“Public relations, in this country, is the art of adapting big business to a democracy so that the people have confidence that they are being well served and at the same time the business has freedom to serve them well.” PeopleWellsArtCountryBigsFreedomBusinessDemocracyRelationHave ConfidencePublic RelationsBig BusinessAdapting Author:Arthur W. Page
“If the ad is bad people get turned off. That's 125 million potential viewers, so you just killed reach. But there's also a big potential payoff. I think it does pay off because you get a lot of traffic, a lot of free public relations(in media stories). It helps position themselves for the next round of financing.” PeopleIfsThinkingDoeHelpingStoriesBigsNextPayMillionsMediaPositionRelationKillingRoundsAdsTrafficViewersBad PeoplePublic RelationsFinancingPayoffTurned Off Author:Charlene Li
“So much of the writing is not conscious, in the sense that it's not calculated. I remember in film school we had so many studies with big fancy words where you could dissect a movie and make charts of all of the characters' complicated inner relations and themes and what does this mean? And it's overwhelming as a student. It's great for a student, but as a writer, it's paralyzing.” WritingMeanDoeCharacterBigsSchoolRememberFilmStudyStudentsConsciousRelationComplicatedFancyThemeOverwhelmingFilm School Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“I will personally never ever get over the communal experience of theatrical cinema. I will never get over the scale of a big screen in relation to your small body, big sounds in a big room with a bunch of other people.” PeopleBodyBigsSoundRoomsRelationScreensScalesBunchCinemaGet OverTheatricalBig Screen Author:Liza Johnson
“Americans have eliminated Iran's worst enemies, the Taliban in Afghanistan and Saddam [Hussein]. I occasionally threatened my Iranian counterpart in Kabul that one day I would send him a big bill for what we did. But, seriously, Iran is pursuing a dual strategy in Iraq. On the one hand, the Iranians, after decades of hostility, are now interested in good relations. On the other hand, they want to keep the country weak and dominate the region.” WantCountryHandsBigsEnemyWorstOne DayWeakRelationBillsStrategyIraqDecadesRegionsIranAfghanistanThreatenedSaddamHusseinHostilityTalibanIranianWorst EnemyCounterpartsKabul Author:Zalmay Khalilzad
“There's politics. When you talk about Asia - no one really wants to approach that full-force because it's very thin ice. No one wants to harm the relations with Asia, where most of those products are going to and being exported to. Many of the local institutions and politicians and veterinarians are involved in illegal trade. To crack that down, it's a big crime and big names to reveal.” WantBigsNamesForceCrimeProductsInvolvedPoliticianApproachRelationInstitutionsTradeHarmLocalsIceIllegalCracksAsiaVeterinarian Author:Veronika Varekova
“I just simply believe in having purposeful relations, period. That's what its about at the end of the day. However, I do appreciate people that are individualistic, mainly because I'm an impressionable soul and my friends become my big sisters and brothers in a way.” PeopleWayBelieveSoulEndsBigsBrotherPeriodsMy FriendsAppreciateRelationThe End Of The DayBrothers And SistersIndividualisticBig SisterImpressionableAppreciate People Author:Aeriel Miranda
“People of my generation knew we needed to move beyond that, the racial division and segregation and unsustainable social relations, that were unfair to millions of people. But it didn't mean that we were going to become a big government liberal.” PeopleMeanBigsGovernmentMovingSocialMillionsGenerationsNeededRelationDivisionUnfairSegregationMy GenerationBig GovernmentSocial Relations Author:Jeff Sessions
“We are proceeding on the basis of common values. We have more to gain from partnership, from promoting our partnership in dealing with the big global challenges. I, therefore, believe that in the near future, not much is going to change in the relations between E.U., Greece and the United States of America. These are relations that were forged under very difficult conditions and rely on the common values of our people.” PeopleBelieveStatesBigsAmericaValuesDifficultChallengesUnitedCommonUnited StatesConditionsGainsBasesRelationRelyPartnershipUnited States Of AmericaGreecePromotingProceedingForged Author:Alexis Tsipras
“If [Western] relations with Russia are to be friendly, they must be open and sincere, otherwise there can be no friendship at all. That means one should be able to speak openly about everything at meetings and conferences. It shouldn't be that we can't discuss the killing of journalists in Russia, or the suppression of human rights, or all the warning signs surfacing in Russia because of oil and gas or other economic reasons. It's a big problem, but it's the same in Western relations with Arab states.” IfsShouldHumansMeanStatesReasonProblemBigsAbleSpeakRightsEconomicRelationMeetingsWesternKillingHuman RightsOilRussiaJournalistGasFriendlySincereWarningConferencesSuppressionBig ProblemsOil And GasWarning Signs Author:Vaclav Havel
“You [young people] all are just much more internationally-minded and traveled and knowledgeable in languages than any other previous generation. So many of you are already doing a lot of international relations, I think. I so believe in student networks, and people that either study abroad or come to the United States to study, and the relationships that you all develop. You learn a lot from each other, but you all will see each other again in jobs along the way. And I think that makes a big difference. I so believe in what students can do.” PeopleThinkingWayBelieveStatesBigsJobsYoungLanguageCan DoDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesStudyGenerationsStudentsRelationInternationalTraveledInternational RelationsKnowledgeablePrevious GenerationsStudy Abroad Author:Madeleine Albright
“...we live in an era of terrible preoccupation with presentation and interpretation, one in which relations between who someone is and what he believes and how he "expresses himself" have been thrown into big time flux.” BelieveHas BeensBigsTerribleRelationErasThrownInterpretationPresentationPreoccupationFlux Author:David Foster Wallace
“Kyoto protocol is not a simple environmental issue, where you can say scientists are not unanimous. This is about international relations, this is about the economy, about trying to create a level playing field for big businesses throughout the world. You have to understand what is at stake, and that is why it is serious.” WorldTryingBigsSimpleLevelsEconomyIssuesFieldsSeriousScientistRelationEnvironmentalClimate ChangeInternationalGlobal WarmingStakesInternational RelationsBig BusinessPlaying FieldsProtocolKyotoEnvironmental IssuesLevel Playing FieldKyoto Protocol Author:Margot Wallstrom