“A parenting program should focus on parent's attitudes to themselves, their children, and the relationships they are building with their children.” ShouldChildrenParentAttitudeFocusBuildingProgram Author:Timothy Carey
“A parenting program should provide time for parents to clarify their own ideas about what it means to be an effective and successful parent.” ShouldMeanIdeasParentSuccessfulProgram Author:Timothy Carey
“You don't need to waste money on a fancy program or app to do a basic budget. I've been using a simple Excel spreadsheet since 2005 to track my monthly budget.” NeedsSimpleWasteProgramTrackBudgetsFancyApps Author:Michelle Singletary
“My brother is severely autistic, so when I was a kid I spent a lot of time as a teenager in camps and programs for autistic kids. When I went to McGill as an undergraduate, I figured I'd be a therapist working with these kids. The truth is, and I knew this even back then, I'm just not good at this. I'm too empathic to do this sort of thing.” KidsBrotherTruth IsProgramTeenagerMy BrotherCampsTherapistsAutisticUndergraduate Author:Paul Bloom
“The imperial projects will continue, Wall Street will be unimpeded in its malfeasance and criminal activity, social programs will continue to be cut, maybe not at the same speed as under a Republican Administration, but it's all headed in the same direction.” SocialCuttingStreetsWallRepublicanActivityProjectsProgramSpeedCriminalsAdministrationSocial ProgramsMalfeasance Author:Chris Hedges
“I understand that everyone around the world has the global economy crisis and the budgets on education are being cut and the first thing to go are the musical or arts programs and I definitely have to disagree with that.” WorldFirstsArtEconomyCuttingProgramCrisisMusicalAround The WorldBudgetsDisagreeGlobal Economy Author:Sean Mackin
“I take my own experience and other assassinations through history and get a lot into the drone program, which doesn't work, as well.” WellsMy OwnProgramAssassinationDrones Author:Robert Baer
“Organizer is kind of a grand term for what I was doing. I answered an ad that the Presbyterian Church of Chicago put up on college campuses. I was at the University of Kansas, and it's somewhat relevant to my life and work that I'm a Jew. But they weren't doing a religious litmus test. They wanted energetic, civil-rights-committed college students to come help them run some summer programs.” KindHelpingRunningWantedTermChurchReligiousRightsStudentsCollegeSummerProgramTestsUniversityCommittedJewCivil RightsChicagoRelevantAdsEnergeticCampusKansasOrganizerCollege StudentsPresbyteriansCollege Campus Author:Sara Paretsky
“I founded the King Hussein Foundation after my husband's death in 1999, to build on his humanitarian vision and legacy in the country and abroad, through programs promoting education and leadership, economic empowerment, tolerance, cross-cultural dialogue, and media that enhances mutual understanding and respect among different cultures across conflict lines.” DifferentCountryCultureUnderstandingLinesVisionEconomicMediaKingsHusbandConflictEmpowermentProgramCrossesFoundationHumanitarianToleranceDialogueLegacyMutualMy HusbandHusseinPromotingDifferent CulturesMutual UnderstandingEconomic Empowerment Author:Queen Noor of Jordan
“As a mother, anything to do with my children, whether it's supporting their school or programs that support their education and enrichment. As a wife, anything that my husband is passionate about and helps to support. As a community member, anything that supports the Vail Valley, the place that I call home. As a friend of the founder and true believer in their mission, an organization called First Descents. They provide adventure camps to young adults and adults with cancer or who have survived cancer.” FirstsChildrenHelpingHomeSchoolYoungMotherCommunitySupportWifeAdventureHusbandMembersAdultsProgramOrganizationYoung AdultPassionateCancerMissionsBelieverMy ChildrenMy HusbandCampsValleysFoundersSurvivedDescentTrue BelieverEnrichment Author:Trista Sutter
“I don't believe any sort of traveler does a better job than any other sort of traveler at obeying traffic safety laws. It's difficult to foresee a camera program that can be used with bikers and walkers.” BelieveDoeJobsLawUsedDifficultProgramCamerasSafetyDon't BelieveTrafficTravelerObeyingBetter JobsWalkersBikers Author:Robert James Thomson
“There are easily accessible programs to help aging drivers maintain their skills, or recognize when they need to give up their cars.” NeedsGivingHelpingCarSkillsGiving UpProgramAgingDrivers Author:Robert James Thomson
“I started acting when I was 13, but it really wasn't my plan. The actual decision to become an actor was when I was 17, after I didn't act for half a year because I came to an exchange student program in the US, and I realized how much I missed it.” YearsActorsDecisionActingHalfPlansStudentsProgramI RealizedHalf A Year Author:Meital Dohan
