“I'm very proud that President [George W.] Bush took on AIDS relief. It was the largest single response by any country to a major international health crisis, and there are millions of people who are alive today in Africa and other developing countries because of that program.” PeopleCountryTodayPresidentMillionsAliveProudMajorsProgramCrisisResponseInternationalAidsDevelopingReliefLive For TodayDeveloping CountriesPresident George W Bush Author:Condoleezza Rice
“You can expect to see a robust discussion and representation of those issues throughout the convention program. Not just from the nominee, but through other vehicles as well. Expect to see the African-American community, the Latino community, the LGBT community, and others represented on stage and in the substance of our policies throughout the week.” WellsCommunityIssuesWeekStagePolicyProgramAfrican AmericanSubstanceDiscussionLgbtConventionsVehicleRepresentationLatinoRobustLgbt Community Author:Leah D. Daughtry
“I went to a girls high school and I went to a women's college and when I first started teaching at Georgetown it had been a single sex school and so they wanted to have some women professors when they went co-ed, and so I originally was hired to start a program there, and really encourage women to go into foreign policy. I always have done that, and I really do think that things are better when women are involved.” ThinkingFirstsDoneWantedSchoolGirlSexTeachingPolicyCollegeInvolvedHigh SchoolProgramProfessorsForeign PolicyGeorgetown Author:Madeleine Albright
“We went to the same college so I know [Hillary Clinton's] study habits, but when she was first lady of Arkansas, she did a lot of things already for children, and she was head of the Children's Defense Fund, and that's how I first heard her or met her, she was very very involved in really a very important social program to do something about children and women and education.” KnowsFirstsChildrenImportantSocialStudyHeardCollegeHabitInvolvedMetsProgramClintonDefenseFundFirst LadyArkansasSocial Programs Author:Madeleine Albright
“I know a lot of Millennial women who don't listen to the program, anyway, when you mention my name - they've heard so much gunk and so many things that are not true - they say, "I never listen to that!" Say, "You've got to."” KnowsNamesHeardProgramMillennials Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The gag rule is, is that if any program receiving United States funding for Family Planning cannot mention, cannot speak the word "abortion" in the Third World.” IfsWorldStatesSpeakUnitedUnited StatesProgramThirdsPlanningAbortionReceivingFundingThird WorldGagsFamily Planning Author:Eleanor Smeal
“Many family planning clinics and - and programs that service women have refused now to take women's - United State's money because they feel that it would be unethical, and it could injure their clients even more, their patients even more. That has to be changed.” FeelsStatesWould BeUnitedUnited StatesChangedProgramPatientPlanningClientsClinicUnethicalFamily Planning Author:Eleanor Smeal
“It was during George W. Bush's presidency that Iran mastered the nuclear fuel cycle, that they built covert facilities, that they stocked them with centrifuges, that they were spinning merrily away toward getting a nuclear-weapons program.” WeaponsBuiltProgramNuclearFuelCyclesIranNuclear WeaponsPresidencyFacilitySpinningCovert Author:Hillary Clinton
“When we didn't succeed at healthcare reform back in 1993, 1994, I went to work with Democrats and Republicans and we created the Children's Health Insurance Program.” ChildrenRepublicanSucceedProgramDemocratReformHealthcareHealthcare Reform Author:Hillary Clinton
“My family life and early political life - being exposed to the news constantly, being enrolled in an Afrocentric education program, and doing the extracurriculars I did - played a huge role in me finding my path.” PoliticalRolesPathHugeFindingsNewsProgramMy FamilyExposedFamily LifePolitical Life Author:Baratunde Thurston
“Sundance claimed to be "rebellious" on all of their programs, but they are not. Most of the movies at Sundance were multi-million dollar pictures that were already guaranteed a theatrical release.” MillionsProgramDollarsReleaseRebelliousMillion DollarsTheatricalSundance Author:Yony Leyser
