“I need to do a concert to celebrate David Bowie's electronic music. And in so doing, I'm not taking a step back, I'm taking a step forward and presenting it in its entirety so people can understand this type of visionary.” PeopleNeedsStepsTypeCelebrateConcertsVisionariesPresentingSteps ForwardElectronic MusicEntiretyBowie Author:Carlos Alomar
“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
“The point is, there's this new sense of skepticism and questioning toward tech, even if it is pretty inchoate. What I hope the book helps to do is help people clarify what is amiss, by presenting a critique that is grounded in economics.” PeopleIfsBookHelpingEconomicsQuestioningSkepticismGroundedCritiquePresenting Author:Astra Taylor
“Whether it's a professional, academic keeping people out by using certain mystifying language, or technologists presenting their work as incredibly complicated, no one can understand it (especially not "moms," who are always invoked as the ultimate know-nothings, which is incredibly insulting to a whole lot of people).” PeopleKnowsWholeCertainLanguageMomUltimateComplicatedAcademicInsultingPresenting Author:Astra Taylor
“I do feel pretty lucky that I'm not so great at playing and singing, it forces me to make sure I've really got something worth presenting because I can't rely on any kind of virtuosity to dazzle people with.” PeopleFeelsKindI CanForceLuckySingingRelyBecause I CanPresentingDazzleVirtuosity Author:Jeffrey Lewis
“For someone to promise a percentage type cure for this issue, for instance I had someone who said they had experienced a 90 percent permanent - in all caps PERMANENT - reduction of their same-sex attraction. How can we quantify that? How can you even know that that's what you have experienced? And what if at some point you fall to 85 percent or 70 percent? That, I think, sets people up for unrealistic expectations and is something that I'm not willing to offer when we're sharing these types of messages or presenting what was presented to me.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsSaidFallSexIssuesWillingTypePromiseOffersMessagesExpectationsPercentAttractionCuresInstancePermanentWhat IfPercentagesCapsReductionPresentingUnrealistic Expectations Author:Alan Chambers
“That being said, even if we cannot achieve it, journalism that strives toward objectivity and fairness has an important place in our society. So, too, does being honest and open when presenting our own opinions, as you do so well in your book” IfsWellsDoeSaidImportantBookOpinionAchieveHonestStriveJournalismBeing HonestOur SocietyFairnessStrifeObjectivityPresenting Author:Sheri Fink
“I would model well-being by presenting myself as a high-energy person who loves what I am doing and who is thrilled to be able to offer books, tapes, and products designed to make people feel good. I would explain that they are in a store filled with this kind of energy and that creating such a space is exactly why I got into the business in the first place. If you want to feel good, then my store is the place you should visit on a regular basis. I would stay very informed about what's out there and make sure I carry many things with very high energy.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsShouldFirstsWellsKindPersonsBookAbleEnergySpaceProductsOffersCreatingModelsBasesFilledStoresFeel GoodWell BeingTapePresentingHigh Energy Author:Wayne Dyer
“If it gets to a situation where it turns into a debate, look, the person that I'm debating is the person that is writing the story or presenting the broadcast. They're not going to write the story in such a way that shows they lost.” IfsWayWritingLooksPersonsStoriesShowsTurnsLostSituationDebatePresenting Author:Josh Earnest
“Subjectivity is an ability, the capacity to use a new inner mode of presenting the fact that you currently know something to yourself.” KnowsFactsUseAbilityCapacityPresentingSubjectivity Author:Thomas Metzinger
“Presenting Aschenbach as a composer - based on Mahler - leads to some dreadful scenes (especially those in which Aschenbach is berated by his student), and it surely distorts the character Mann created. Yet, we know that Mann's novella was based on a holiday in Venice he took with his wife and brother, and that while he was there he followed the reports in the German newspapers, describing the dying Mahler's progress as he returned from New York to Vienna.” KnowsCharacterWifeProgressDyingNew YorkStudentsBrotherSceneNewspapersReportsHolidayComposerDescribingVenicePresentingViennaMahler Author:Philip Kitcher
“People tell me the Netflix series, House of Cards, is sort of like my class come to life. The movie Margin Call portrays the realities of hierarchical relationships and rivalries beautifully, and how people respond when under pressure. Gandhi and Long Walk to Freedom both have the virtue of presenting larger-than-life figures in a more realistic way, showing their flaws and contradictions - their humanity - in a way that is very helpful.” PeopleWayLongRealityHumanityHouseWalksClassVirtueFiguresPressureSeriesCardsContradictionHelpfulFlawsRealisticMarginsPresentingRivalryUnder PressureLarger Than LifeNetflixLong WalksLong Walk To FreedomHouse Of Cards Author:Jeffrey Pfeffer
