“I did want to become a novelist, but the program at Waseda was pretty intense in terms of language requirements - two hours of English and four hours of Chinese. I thought, what do I need this for? So I stopped going to class.” WantNeedsTwoLanguageTermHoursClassFourProgramIntenseChineseNovelistsRequirements Author:Hirokazu Koreeda
“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
“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
“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 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
“The program I use is called MED Soundstudio. It's basically a column of numbers that relate to pitch, duration, the type of sound. If I want to play a chord, I have to press keys on a keyboard - like a computer keyboard, on my Amiga - that relate to sharps and flats, note by note.” IfsWantPlayUseSoundNumbersKeysTypeComputerProgramPressesNotesRelateFlatsChordsColumnsKeyboardsDurationMedsComputer Keyboards Author:Max Tundra
“Iran has been calling for it for years, and the Arab countries support it. Everyone except the United States and Israel support it. The U.S. won't allow it because it means inspecting Israel's nuclear weapons. The U.S. has continued to block it, and in fact blocked it again just a couple of days ago; it just wasn't widely reported. Iran's nuclear program, as U.S. intelligence points out, is deterrent, and the bottom line is that the U.S. and Israel don't want Iran to have a deterrent.” WantYearsMeanHas BeensCountryStatesFactsLinesUnitedUnited StatesSupportCoupleCallingWeaponsProgramBottomIsraelNuclearBlockIranNuclear WeaponsBottom LineBlockedDeterrent Author:Noam Chomsky
“I still want to put together bigger and better programs to work with the community. I still think I could do better on that end.” ThinkingWantStillsEndsTogetherCommunityProgramBiggerBigger And Better Author:Ice Cube
“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
“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
“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
“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
“What Batman is saying is that, "I want to try something new that's more about this era and this moment." And I do think that it speaks to a modern take [as opposed] to a 90s take or a 2000s take being maybe the older program about having a sidekick.” ThinkingWantTryingMomentsSpeakModernProgramErasSomething NewSidekicks Author:Scott Snyder
“So you've got these regular, middle-class voters who don't hate the government as much as the Kochs do. They're Republicans, but they still want government programs. They want Social Security, they want Medicare. They need it.” WantNeedsStillsGovernmentHateSocialClassMiddleSecurityRepublicanProgramMiddle ClassVotersWant MeSocial SecurityMedicareDon't HateGovernment Programs Author:Jane Mayer
“It's a shame that people are resisting vetting programs that would actually just keep out those who want to do us harm.” PeopleWantProgramShameHarmResisting Author:Kellyanne Conway
“We need to have more second chance programs. I'm glad that we're ending private prisons in the federal system; I want to see them ended in the state system.” WantNeedsStatesChanceProgramPrisonGladSecond ChancePrivate Prisons Author:Hillary Clinton
“Even former president Bill Clinton calls Obamacare a crazy plan. But Hillary Clinton and Tim kaine want to build on Obamacare. They want to expand it into a single-payer program and for all the world, Hillary Clinton thinks Obamacare is good start.” ThinkingWorldWantPresidentPlansCrazyProgramBillsClintonFormerObamacarePresident Bill Clinton Author:Mike Pence
“Lately I feel being political is also about the company I keep and the ideas I put forward. When I do a curate a program or do a workshop, I want to make it intergenerational; I want to have women on the faculty and also among the students.” WantFeelsIdeasPoliticalCompanyStudentsProgramFacultyWorkshops Author:Vijay Iyer
“My plan is based on growing the economy, giving middle-class families many more opportunities. I want us to have the biggest jobs program since World War II, jobs in infrastructure and advanced manufacturing.” WorldWantGivingWarJobsOpportunityClassEconomyGrowingPlansMiddleProgramWar Of The WorldsMiddle ClassWorld War IiWorld War IInfrastructureWant UManufacturingFamily ManMiddle Class Family Author:Hillary Clinton