“I don't know about habit, we've had a practice of it for as long as I've been doing this program [the Rush Limbaugh show], and a lot of the motivation for it is defensive.” KnowsLongShowsMotivationPracticeHabitProgram Author:Rush Limbaugh
“In fact, in Indiana we suspended the Syrian refugee program in the wake of the terrorist attack. We have no higher priority than the safety and security of the people of this country, and Donald Trump is right to articulate that view.” PeopleCountryFactsViewsSecurityTrumpHigherProgramSafetyPrioritiesTerroristRefugeeSuspendedIndianaTerrorist AttacksSafety And SecuritySyrian Refugees Author:Mike Pence
“If you start thinking about who's going to read it [you're writing], or what grade will you get, or is it going to win that award, or are you going to get into this graduate program, you're blocking the light, and the light is that guidance and love we get when we open up our hearts and are guided by our higher selves, or God, or the Buddha Lupe [Buddha and the Virgin of Guadalupe fused together, as they are in the tattoo on Sandra's right arm], or whatever you believe in, or love.” IfsThinkingWritingBelieveHeartSelfLightTogetherWinningArmsHigherProgramAnd LoveBlockGuidanceGradesAwardsGraduatesTattooVirginsHigher SelfGuadalupe Author:Sandra Cisneros
“I never paid attention when people said, "That's gotta be poetry. That's gotta be fiction," except when I was in a graduate program, and you had to claim your genre.” PeopleSaidAttentionFictionProgramClaimsPaidGenreGraduates Author:Sandra Cisneros
“If we got an educational program going, we could tell people, "Instead of butter, use avocado." That's something we eat, it has the good fat, and it has a good texture, and it tastes better. Just imagine if you substituted that. Or if we switched to olive oil, the extra virgin olive oil, we could still have our taquitos, but put a little oil on them and put them in the oven and bake them.” PeopleIfsLittlesStillsUseImagineTasteProgramEducationalOilFatsExtrasVirginsTextureOlivesOvensOlive OilAvocadosEducational Programs Author:Sandra Cisneros
“Federal nutrition programs are the first line of defense for food insecure Americans, but do not meet all of the needs of everyone who needs help.” NeedsFirstsHelpingLinesProgramDefenseNutritionInsecure Author:Vicki Escarra
“Hopefully I never get hit with that stigma of being a novelty act. Since [my father] death in 1998 I've been doing a program called Sinatra Sings Sinatra.” FatherProgramHopefullyNoveltyStigma Author:Frank Sinatra, Jr.
“For some years now, I've been doing a program called "Sinatra Sings Sinatra." It's been going on virtually since the end of '98. Nineteen ninety-eight was the year Frank Sinatra died. ... Now having reached what would have been his 100th year - I decided back in 2013 when we started to put all of this together, I decided what we should do was the first "Sinatra Sings Sinatra" in which we go audio visual.” ShouldYearsFirstsHas BeensEndsTogetherProgramDecidedDiedEightVisualsFrankNinetyNineteenAudioNinety EightAudio Visual Author:Frank Sinatra, Jr.
“There is a man up in Philadelphia, I've known him for 50 years now, his name is Sid Mark. He does a radio program featuring Frank Sinatra music exclusively - one show for decades, "Friday with Frank," "Saturday with Sinatra," "Sunday with Sinatra," for decades. This is something that is really quite important.” MenYearsDoeImportantShowsNamesKnownProgramMarkRadioDecadesSundayFrankSaturdayFridayPhiladelphiaSids Author:Frank Sinatra, Jr.
“I've never heard of any one single artist being the subject in an ongoing series of radio programs for decades. Bearing this in mind, that's the kind of thing Frank Sinatra brings out in his audience, his followers. It's personally satisfying to me because his music by and large was the greatest quality of lyrics, melody, orchestration and, of course, his magnificent approach to telling a story.” MindKindStoriesArtistCoursesQualityAudienceHeardSubjectsApproachProgramSeriesRadioDecadesMelodyFollowersSatisfyingFrankMagnificentOngoingOrchestration Author:Frank Sinatra, Jr.
