“It's not enough to keep winning seconds and thirds. At some point, Ted Cruz has actually won on. [Marco] Rubio's got to actually win a state.” StatesEnoughWinningThirdsSecondsCruzMarcos Author:Joy-Ann Reid
“I was 12 and I remember everything. I mean, I had done two films before that. The first was actually with Amy Heckerling. It was so brilliant to work with her on my first film. Atonement was the third one I'd done, and I remember how it felt to arrive on set every day. I remember how it felt to get my wig off at the end of the day. I remember how hot it was.” FirstsMeanTwoEndsDoneRememberFilmFeltThirdsHotBrilliantThe End Of The DayAtonementAmyWigs Author:Saoirse Ronan
“When we talk about gender pay gaps in the United States, and if you look at women without children, they earn 96 cents for every dollar that a man is earning, while for mothers it is about 76 cents. That's nearly 25 percent less. For single mothers, the situation is even worse. One third of them are living in poverty or just on the edge of poverty. This is an unacceptable situation.” IfsMenLooksChildrenStatesMotherUnitedPaySituationPovertyUnited StatesPercentThirdsDollarsEdgesGenderGapsCentsEarningSingle MotherPay Gap Author:Anne-Marie Slaughter
“You know, in politics when you come in third, it's a win.” KnowsWinningThirds Author:Paula Poundstone
“I look at Starbucks, Howard Schultz has made many brilliant decisions, and one of the things that they did was they invented the third space. It's not work, it's not home. That's one of the engines of its spread. But at the same time he was doing that, he bet the farm to open more and more stores in any given town, and making it ubiquitous made it much easier to say to your friend, I'll meet you at Starbucks.” LooksMadeHomeGivenSpaceDecisionEasierThirdsTownsSpreadStoresBrilliantMade ItWorking ItFarmsEnginesStarbucks Author:Seth Godin
“You can learn a lesson the first time, when it's presented in a package that is joyous - or at least palatable. But if you don't learn the lesson the first time, then there will be a second time and a third time. And each time it will just get harder and harder.” IfsFirstsLessonsFirst TimeThirdsHarderPackagesJoyousLearning LessonsThird Time Author:Marianne Williamson
“I'm rarely wrong but I could be. There might be a third party. I just think that the realization that Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party posed the greatest threat to our future, children, grandchildren, all of that, is going to bring everybody back to reality.” ThinkingChildrenRealityMightPartyThirdsThreatDemocraticClintonRealizationOur FutureGrandchildrenDemocratic PartyThird PartiesBack To Reality Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Thailand's seafood industry is the third largest in the world. And much of it is ending up on our dinner tables.” WorldIndustryThirdsTablesDinnerSeafoodDinner TableThailand Author:Lourdes Garcia-Navarro
“If we really feel like we're comfortable in our own skins now, we have a longer period of time to live out that kind of third or fourth act of our life.” IfsFeelsKindOur LivesPeriodsComfortableSkinsThirdsFourth Author:Anna Quindlen
“We have not destroyed al Qaeda, so we still have that to worry about. We have its traditional allies, the Kashmiri groups, the groups that are operating now in Iraq, and now we have a third tier of threat amongst the Muslims that live in the West and who are inspired to do something against the West by the example of the other two tiers.” StillsTwoWorryGroupsExampleThirdsThreatWestInspiredIraqTraditionalDestroyedAlsAlliesAl Qaeda Author:Michael Scheuer
“I tend to prefer traveling in the Third World countries. Like Ethiopia. Or Eritrea.” WorldCountryThirdsThird WorldEthiopiaThird World CountriesEritrea Author:John Gimlette
“There was so much going on. I remember a very interesting dinner in the studio of [Robert] Rauschenberg. He had convinced Sidney Janis, Leo Castelli, and a third big gallery man to serve us, the artists, at the table. So they were dressed up as waiters, we were sitting at the table, and they were only allowed to sit down at the end of the table for the cognac. This is not possible now.” MenEndsBigsRememberArtistInterestingSittingThirdsTablesStudiosDinnerConvincedVery InterestingGalleryDressed UpWaiterCognac Author:Erro
“I travel a lot. It used to be, when I would go to any country, I could guarantee that the first question would establish my name, and the fact that I've written Roots, and the third question, at least no later than the fourth question would not be a question, so much as a statement, something like, "We understand that in America white people do such and such bad things to black people."” PeopleFirstsCountryFactsAmericaUsedNamesBlackWhiteWrittenRootsThirdsStatementsUsed To BeGuaranteesBad ThingsBlack PeopleFourthGuarantees That Author:Alex Haley
“When I get compared to artists like Jose Gonzalez or Bon Iver, I can't help but think, "I've been doing this since they were in third grade."” ThinkingI CanHelpingArtistThirdsGradesThird Grade Author:Mark Kozelek