“I have great samples of my drums and I try to program them pretty much how I want to play them, try and make it feel natural even though it's programmed.” WantFeelsTryingPlayNaturalProgramSample Author:Terry Bozzio
“I think, what I want to say is that yes, my ideas have travelled into popular culture they also emerged from popular culture in a way, or from the general public as you put it. But not as a program.” ThinkingWayWantIdeasCultureProgramPopular CultureGeneral Public Author:Judith Butler
“We're looking at the dawn of a new arms race. For example, Germany technically opposes the US space militarization program, but is bound to get involved. Otherwise it will be left behind in the development of advanced technology. Germany understands that very well. The US understands it too, and they fully expect that Germany and other countries that they want on board will go along with the program.” WantWellsCountryLeftSpaceRaceBehindsTechnologyExampleArmsDevelopmentInvolvedProgramBoundsDawnBoardsGermanyOther CountriesLeft BehindGet InvolvedArms RaceAdvanced Technology Author:Noam Chomsky
“The true danger is the expansion of empire and the huge diversion of public budgets overseas at the neglect of domestic necessities, including, for example, a major public works program to employ millions of people. The Democrats want that. The Republicans may be pressured from back home to want it, but it hasn't happened yet under the Obama administration.” PeopleWantMayHomeMillionsHappenedDangerExampleHugeRepublicanMajorsProgramDemocratIncludingAdministrationBudgetsEmpiresNeglectExpansionBack HomeDiversionPressured Author:Ralph Nader
“Every time I meet somebody who's been affected by something I worked on, I feel like, yes, that's what I want to do, whether the Children's Health Insurance Program or making drugs safer for kids or helping more kids get a doctor, whatever it might be.” WantFeelsChildrenHelpingMightKidsDrugProgramDoctorsAffected Author:Hillary Clinton
“The museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum. A few thousand are to be built in the next few years, all using taxpayer money. But there is no system, no research, no content, no good programs, no good managers.” WantYearsGovernmentUsedNextCitiesThousandResearchBuiltProgramUsed To BeManagersPropagandaGood ManHallsMuseumsTaxpayersExhibitionsGood Manager Author:Ai Weiwei
“I want to invest in community colleges, training programs, and high-quality apprenticeships that help people gain the skills they need for the jobs of the future.” PeopleWantNeedsHelpingJobsCommunityQualityCollegeSkillsTrainingGainsProgramHigh QualityApprenticeshipCommunity CollegeTraining Programs Author:Hillary Clinton
“Target for example, is just a dot with a circle around it, that's all it is, so if you want a logo like Target, you don't need to hire a designer, you barely need to know how to operate a computer program, the logo may as well be anything.” IfsKnowsWantNeedsWellsMayKnow HowExampleComputerProgramCirclesDesignerTargetDotsLogos Author:Michael Bierut
“I think, the argument sometimes that I've had with folks who are much more interested in sort of race-specific programs is less an argument about what is practically achievable and sometimes maybe more an argument of "We want society to see what's happened, and internalize it, and answer it in demonstrable ways." And those impulses I very much understand.” ThinkingWayWantSometimesAnswersRaceHappenedProgramArgumentFolksImpulse Author:Barack Obama
“I think liberals should accept that if we want big programs that significantly reduce inequality - and we should - it's going to require higher taxes on everyone. The rich can certainly do more, especially given their stupendous income increases since the Reagan era, but they can't do it all.” IfsThinkingWantShouldBigsGivenAcceptingRichHigherTaxesProgramIncreaseIncomeInequalityEras Author:Kevin Drum