“I have been working with the World Health Organization since 1989 in an effort to redefine approaches to contraceptive introduction. This has given me the opportunity to insist that strategies for research and policy development must simultaneously address people's needs, the capacity of programs to provide good quality of care, and the range of technological options available.” PeopleWorldNeedsHas BeensCareOpportunityGivenEffortQualityPolicyDevelopmentApproachResearchCapacityProgramOrganizationStrategyAvailableRangeAddressesTechnologicalIntroductionGood QualityContraceptivesWorld HealthWorld Health Organization Author:Ruth Simmons
“We have emphasized the importance of applied action research because it allows evidence-based policy and program development and a focus on learning. We are also committed to using a participatory approach in which local people, local program managers and providers, local researchers, women's health activists, and national decision-makers play the leading role. International "experts" from technical assistance agencies or universities can make important contributions, but they certainly don't have all the answers.” PeopleImportantPlayActionDecisionAnswersRolesFocusPolicyDevelopmentApproachResearchEvidenceProgramImportanceUniversityInternationalCommittedLocalsManagersExpertsAgencyContributionActivistMakersAssistanceResearchersProvidersDecision MakersImportant ContributionsWomen's Health Author:Ruth Simmons
“High level policy makers and program managers do not normally listen to the voices of local people, local providers and local program managers when they make decisions about contraceptive introduction or other aspects of program development in reproductive health.” PeopleVoiceDecisionLevelsPolicyDevelopmentAspectProgramLocalsManagersMakersIntroductionHigh LevelProvidersContraceptivesPolicy MakersReproductive Health Author:Ruth Simmons
“If instead policy makers and program managers participate in an interdisciplinary assessment team, make informal visits to local families and have in-depth conversations with local providers and health authorities, the real needs and complex challenges of organizing good reproductive health services become apparent.The first country that implemented this participatory program of assessment, research and policy development was Brazil. I was one of the outsiders who provided support to the initiative.” IfsNeedsFirstsRealCountryChallengesSupportTeamPolicyDevelopmentConversationAuthorityResearchProgramComplexesDepthLocalsManagersMakersInitiativeOutsidersAssessmentBrazilProvidersPolicy MakersReproductive HealthHealth ServicesInterdisciplinary Author:Ruth Simmons
“We wanted to see how access to care can be expanded and service quality can be improved when one uses a participatory approach to program development. We showed that major changes become possible if you work in a participatory manner, listen to local people, diagnose what the problems are, provide training and identify where there are opportunities for mobilizing local resources to take action. In time leaders from other municipalities expressed interest in replication and the project succeeded in expanding innovations to three other areas.” PeopleIfsUseProblemCareActionWantedThreeOpportunityInterestQualityLeaderDevelopmentProjectsApproachMajorsTrainingResourcesAreasProgramInnovationAccessLocalsExpandingMunicipalityMajor ChangeQuality ServiceReplication Author:Ruth Simmons
“In the late 60s, 70s and possibly early 80s, social scientists were interested in researching the diffusion of innovation and studying the link between applied research and policy and program development. Recently there has been less interest in these issues and we feel that this interest must be rekindled.” FeelsHas BeensSocialInterestStudyIssuesPolicyDevelopmentLateResearchProgramScientistInnovationLinks80sDiffusion Author:Ruth Simmons
“If we succeed in learning more about how to expand program innovations from pilot projects so that they have broader program impact, this should be very relevant for public health initiatives in Michigan and elsewhere in the US.” IfsShouldSucceedProjectsProgramInnovationImpactRelevantPilotsElsewhereInitiativePublic HealthMichiganLearning More Author:Ruth Simmons