“I certainly didn't predict people who spent years actively disliking the band to all of a sudden like the band. That's pretty funny to me, and it makes playing live kind of interesting, 'cos we're doing lots of things that don't really have a lot to do with that record, and even presenting the songs off that record in a way that's a little more muscular and without as much of the sheen, which is what I think part of what people really liked [about Kaputt].” PeopleThinkingWayYearsKindLittlesSongInterestingRecordsBandPresenting Author:Dan Bejar
“What I ended up doing was kind of crafting an idea for a story, presenting it to a writer - a dear friend of mine, Brad Mirman - and he ended up writing a beautiful script. I should've done that a lot earlier.” ShouldWritingKindIdeasDoneStoriesBeautifulMinesDearScriptsPresentingDear FriendBrad Author:Kiefer Sutherland
“And it was a whole lot of fun, and in many ways, what we've done with the show is just taken that part of my early memories of visiting my dad, shooting with the Muppets, and taking that and making a show that's really an expansion of that and presenting a show that's all that.” WayDoneWholeShowsFunMemoriesTakenDadMy DadShootingExpansionVisitingPresentingMuppet Author:Brian Henson
“And style, by the way, is a very important thing. It is like your signature, your handwriting or it is something that you develop that is your way of presenting yourself and also your way of looking at what art - of how to make art.” WayArtImportantStyleLike YouImportant ThingsPresentingSignaturesHandwritingPresenting Yourself Author:Robert Barry
“If humor is not present, I tend to be concerned about the artist, or distrusting of what they're presenting - unless there is an obvious tragedy being talked about.” IfsArtistConcernedTragedyObviousPresenting Author:Scott Avett
“There's different ways of presenting a pop group to the world. It doesn't have to be the same old poses.” WorldWayDifferentGroupsPopsDifferent WaysPresenting Author:Paul Morley
“Sometimes presenting the most ignorant point of view can be the best way to satirize the issue and highlight that ignorance.” WaySometimesViewsIssuesIgnorancePoint Of ViewBest WayIgnorantBeing The BestPresentingHighlights Author:Glenn Howerton
“As I started to read nonfiction in the mid '70s, I discovered, holy cow, there was a lot of imaginative nonfiction. Not the kind where people use composite characters and invented quotes. I hate that kind of nonfiction. But imaginative in the sense that good writing and unexpected structure and vivid reporting could be combined with presenting facts.” PeopleWritingKindCharacterFactsUseHateHolyI HateStructureUnexpectedCowsNonfictionImaginativeVividPresentingGood WritingComposites Author:David Quammen
“Initially, it connected with me when I was a kid, seeing a lot of movies while growing up in Los Angeles. And Sam's [Fuller] pictures are an expression of such a distinct voice that he was one of those filmmakers who made me aware that there was, in fact, a real presence behind the camera that was telling the story, as opposed to actors just presenting it.” MadeRealFactsStoriesKidsActorsVoiceBehindsGrowing UpGrowingSeeingExpressionCamerasConnectedFilmmakerLos AngelesPresenting Author:Curtis Hanson
“I feel that puttin' in the hours and years in the studio, honing my craft, definitely played a part, me consciously networking and presenting myself as an artist that's commercially sellable led to me meeting the right people, which in turn led to them givin' me positive referrals to other people, which in turn led to me signin' a deal.” PeopleFeelsYearsArtistTurnsHoursDealsMeetingsStudiosCraftsNetworkingPresentingHoningReferrals Author:Nipsey Hussle
“I also paint, draw and I'm into film and photography as well, and the same thing applies to all of them. You're presenting this material to the general public and hoping that they're going to 'get' what you're doing. Some don't, some do.” WellsFilmMaterialsPhotographyDrawsPaintPresentingGeneral Public Author:Paul Kane
“I studied with Stella Adler and I didn't like the representational aspect of most opera singers. Most of the opera singers had not a false, but over theatrical way of presenting.” WayAspectSingersOperaTheatricalPresentingStellaOpera SingersAdler Author:Robert Davi
“I'm writinng my first full-length novel, which is based on a novella I wrote called "The Mad Scientist's Daughter." I'm having a wonderful time with it, but of course it's presenting challenges as well. Stories always do, no matter what they are.” FirstsWellsMatterStoriesCoursesChallengesNovelWonderfulDaughterScientistNo Matter WhatMadLengthPresentingWonderful TimesMad Scientist Author:Theodora Goss