“Mike Pence and Mitch Daniels in Indiana, the woman who`s coming in to run the Medicaid program at the federal level, her name is Seema Verma, a brilliant young woman, she made Indiana - healthy Indiana work so that actually low-income people in Indiana, actually have real healthcare coverage that they get access to a doctor. Those kinds of reforms on the state level we want see happen in all 50 states.” PeopleWantKindMadeRealStatesHappensRunningYoungNamesLevelsHealthyLowsProgramDoctorsBrilliantAccessIncomeReformHealthcareYoung WomenMikeCoverageIndianaLow IncomeMedicaid Author:Paul Ryan
“Embedded reputations - that's one of the most daunting dynamics that can happen. You start as a secretary, or assistant, and you have that plastered on your forehead. My advice is that you have to do something - change companies, get a degree, or go to a training program. Or ask to be on a very hard assignment or project that no one else wants. You can do it, but it doesn't happen without true exertion.” WantHardHappensAsksCan DoCompanyAdviceDegreesProjectsTrainingProgramReputationSecretaryYou Can Do ItForeheadsAssistantsAssignmentsEmbeddedExertionDynamicsTraining Programs Author:Suzy Welch
“For me, one of the most fertile consequences of the space program is the extent to which it stimulates people to innovate because they want to create a different tomorrow than what they're living in today. And it's that culture of innovation that spawns entirely new economies.” PeopleWantDifferentTodayCultureSpaceEconomyTomorrowConsequenceProgramInnovationFertileSpawnSpace Program Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“When NASA makes discoveries they are profound and they make headlines, everyone takes notice. It drives dialogue and, today, it would drive the blogosphere. It would drive the projects the kids do in school. So you wouldn't even need programs to try and stimulate curiosity. You wouldn't need programs to try to convince people that science literacy is good. Because they're going to want to participate on this epic adventure that we call space exploration.” PeopleWantNeedsTryingKidsTodaySchoolSpaceAdventureProjectsDiscoveryProgramProfoundCuriosityDialogueConvinceExplorationEpicLiteracyHeadlinesSpace ExplorationNasaScience Literacy Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“If you want, you can try and get a broader perspective, or you can find people who are absolutely out of their minds, or find people that are doing incredibly complex and interesting and urgent journalism. And the same goes for our show. It's a prism into people's own ideologies, when they watch our program. This is just our take.” PeopleIfsWantTryingMindShowsInterestingWatchesPerspectiveProgramComplexesIdeologyJournalismUrgentPrisms Author:Jon Stewart
“We really have to think about aging because women are living longer than men. More of the people who need care are women. A lot of them are living alone, with no one to care for them, or they're shunted into institutions. I would like to see a sensible aging policy more like what the Nordic countries have. They're cutting back those programs, but there you can still have in-home nursing care. You don't have to rely on your children. I personally don't want to be a burden on my daughter.” PeopleThinkingMenWantNeedsChildrenStillsCountryHomeCareCuttingPolicyDaughterProgramOur ChildrenInstitutionsAgingBurdenYour ChildrenRelyMy DaughterSensibleNursingLiving AloneNordic Author:Martha C. Nussbaum
“Give the money directly to people who work hard. Instead of taking the money from the business and then filtering it through the horror of government programs, which is essentially giving it to social workers who live in Bethesda so they can drive their minivans and vote Democratic. Give them the money, so that they go and talk to the worker who is washing dishes, and they say, "Well, we want to help you, you see." And it would be better to help them by taking the money from that minivan-driving social worker and giving it directly to the guy who is really working hard by washing dishes.” PeopleWantGivingWellsHardHelpingGovernmentWould BeGuySocialHard WorkHorrorProgramVoteDemocraticWorkersDrivingDishesWashingSocial WorkerGovernment ProgramsWashing DishesMinivans Author:Mark Helprin
“Let us change our traditional attitude to the construction of programs. Instead of imagining that our main task is to instruct a computer what to do, let us concentrate rather on explaining to human beings what we want a computer to do.” WantHumansChangeHuman BeingsAttitudeLearningComputerProgramTasksSimplicityTraditionalProgrammingSoftwareConstructionExplainingComputer ProgrammingProgramming LanguagesComputer Language Author:Donald Knuth
