“The most striking feature of the new is the sheer mass. Photography was previously a mass phenomenon, but now, quantity is doubtless the outstanding quality. For a long time photos have been taken frequently and everywhere, but now photos are taken permanently and everywhere,... What is new is that we can watch them practically in real time.” LongHas BeensRealQualityWatchesTakenPhotographyMassLong TimeFeaturesPhenomenonQuantitySheerOutstanding Author:Joachim Schmid
“My position on the POW issue has been widely misquoted and taken out of context. What I originally said and have continued to say is that the POW's are lying if they assert it was North Vietnamese policy to torture American Prisoners.” IfsHas BeensSaidLyingIssuesTakenPolicyPositionTorturePrisonerVietnameseOf ContextPow Author:Jane Fonda
“Art has been hijacked by nonartists. It's been taken over by bookkeeping. The whole thing is so corrupt. But I suppose that's okay. For artists, everything is grist for the mill. Artists are like cockroaches; we can't be stamped out.” Has BeensArtWholeArtistTakenOkayMillsCockroachesBookkeeping Author:Elaine de Kooning
“Jesus has been in my room. He has taken my hand and told me, No, Not now. I have other things for you to do.” Has BeensHandsJesusRoomsTaken Author:Patsy Cline
“In our modern society the image and mythic process has been taken over by corporations that directly control advertising and, indirectly, the entertainment industry. Powerful erotic images are used for the sole purpose of selling consumer products; the side effects of this commercialization have a profound impact on the sexual imagination and identity of vast numbers of people.” PeopleHas BeensUsedPurposeProcessSidesImaginationPowerfulNumbersTakenModernEffectsIdentityProductsIndustryImpactProfoundEntertainmentSellingAdvertisingConsumersCorporationsSoleEroticModern SocietyEntertainment IndustrySide EffectsCommercialization Author:Robert Lawlor
“I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place.” PeopleWayMayLongHas BeensDoneFactsAmericaBlackRaceTakenWiseDogHigherLong TimeRedStrongerAgreeFinalsInstanceGradesAustraliaBlack PeopleWorldly Author:Winston Churchill
“Thank heavens when the first single Bye Bye came off this album work started to pick up, then I'm Alright has taken us across the world. Radio has been very good, it has chosen to be kind to us.” WorldFirstsKindHas BeensHeavenTakenPicksVery GoodRadioAlbumsChosenBe KindAlrightByeBye Bye Author:Jo Dee Messina
“What we need to do, is restore those tools that have been taken away by the president [Barack Obama] and others, restore those tools to the NSA and to our entire surveillance and law enforcement community.” NeedsHas BeensLawPresidentCommunityTakenToolsBarackLaw EnforcementEnforcementSurveillancePresident Barack ObamaNsa Author:Chris Christie
“The people have only a very vague direct power. They have the power of voting against the administration, again after its decisions have been taken; but they have no way of getting into the question of policy-making, decision-making, except insofar as the vague forces and pressures of public debate and public opinion have their impact on the President. The President still has to decide. He can't go to the people and ask them to decide for him; he has to make the decision. In that sense he was condemned to be a dictator.” PeopleWayHas BeensStillsAsksForcePresidentDecisionOpinionTakenPolicyDirectPressureImpactDebateAdministrationVotingDecision MakingDictatorVaguePublic OpinionMaking DecisionsPolicy Making Author:Walter Millis
“Everything I've taken away from my father has been significant. So, I can't say that any one lesson is the most significant. By being around him, I learned that there is a purpose in life, and that if we are inspired to help people, we should do it.” PeopleIfsShouldHas BeensI CanHelpingPurposeFatherTakenLessonsInspiredSignificantPurpose Of Life Author:Ziggy Marley
“We still have our people working in the cane fields in the Dominican Republic. People are still repatriated all the time from the Dominican Republic to Haiti. Some tell of being taken off buses because they looked Haitian, and their families have been in the Dominican Republic for generations. Haitian children born in the Dominican Republic still can't go to school and are forced to work in the sugarcane fields.” PeopleChildrenHas BeensStillsSchoolBornTakenGenerationsFieldsRepublicBusHaitiHaitianDominican Republic Author:Edwidge Danticat
“I think if I had known then what I know now, I would have been a lot more relaxed. I'm really happy with the result and I think Bjorn helped me take it in directions I couldn't have taken it in myself. It is a scary thing to be putting it in other people's hands, but it's really necessary sometimes.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsHas BeensSometimesHandsResultsKnownTakenScaryRelaxedReally HappyScary Things Author:Sarah Blasko