“First of all, I appropriate photographs.In presenting the Richard Prince photograph I tried to be as neutral as I could be. I put down the fact of it. I wanted it to be the same thing he wanted it to be, an open ended invitation to think about authorship, and who owns a created work. So I pair it with my appropriated picture.” ThinkingFirstsFactsWantedPhotographAppropriatePairsInvitationsPresentingAuthorship Author:Sam Abell
“People who have experience and credentials, they should be talking about that [Donald Trump presenting on TV]. I know everybody cares about ratings, but come on. The whole world is watching.” PeopleKnowsWorldShouldWholeCareTalkingTvsTrumpWhole WorldPresentingRatingCredentials Author:Chelsea Handler
“We're so used to presenting ourselves and getting approval according to our achievements that it's difficult to be authentic and trust that we'll be accepted just as we are.” UsedDifficultAchievementAcceptedApprovalPresenting Author:Tara Brach
“My point is, if we respect the winner and approach that person, have access to that person and that person will look at what we are presenting, that is not too bad.” IfsLooksPersonsApproachAccessWinnerPresenting Author:Jim Brown
“I'd say part of the appeal of Trump is that he's presenting himself as a totally certain, infallible person.” PersonsCertainTrumpAppealsPresentingInfallible Author:Michael Lewis
“With globalization and with a lot of power evaporating from the nation-states, the late-19th century established hierarchies of importance, or 'pecking orders' of cultures, presenting assimilation as an advancement or promotion, dissolved.” StatesOrderCultureNationsCenturyLateImportanceGlobalizationHierarchyPromotionAdvancement19th CenturyPresentingAssimilationPecking Order Author:Zygmunt Bauman
“I think that honesty in presenting the gospel goes out the window when you want people to respond to the message, but you are prepared to accept any sort of response. Of course, the only true response is heartfelt repentance and faith. However, if you don't feel the need to be honest in your presentation, then you will calibrate your presentation of the gospel to whatever gets the response you want.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantNeedsFeelsCoursesAcceptingHonestHonestyMessagesWindowPreparedResponseBeing HonestRepentancePresentationPresentingHeartfelt Author:Mark Dever
“When I studied computer science at Duke University in the first half of the 1980s, I had professors who treated women differently than men. I kind of got used to it. At Microsoft, I had to use my elbows and make sure I spoke up at the table, but it was an incredibly meritocratic place. Outside, in the industry, I would feel the sexism. I'd walk into a room and until I proved my worth, everyone would assume that the guy presenting with me had credibility and I didn't.” MenFeelsFirstsKindUseUsedGuyWalksRoomsHalfIndustryComputerTablesAssumingUniversityTreatedSpokesSexismProfessorsCredibilityMicrosoftPresentingComputer ScienceDukesElbowsDuke University Author:Melinda Gates
“The most lucrative work I have done is presenting primetime TV shows. I do not know what other people earn but a six-figure salary is not uncommon.” PeopleKnowsDoneShowsFiguresTvsSixTv ShowsSalaryPresentingUncommon Author:Kate Thornton
“There's been an amazing backlash for the last decade in America: political correctness. In many ways, I think that, while we've been remarkably violent in our media, there's been a real schizophrenia. In private, on the Internet, and on public-affairs shows or talk radio, we're way more explicit than we've ever been. But traditional Hollywood has been much more frightened than it ever was in the '70s about presenting things that could be perceived as politically incorrect.” ThinkingWayHas BeensRealShowsLastsAmericaPoliticalMediaInternetHollywoodAffairRadioDecadesViolentTraditionalFrightenedPolitical CorrectnessPresentingCorrectnessSchizophreniaExplicitBacklashPublic AffairsTalk Radio Author:Ivan Reitman
“People're artists they're doing something, taking a hunk of chaps, giving it some order, some form, and presenting it saying here is my little song and dance, my chaos.” GivingArtistSongChaosPresentingHunk Author:Peter O'Toole
“Presenting both sides of Christianity gives the skeptic room to breathe - and to consider the possibility that there's room in Christianity for diversity in interpreting the Bible. And it gives the traditionalist pause to think again - and to consider the possibility that she might need to tweak her hermeneutic.” ThinkingGivingChristianityPossibilityDiversityBreatheSkepticPresentingTweak Author:Stephen M. Miller
“The problem with a lot of comedy clubs is not that they are a comedy club; it's just the cheesy way they're presenting themselves. That's why a lot of people have a problem with them. If you're a relatively unknown comedian, you can play at a comedy club, you might play to hundreds of people every night. But if you try to make a concert event out of it, and try to play a rock club or something, where you might play to 10 people or no people. And the flipside of that is, that's also a great thing, to play to people who are your fans. Some people are too hard on the comedy clubs.” PeopleTryingProblemNightComedyGreat ThingsComedianPresentingCheesy Author:Todd Barry