“I was in choir in school. I kind of just did it. I already knew I wanted to sing. My music program in my school wasn't really great - people didn't really want to be part of the choir, they didn't want to do the plays and stuff like that. It definitely wasn't the cool thing to do.” PeopleWantKindPlayWantedSchoolStuffProgramThings To DoReally GreatGreat PeopleChoirCool Things Author:Lea Michele
“We collectively have a special place in our heart for the manned space flight program - Apollo nostalgia is one element, but that is only part of it. American culture worships explorers - look at the fame of Lewis and Clark, for example. The American people want to think of themselves as supporting exploration.” PeopleThinkingWantLooksHeartCultureSpaceSpecialExampleFameElementsWorshipProgramNostalgiaFlightExplorationAmerican CultureApolloExplorersSpecial PlacesSpace FlightLewis And Clark Author:Nathan Myhrvold
“Black Americans, no more than white Americans, they do not want more government programs which perpetuate dependency. They don't want to be a colony in a nation.” WantGovernmentNationsBlackWhiteProgramColonyDependencyGovernment Programs Author:Richard M. Nixon
“I say have the night and give people the awards, but why do people want to watch people win awards? What are they getting out of it? I don't quite get it. Because they have awards all the time; there's awards for butchers, the best meat served, but they don't televise it. I don't know why they do it for films or TV programs.” PeopleKnowsWantGivingFilmNightWinningWatchesTvsProgramMeatAwardsButchers Author:Karl Pilkington
“The program director at a radio station, by the way, is not the superstar. If he was a superstar, he'd be out creating songs, but he's not. But he wants to act like he has control and power.” IfsWayWantSongDirectorsCreatingProgramRadioStationsSuperstarRadio Stations Author:Kid Rock
“Mitt Romney and I know the difference between protecting a program, and raiding it. Ladies and gentlemen, our nation needs this debate. We want this debate. We will win this debate.” KnowsWantNeedsWinningNationsDifferencesProgramDebateGentlemanRomneyLadies And GentlemenWe Will WinRaiding Author:Paul Ryan
“So, in Europe, they're cutting people's retirement and health benefits. And that's what we want to avoid from happening. They're raising taxes, entering a recession. That's the kind of economic program that President Obama has put in place.” PeopleWantKindPresidentCuttingEconomicTaxesBenefitsHappeningsEuropeProgramRetirementPresident ObamaEnteringRecessionsHealth BenefitsRaising Taxes Author:Paul Ryan
“Asteroids have us in our sight. The dinosaurs didn't have a space program, so they're not here to talk about this problem. We are, and we have the power to do something about it. I don't want to be the embarrassment of the galaxy, to have had the power to deflect an asteroid, and then not, and end up going extinct.” WantEndsProblemSpaceProgramSightGalaxyEmbarrassmentDinosaursAsteroidsSpace Program Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“The urge to miniaturize electronics did not exist before the space program. I mean our grandparents had radios that was furniture in the living room. Nobody at the time was saying, 'Gee, I want to carry that in my pocket.' Which is a non-thought.” WantMeanSpaceRoomsProgramRadioPocketsUrgesGrandparentFurnitureLiving RoomElectronicsSpace Program Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“We need to remember that politics is all about people, not programs. We shouldn't want to take the humanness out of the political arena.” PeopleWantNeedsRememberPoliticalProgramArenaHumannessHumanness Is Author:J. C. Watts
“I'm going to skate exactly the way I want to, create programs that I like, and everything will fall into place where it is supposed to.” WayWantFallProgramSkatesFall Into Place Author:Johnny Weir
“If the white man wants to hold on to it, let him do so; but the Negro, so far as he is able, should develop and carry out a program of his own.” IfsMenWantShouldAbleWhiteProgramWhite ManHolding On Book:The Mis-Education of the Negro Source: The Mis-Education of the Negro