“The best way to deal with AIDS is through education. So we need a really widespread AIDS education program. In fact, what we need in Burma is education of all kinds - political, economic, and medical. AIDS education would be just part of a whole program for education, which is so badly needed in our country.” WayNeedsKindCountryWholeFactsWould BePoliticalDealsEconomicNeededProgramAidsMedicalBest WayAll KindsOur CountryBurmaParts Of A Whole Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“Over more than a decade, Iran had moved ahead with its nuclear program. And before the deal, it had installed nearly 20,000 centrifuges that could enrich uranium for a nuclear bomb.” DealsProgramMovedDecadesNuclearBombsIranNuclear BombUranium Author:Barack Obama
“International inspectors are on the ground and Iran is being subjected to the most comprehensive, intrusive inspection regime ever negotiated to monitor a nuclear program. Inspectors will monitor Iran's key nuclear facilities 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. For decades to come, inspectors will have access to Iran's entire nuclear supply chain. In other words, if Iran tries to cheat - if they try to find build a bomb covertly, we will catch them.” IfsTryingYearsHoursKeysProgramInternationalDecadesAccessNuclearChainsBombsIranRegimesCheatFacilityComprehensiveInspectionInspectorsSupply Chain Author:Barack Obama
“The bottom line is this - whereas Iran was steadily expanding its nuclear program, we have now cut off every single path that Iran could have used to build a bomb.” UsedLinesPathCuttingProgramBottomNuclearBombsIranExpandingBottom Line Author:Barack Obama
“With the world's unprecedented inspections and access to Iran's program, we'll know if Iran ever tries to break out.” IfsKnowsWorldTryingBreakProgramAccessIranUnprecedentedBreak OutInspection Author:Barack Obama
“We still have sanctions on Iran for its violations of human rights, for its support of terrorism and for its ballistic missile program. And we will continue to enforce these sanctions vigorously. Iran's recent missile test, for example, was a violation of its international obligations.” HumansStillsSupportRightsExampleProgramTestsInternationalHuman RightsTerrorismObligationIranViolationSanctionsMissilesViolation Of Human Rights Author:Barack Obama
“The United States is imposing sanctions on individuals and companies working to advance Iran's ballistic missile program, and we are going to remain vigilant about it. We're not going to waver in the defense of our security or that of our allies and partners.” StatesIndividualUnitedCompanyUnited StatesSecurityProgramDefensePartnersIranAlliesSanctionsMissilesImposingVigilant Author:Barack Obama
“Americans coming home, an Iran that has rolled back its nuclear program and accepted unprecedented monitoring of the program -these things are a reminder of what we can achieve when we lead with strength and with wisdom, with courage and resolve and patience. America can do and has done big things when we work together.” DoneHomeBigsTogetherAmericaCan DoAchieveProgramNuclearAcceptedWorking TogetherIranResolveComing HomeBig ThingsRemindersUnprecedentedMonitoring Author:Barack Obama
“And then, one day, they program a new tune, and it really catches your ear, you know, because you can be doing the washing up or something, you know, in your apartment and suddenly you go, whoa, what are they playing in there? And you run to the wall, but it's finished - but the song's finished. You only heard enough of it just the pique your interest. And you never know when they're going to play it again, of course, like a normal radio station.” KnowsEnoughPlayRunningSongCoursesInterestHeardWallOne DayNormalProgramEarsRadioFinishedTunesStationsApartmentWashingRadio StationsPique Author:Nick Lowe
“Phil Gramm had a stump speech about how his mother's devotion kept him from being an academic failure in life. She got him into a special school that turned him around - under a government program for the children of deceased veterans. He was repeatedly asked at press conferences why he would then turn around and support draconian cuts in federal funding for education. He never had an answer.” ChildrenGovernmentSchoolMotherTurnsAnswersSupportCuttingSpecialSpeechProgramPressesDevotionAcademicVeteranConferencesFundingGovernment ProgramsFailure In LifePress ConferencesDeceasedStumpsDraconian Author:Gail Collins
“Most major domestic programs got more money this year, and they're used to reflect the priorities of the upcoming year. One good example is, the Secret Service is getting $268 extra dollars because it's a presidential election year and the agency's going to be under more demands.” YearsUsedSecretExampleDemandMajorsProgramElectionDollarsPrioritiesPresidentialAgencyExtrasMore MoneyGood ExamplesPresidential ElectionSecret ServiceYear OneElection Years Author:Susan Davis
“There's dozens of unrelated policy provisions tucked inside of it. I'll give you a sense of a handful of them. One is a visa waiver program change. It's going to make it harder for people who've traveled to places with terrorist activity to get into the U.S. They're going to have to go through an added layer of security.” PeopleGivingSecurityPolicyActivityProgramHarderTerroristDozenLayersTraveledHandfulProvisionVisaWaiver Author:Susan Davis