“Is there an aesthetic "fit" in my work between God and the world? The "I' in my poems has from the beginning identified himself as Catholic, and my books certainly can be read as presenting a Catholic theology "in a very particular sense." Catholicism is a faith morally identified with the human struggle for human dignity and justice. It is a vision of the world incarnationally rooted in the senses, a faith of and in spoken and written words - Scripture, "the Word of God," the Logos.” WorldBookJusticeVisionStruggleFitDignityCatholicScriptureTheologyCatholicismWord Of GodAestheticPresentingHuman DignityWritten Word Author:Lawrence Joseph
“You can ask yourself, if a film makes a claim, is the claim true or false? Having said that, a style of presenting material doesn't guarantee truth. There's this crazy idea that somehow you pick a style, and by virtue of picking the style, you've provided something that is more truthful. It's as if you imagine that changing the font on a sentence you write makes it more truthful.” WritingFilmVirtueImagineCrazyStyleTruthfulImagine ThatPresenting Author:Errol Morris
“One of the elements of photography is, just by nature, journalistic. It's some kind of documentation. The most successful pictures to me are with an interesting looking girl. They're not being provocative. They're just presenting their drugs to you, showing you what they take. There's a good-looking girl, but here's this thing about her that's not so cool. It makes you feel a little uneasy.” KindGirlInterestingSuccessfulDrugPhotographyPresentingProvocativeUneasy Author:Richard Kern
“The audience does not need to tune themselves to you - you need to tune your message to fit them. Skilled presenting requires you to understand their hearts and minds and create a message to resonate with what's already there. Your audience will be significantly moved if you send a message that is tuned to their needs and desires. They might even quiver with enthusiasm and act in concert to create beautiful results.” MindHeartBeautifulDesireAudienceFitMovedEnthusiasmHeart And MindPresenting Author:Nancy Duarte
“All "bad" presentations struggle to keep the audience interested. The audience squirms wishing they could escape. The audience has given the presenter an hour of their life, so they want that hour to be useful. It's disrespectful of a presenter to not show up rehearsed and prepared with information and insights that will improve the lives of the audience in some way. Presenting will do only one of two things for you: it will either diminish your credibility or yield results. Most bad presentations hurt the presenter's credibility.” WishHoursHurtAudienceStruggleInsightCredibilityPresentingDisrespectful Author:Nancy Duarte
“And all the women are feminine, so we never get to see masculine presenting women and we never get to frame that as beautiful, which it is, and that's incredibly frustrating, so for every gain or benefit that the internet offers there is a liability.” BeautifulInternetFeminineMasculineFrustratingPresentingLiability Author:Roxane Gay
“I feel it's important, in presenting a work of art, that everything ends up serving a purpose. There are all these variables involved - large and small, obvious and ephemeral - and each has the potential to become an active, considered part of the work. So my goal is simply to approach each step as an opportunity to produce work that carries visual weight but retains this sense of openness and possibility.” ArtImportantPurposeOpportunityGoalPossibilityObviousOpennessPresenting Author:Landon Metz
“If I ever meet a writer or a painter, I don't presuppose that they are like the work they are presenting.” PainterPresenting Author:PJ Harvey
“I'm always presenting myself with problems to solve as a writer.” ProblemPresenting Author:Hubert Selby, Jr.
“I think that to me, films are personal affairs. It doesn't mean that I am against other people doing things differently, but I'm talking about what I can do. So I don't feel comfortable going to a new city or a certain class of which I don't have sufficient knowledge, doing research on that, and then writing a story about it I don't think I have the ability of presenting other people on screen in that way. It makes me uncomfortable. This doesn't mean that I only want to talk about myself. I want to talk about what I know.” PeopleThinkingWritingMeanFilmAbilityAffairUncomfortablePresenting Author:Tamer El Said
“I always figure hey, look, I'm not a rock star, I'm an actor. I'm somebody who's meant to be other people and I'm not meant to be here representing myself. I'm happier when I'm presenting myself as other characters.” PeopleLooksCharacterActorsStarsRocksFiguresHeyMeant To BeRock StarRepresentingPresenting Author:Christian Bale
“Progressive rhetoric has the effect of concealing social crisis and moral breakdown by presenting them as the birth pangs of a new order.” OrderSocialMoralEffectsBirthCrisisProgressiveRhetoricBreakdownPresentingConcealing Author:Christopher Lasch