“I would say that not many German people are still alive, who experienced what happened during the third reich. We don't have to go to the Stasi, we can go to the Gestapo, and see what happens, when your human rights, your ability to a freedom of expression and a freedom of thought is infringed upon. This is terribly, terribly dangerous territory.” PeopleHumansStillsHappensAbilityAliveRightsHappenedDangerousExpressionThirdsHuman RightsTerritoryFreedom Of ThoughtFreedom Of ExpressionGestapo Author:Ray McGovern
“So it may be a language that separates you - again, social networks. But second-generation Asian and Hispanics, second, and third and fourth and so on, they are much more likely to be in integrated churches than are blacks or whites.” MayLanguageSocialChurchGenerationsThirdsFourthAsianIntegratedYou AgainSocial Network Author:Michael Emerson
“We're going to see more, and we are seeing more, and I'll tell you exactly why. Not because white and black are more likely to get together. Only a third of the seven percent of congregations that are interracial are black and white.” TogetherBlackWhiteSeeingPercentThirdsSevenWhy NotBlack And WhiteGet TogetherCongregation Author:Michael Emerson
“I think it's easier, I really do, because of not having that similar history, so that's why I think two-thirds of these mixed congregations are either white with Asian and Hispanic, or black with Asian and Hispanic.” ThinkingTwoBlackWhiteEasierThirdsAsianCongregationHispanic Author:Michael Emerson
“I had no idea Savage Season was the beginning of a series. I wrote the second one about three years later. The character of Hap wouldn't stop talking to me, and then there was a third, and over the years nine novels and a collection of stories and some uncollected stories.” YearsIdeasCharacterStoriesThreeTalkingNovelThirdsSeasonsSeriesNineNo IdeaCollectionsThree YearsSavages Author:Joe R. Lansdale
“What has happened in the last generation is that Tijuana has become a new Third World capital - much to the chagrin of Mexico City, which is more and more aware of how little it controls Tijuana politically and culturally. In addition to whorehouses and discos, Tijuana now has Korean factories and Japanese industrialists and Central American refugees, and a new Mexican bourgeoisie that takes its lessons from cable television.” WorldLittlesLastsCitiesGenerationsHappenedTelevisionLessonsThirdsFactoriesMexicoRefugeeMexicanCablesKoreanThird WorldBourgeoisieDiscoMexico CityChagrinTijuana Author:Richard Rodriguez
“The reason the middle section switches to third person is, well, this is middle age. This is the part in her life where she loses track of something that was driving her and has to figure out what's going to drive the next part of her mission, this mission to be an author. I had to push back away from her for a while before we could come up to that really lyrical close third in the final section.” WellsPersonsReasonAgeNextLosesMiddleFiguresThirdsFinalsTrackCome UpMissionsDrivingSectionsMiddle AgesLyricalThird Person Author:Danielle Dutton
“To be told that you're the voice of your generation is such an incredible amount of pressure, and I haven't faced that. Maybe by the time our third record rolls around, I will. My goals are to be a band like that in five years. At the moment, though, I can't really relate in any sense to the scale that Kurt Cobain fame has reached.” YearsI CanMomentsGoalVoiceRecordsFiveGenerationsHavensAmountFameBandThirdsPressureIncrediblesScalesRelateFive YearsCobain Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“I think there's a danger that some people look at the success of my first movie as a fluke. So I want to make sure that my second film is an even bigger success. Then if I direct my third movie and it's terrible, it'll be okay.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantFirstsLooksFilmDangerTerribleDirectOkayThirdsBiggerFlukes Author:Paul Reubens
“The brutality of the pace. This was my third presidential campaign and it was a thousand times faster paced than my first one in 2004. The news cycle is constant and there has been an explosion in the number of news outlets covering them. As as result we're witnessing news and entertainment melding together to create what I'd describe as the "American Idolization" of campaigns and politics.” FirstsHas BeensTogetherResultsNumbersThousandNewsThirdsConstantEntertainmentCampaignsFasterPresidentialCyclesPaceOutletsExplosionsCoveringBrutalityPresidential Campaign Author:Kevin Madden
“We've looked at sleep diaries of patients with insomnia, and they'll say that they don't sleep for one or two days. And the body actually has a natural function, after about the third day to start catching up and you get a little bit more sleep the third night. And that's usually what I tell my patients.” LittlesTwoBodyNightBitsNaturalSleepLittle BitThirdsFunctionPatientDiariesInsomniaCatchingTwo DaysCatching Up Author:Shelby Harris