“Music and art is regarded as extra and can be the first thing that you cut in a school program, and it's completely not true. If you want to create really boring, frustrated human beings, then yeah, cut out art and science.” IfsWantFirstsHumansArtSchoolHuman BeingsCuttingArt IsProgramYeahBoringExtrasFrustratedArt And Science Author:Reggie Watts
“When I was in high school... I loved the outdoors, and I was introduced to wilderness camping. I was in a little prep school - a boarding school in southern California, in Ojai - and when I was in this school, they had a camping program, and there would be regular trips: hikes into the mountains, the Sierras, the Sespe River Valley, and different places.” LittlesDifferentWould BeSchoolMountainHigh SchoolProgramRiversCaliforniaWildernessValleysSouthernDifferent PlaceCampingSierraPrepsSouthern California Author:Keith Carradine
“I was accepted to Colorado State University in Fort Collins, which is a terrific Aggie school, and they had a great forestry program. But when I saw the syllabus and realized what I was going to actually have to be studying, there was a lot of science! If you want a degree in forestry, it's basically a science degree. And I just thought, "No, no, no, wait a second. Never mind!"” IfsWantMindStatesSchoolWaitingStudySawsDegreesProgramUniversityAcceptedTerrificColoradoFortsSyllabus Author:Keith Carradine
“If your program has a great leader, you'll get great things. If you don't have a great leader and people aren't on the same page, you have a lot of different people doing a lot of different things. That's where trouble starts.” PeopleIfsDifferentLeaderTroublePagesProgramGreat ThingsDifferent ThingsDifferent PeoplesGreat Leader Author:Deshaun Watson
“There's a lot of important issues being brought to the world about America's role in proliferating weapons, about the lack of responsibility of anyone in authority in this country, you have the torture program, that NSA surveillance is Edward Snowden's fault, just like proliferation of weapons is these kids' fault. It's ridiculous, there's never any consequences, there's never any lessons learned.” WorldImportantCountryKidsAmericaResponsibilityRolesIssuesLessonsAuthorityWeaponsConsequenceProgramFaultsRidiculousTortureSurveillanceNsaProliferationImportant IssuesLesson LearnedSnowdenLack Of Responsibility Author:Guy Lawson
“I think it's important to not have some sort of one-size-fits-all program in Washington, which has downsides, like killing entry-level jobs. But pulling people into the workforce...” PeopleThinkingImportantJobsLevelsFitProgramKillingSizePullingEntryWorkforceOne Size Fits All Author:Paul Ryan
“I'm the one candidate that can really stand up for what it is that the American people are really clamoring for. And that means jobs, an emergency jobs program. We call for the creation of 20 million jobs, to solve the emergency of climate change, and we call for 100 percent clean, renewable energy by 2030.” PeopleMeanJobsEnergyMillionsCreationPercentProgramCleanClimateClimate ChangeSolveCandidatesEmergenciesRenewable Energy Author:Jill Stein
“I'm more of a hands-on person. I like working with young people from the standpoint of providing support for the grassroots programs. State, national and Olympic champions begin at a grassroots level.” PeoplePersonsStatesHandsYoungLevelsSupportProgramChampionProvidingStandpointGrassroots Author:Jackie Joyner-Kersee
“I'm constantly watching satirical news programs, and just - I never want to be in a situation where someone could yell out a topic and I will have absolutely no opinion on it whatsoever, or just not even know it exists.” KnowsWantSituationOpinionNewsProgramTopicsSatirical Author:Brad Williams
“Animated program was definitely a different process but it was fun though, it had elements of doing my podcast where we were all in a booth with microphones joking around and stuff. It was definitely a fun process.” DifferentFunStuffProcessElementsProgramAnimatedMicrophonesJoking Around Author:Bill Burr
“Donald Trump is going to take our Army up to 6,000. And Obama and Hillary are going to take it down to 4,200. He is going to take our Marine Corps from 23 battalions to 35 battalions. And he's going to reestablish and modernize our nuclear program.” TrumpProgramArmyNuclearMarineMarine Corps Author:Rudy Giuliani