“It ends a 40-year ban on exporting U.S. oil. It's changed - it's included in its cyber-security legislation - that says to private companies, hey, if you share with us your data on your cyber-attacks, your potential cyber-attacks, we'll give you liability protection. And they authorized a health care program for 9/11 responders for 75 years to cover the length of their lifespans.” IfsGivingYearsEndsCareCompanyShareSecurityChangedProgramProtectionOilHeyDataHealth CareLengthLegislationBansLiabilityCyberCyber SecurityExportingCyber Attacks Author:Susan Davis
“I'm not a poet, but I was in the poetry program. And I'm also not much of a nonfiction writer, at least not in the standard sense of nonfiction, nor especially in the way we were thinking about nonfiction back then, in the late 90s.” ThinkingWayPoetLateStandardsProgramNonfiction Author:John D'Agata
“I felt a little lost as a student. At Iowa, I felt as if I had gotten into this program that was going to save me, and so I moved myself across the country for grad school and yet still didn't have a home. It was upsetting. And I know that's a common feeling.” IfsKnowsLittlesStillsCountryFeelingsHomeSchoolLostFeltCommonStudentsProgramMovedUpsetSave MeIowaGradGrad School Author:John D'Agata
“I get emails from students at programs all over the country who want to transfer to Iowa, and in most cases their frustrations have absolutely nothing to do with the programs they're attending. They have to do with the growing pains that they're undergoing as writers and with the growing pains that our own genre is constantly undergoing.” WantCountryPainCasesGrowingStudentsProgramGenreFrustrationEmailTransfersAbsolutely NothingAttendingIowaGrowing PainsGenre Is Author:John D'Agata
“I thought that I wasn't an essayist because I just didn't see myself in a lot of the essays that were popular at the time. That's why I joined the poetry program in grad school.” SchoolProgramEssaysEssayistsGradGrad School Author:John D'Agata
“Before it was called Hillarycare - I mean, before it was called ObamaCare it was called Hillarycare because we took them on, and we weren't successful, but we kept fighting and we got the children's health insurance program. Every step along the way I have stood up, and fought, and have the scars to prove it.” WayMeanChildrenFightingStepsSuccessfulProveProgramScarObamacareEvery StepProve ItStood Up Author:Hillary Clinton
“We've got this arc of instability from North Africa to South Asia, and we have to pay close attention to it. And we have to build coalitions, something that I did to take on the Iranian nuclear program, and what I will do as president to make sure that we defeat these terrorist networks.” PresidentPayAttentionProgramSouthDefeatNuclearTerroristAsiaCoalitionsArcsIranianInstabilityNorth AfricaSouth Asia Author:Hillary Clinton
“I'm very pleased we got that nuclear agreement. It puts a lid on the nuclear weapons program. We have to enforce it, there have to be consequences attached to it. But that is not our only problem with Iran.” ProblemWeaponsConsequenceProgramNuclearAgreementIranNuclear Weapons Author:Hillary Clinton
“Secretary [Hillary ] Clinton is absolutely right, there are people, Koch brothers among others, who have a group called Concerned Veterans of America, funded by the Koch brothers. The Koch brothers, by the way, want to destroy Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, every governmental program passed since the 1930s. Yes, there are people out there who want to privatize it.” PeopleWayWantAmericaSocialGroupsSecurityBrotherConcernedProgramClintonSecretaryVeteranSocial SecurityMedicare1930sMedicaid Author:Bernie Sanders
“We do not take into account the value of the stream. We see the number of streams as a measure of consumer demand, not the value. As it is, we think streams are under-monetized, and we are complaining loudly about that. If the value of a stream changes, we won't alter the count because we don't want to alter the history of the program because that would impact these milestone achievements.” IfsThinkingWantValuesNumbersDemandAchievementProgramAccountsImpactComplainingConsumersStreamsMilestone Author:Cary Sherman
“Government's running the student loan program; what in the world could be wrong with it? If the government's running it, if Obama's taken it over, and he's got a lot of compassion, a big heart, loves people, what could possibly be wrong with it? And then the subject of tuition came up, and how come tuition never gets cut? Why does tuition always go up? Guarantee, folks, when you subsidize something, if you run a university and the government's gonna subsidize parts of your operation, why in the world should you cut anything?” PeopleIfsWorldShouldHeartDoeBigsGovernmentRunningCompassionTakenCuttingSubjectsStudentsProgramUniversityFolksOperationsGuaranteesLoanHeart LoveTuitionStudent LoanBig Heart Author:Rush Limbaugh
“That's the only way we're going to get through these programs. That is true compassion. Having people become dependent on others is not compassion at all.” PeopleWayCompassionProgramDependent Author:Benjamin Carson
