentsStoriesBigsHuman BeingsInterestingPositionCivilizationLuckyStandingWitnessVery Interesting Author:Hiroshi Sugimoto