“Lack of consistency is the subtle but great stealer of dreams & desires. The stop & start process is what kills progress & is probably one of the greatest reasons why many don’t achieve their goals & end up living in continuous discontent, frustration & disappointment. Many buy a new book, sign up for a new program, go like crazy for a few weeks, stop & end up right back where they started. Don't let this be you!” BookEndsReasonDreamDesireProcessGoalProgressWeekCrazyAchieveProgramDisappointmentReason WhyFrustrationSubtleBe YouConsistencyDiscontentNew BooksStealers Author:Darren Hardy
“Those things that you just do, if you put that together in a DVD program, let's say, for $97, to teach people how to do that. Well, if you sold 100 of those a month, that's $9,700 of income a month just teaching what you already do and know to people who want to learn how to do the same.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantWellsTogetherTeachTeachingMonthsProgramIncomeDvds Author:Brendon Burchard
“There are myriad government programs out there to help small businesses. Few people use them effectively. The maze of information makes it difficult for any one person to understand it all, which often leads politicians, and citizens, too, to call for more programs. We don't need more government programs; we just need a better way to access them.” PeopleWayNeedsPersonsHelpingUseGovernmentDifficultInformationCitizensPoliticianProgramAccessSmall BusinessBetter WaysMazesGovernment Programs Author:Sher Valenzuela
“The Soviet Union wasn't so closed - it wasn't North Korea. It was a practical system. People were creative and industrious, so if they wanted to see Western TV programs, they would invent a way to do so. It's strange in a way. There was an official truth, and there was daily life.” PeopleIfsWayWantedCreativeStrangeTvsProgramUnionsWesternPracticalsOfficialsDaily LifeSovietSoviet UnionKoreaNorth KoreaIndustrious Author:Jaak Kilmi
“In the mid-1980s, however, the Estonian TV programmers came up with a clever idea: they asked Moscow for millions of rubles to make propaganda in Estonia to fight the Finnish programs' popularity. They got millions from the government, but what they made was not propaganda at all! They simply made good, entertaining programs - no one in Estonia recognized them as propaganda, only Russia thought it was, so they got away with it. Of course, Russia provided their own propaganda programs, but Estonians knew to avoid them.” MadeIdeasGovernmentFightingCoursesMillionsTvsProgramRussiaCleverPropagandaEntertainingPopularityProgrammersMoscowFinnishEstoniaEstonians Author:Jaak Kilmi
“A generation ago [the Democratic Party] stood for progressive change. Now they defend every federal program as if each were sacred. They have become the most conservative force in American politics.” IfsForcePartyGenerationsProgramSacredDemocraticConservativeProgressiveAmerican PoliticsDemocratic PartyProgressive Change Author:Thomas Friedman
“It took me some twenty-plus years to really learn how to program.” YearsProgramTwentiesPlus Author:David Heinemeier Hansson
“Attempts by some teachers to adjust school curricula to incorporate programs that children watch on television suggest a new means of 'leading' children by running after them as quickly as possible.” MeanChildrenRunningSchoolWatchesTeacherTelevisionProgram Author:Joel Meyerowitz
“Economic research demonstrates that tax dollars spent in early childhood development provide extraordinary return on investment-16% for high quality programs” QualityEconomicChildhoodDevelopmentReturnTaxesResearchProgramDollarsInvestmentExtraordinaryHigh QualityEarly ChildhoodTax DollarsReturn On Investment Author:Robert Greenwald
“President Bush has proven he'll take a stand and fight for his programs and initiatives. It's the kind of leadership that makes things happen.” KindHappensFightingPresidentProgramThings HappenInitiativeProvenPresident BushMake Things Happen Author:Chuck Grassley
“Having gone through the [Marvel] writer program, I knew Black Panther was in the pipeline and I knew they were big fans of my writing. But I had to compete with the other writers who were put up for it - no one hands out jobs.” WritingHandsBigsJobsBlackGoneFansProgramPipelinePanthersBlack Panther Author:Joe Robert Cole