“Being a perfectionist, I didn't want to settle for just getting by, so I enrolled in a vocal training program. I then learned that songwriting and studying the voice actually pair with a lot of troubles that I had expressing myself, being vulnerable, trusting other people, trusting myself, calming anxiety. It became a life instructor of sorts and that is what kept me engaged with it.” PeopleWantVoiceStudyTroubleAnxietyTrainingProgramVulnerableSettlingEngagedPairsSongwritingVocalPerfectionistCalmingInstructorsTraining Programs Author:Alyson Stoner
“The good thing about competing at the NCAA Division I Level is that identifying recruits is usually a pretty easy thing for us to do. Most of the time, the type of kids we recruit are identified early in their high school careers by many college programs.” KidsSchoolEasyLevelsCareersCollegeTypeHigh SchoolProgramGood ThingsDivisionCompetingIdentifyingRecruitEasy ThingsNcaa Author:Billy Kennedy
“The student-athlete should control everything that happens. From figuring out what kind of a degree they want to what type of a program they want to play for, they should control it all.” WantShouldKindPlayHappensStudentsTypeDegreesProgramAthleteStudent Athlete Author:Billy Kennedy
“In my own work, I'd say I'm a classicist, but I look everywhere for my solutions. I don't study the toilet-living habits of my clients, although that's a popular approach. First, I think of every building in history that has been similar in purpose. Then I think of the functional program - that's a major part of the study.” ThinkingFirstsLooksHas BeensPurposeMy OwnStudyBuildingHabitApproachMajorsSolutionsProgramClientsToiletsClassicists Author:Philip Johnson
“The Art of Elysium is a program I've volunteered with for close to ten years, and I work with Unicef and Young Storytellers. My passion is really working with children since they are the future.” YearsChildrenArtYoungPassionTenProgramStorytellerMy PassionUnicefElysiumWorking With Children Author:Danielle Panabaker
“There is no difference in a country between military, economic, and political affairs. It's useful for Business Insider to divide things that way. That's useful for a college program. But a country is a country. How do you understand China's economy without China's army? If you take these all into account you're ready to explain a question like, "How come the US doesn't have a debt problem?"” IfsWayCountryProblemPoliticalDifferencesEconomyEconomicMilitaryCollegeReadyProgramAccountsArmyAffairChinaDebtDividesInsiders Author:George Friedman
“I largely defer to the cognitive ethologists. I believe that the arguments that they make on this score are extremely persuasive. More than this, I do think as well that a priori objections by philosophers to successful research programs in the sciences have a very bad track record.” ThinkingBelieveWellsI BelieveSuccessfulRecordsResearchProgramArgumentTrackPhilosopherScoreObjectionsCognitivePersuasiveTrack Record Author:Hilary Kornblith
“As far as my planting program goes, I simply broadcast rye and barley seed on separate fields in the fall . . . while the rice in those areas is still standing. A few weeks after that I harvest the rice, and then spread its straw back over the fields as mulch.” StillsFallWeekFieldsAreasProgramStandingSpreadSeedsHarvestRiceStrawsBarley Author:Masanobu Fukuoka
“Not every company went bankrupt. Not every bank needed TARP [Troubled Asset Relief Program]. So I'm very proud that JPMorgan, throughout that time period, was completely steadfast. We bought Bear Stearns because we thought we were helping the situation. We didn't cut and run.” HelpingRunningCompanySituationCuttingBearsProudNeededPeriodsProgramReliefAssetsSteadfastTime PeriodsTarp Author:Jamie Dimon
“Once you figure out what your own thing is it's all about trying to develop shows, programs that can, I guess, enhance what you already have and what you can add to Hollywood.” TryingShowsFiguresProgramHollywoodAdd Author:Ice Cube
“I do a program called Fast Twitch twice a week, basically my lifting and strength training, I'm working with a spine specialist, which has been a new addition for me since my surgery to really get some great support for my shoulder, and I really love the way my body feels. It takes the pressure off my lower back and kind of just shares duties, really, with my body.” WayFeelsKindHas BeensBodySupportWeekShareDutyTrainingProgramPressureShouldersSurgeryLiftingSpineSpecialistsStrength Training Author:Kerri Walsh
“I'm less interested in uniqueness than in goodness. I see so many concerts where the program notes are more interesting than the music. I remember talking to one composer who went through the most complicated mathematical algorithm to generate some material from scratch. It took weeks and weeks, and he came up with a C major chord. For me, honesty is more interesting than originality.” RememberInterestingTalkingWeekHonestyMaterialsGoodnessMajorsProgramNotesComplicatedMathematicalConcertsComposerOriginalityUniquenessScratchesChordsAlgorithms Author:Anna Meredith
“I got brilliant stories from people who'd never set foot in an MFA program and had published very little, and terrible stories from people who'd published a lot and had all the credentials. It was all over the map and that was part of the fun.” PeopleLittlesStoriesFunFeetTerribleProgramBrilliantMapsCredentials Author:Ben Fountain