“When they [people with insomnia] start worrying about not sleeping, I'll say, "Say the mantra to myself; if I don't sleep tonight, I'll likely sleep tomorrow, and if not tomorrow then definitely the third" because our body has a way of naturally catching up.” PeopleIfsWayBodySleepWorryTomorrowThirdsTonightInsomniaCatchingMantrasCatching UpNot Sleeping Author:Shelby Harris
“When you have a transportation system that the price of propellant is essentially negligible something is very wrong. If you look at any other transportation system, a car, a motorcycle, a train, an oil tanker, an airliner, you name it; about a quarter to a third of the operating cost is buying the propellant.” IfsLooksNamesCarCostThirdsTrainOilBuyingQuartersTransportationMotorcycle Author:Burt Rutan
“People seem to think, because of the way that the media has appropriated third-wave feminism or young feminism, that all young feminists are about is like pole dancing and girls gone wild and how empowering it is. Like they'll start calling anything feminist.” PeopleThinkingWaySeemsYoungGirlGoneFeminismMediaCallingThirdsDancingWaveFeministEmpoweringPole Dancing Author:Jessica Valenti
“I saw an article where the manager of the Pussycat Dolls, which is kind of this like striptease band, girl band, said, oh well, the girls are totally third-wave feminist. This is what third-wave feminism is about. Like you don't get to use that word. You don't get to say that something is feminist as a way to sell back sexism to women, as a way to further consumerist ideas.” WayWellsKindSaidIdeasUseGirlSawsFeminismLike YouBandThirdsSellsWaveFeministManagersSexismArticlesDollsOh Well Author:Jessica Valenti
“Every time I feel that I really hit critical mass and I'm in the right place is when I feel like the director and I become a third thing, and that's the character.” FeelsCharacterDirectorsMassThirdsCriticalRight PlaceCritical Mass Author:Robert Downey, Jr.
“I didn't feel so different until maybe, like, around third grade. Kids started blaming me for my people killing Jesus.” PeopleFeelsDifferentKidsJesusThirdsBlameKillingGradesThird Grade Author:Sarah Silverman
“I come from the highest class of all. I am a third-generation celebrity.” ClassGenerationsHighestThirds Author:Gore Vidal
“The catchall phrase big data means three things. First, it is a bundle of technologies. Second, it is a potential revolution in measurement. And third, it is a point of view, or philosophy, about how decisions will be-and perhaps should be-made in the future” ShouldFirstsMeanMadePhilosophyBigsThreeDecisionViewsTechnologyRevolutionThirdsIntuitionPoint Of ViewDataPhrasesDecision MakingThree ThingsMeasurementBundles Author:Steve Lohr
“There is no training, classroom or otherwise, that can prepare for trading the last third of a move, whether it's the end of a bull market or the end of a bear market.” EndsLastsMovingBearsTrainingThirdsClassroomTradingBullsTradersBull Markets Author:Paul Tudor Jones
“This man [Barack Obama] does not have the interests of our country. That's not his agenda. His agenda is to bring us down to a third-world country.” MenWorldDoeCountryInterestThirdsOur CountryBarackAgendasThird WorldThird World Countries Author:Ted Cruz
“The very first day that President [Barack] Obama was inaugurated, his first act as a president was to rescind that ban on third-trimester abortions. And he's even carried it further. Now, even if the baby is born alive, they have the right to kill that baby. It is an abomination.” IfsFirstsPresidentBornAliveBabyThirdsBarackAbortionBansPresident Barack ObamaAbomination Author:Ted Cruz
“[Barack] Obama, for example, he has not given up on cap-and-trade. Now, he has not been able to pass cap-and-trade, but cap-and-trade is all about redistribution of wealth in a global basis - taking money out of this country and giving it to third-world countries on the other end of the ocean. And that is redistribution of wealth in a global basis. It's fundamental Marxism.” WorldGivingEndsCountryAbleGivenWealthExampleOceanThirdsBasesFundamentalsTradeBarackMarxismGiven UpCapsThird WorldThird World CountriesRedistribution Of Wealth Author:Rafael Cruz
“The problem the world faces today is that only one-third of the world's population lives in decent circumstances, while half the population of the world lives on one or two dollars a day. And even as we have this poverty and backwardness, we are facing a global environmental crisis. We need developmental models that will take into account the specific and unique position of each country and at the same time will address the environmental crisis.” WorldNeedsTwoCountryProblemTodayFacesHalfPovertyPositionCircumstancesUniqueModelsThirdsAccountsCrisisDollarsEnvironmentalPopulationDecentAddressesDevelopmentalWorld LifeEnvironmental Crisis Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“We used to have just one criterion and that was profit, and then another criterion was added - social welfare. Now we have to add the third important criterion, and that is nature and the environment.” ImportantUsedSocialEnvironmentThirdsAddProfitWelfareJust OneCriteriaSocial Welfare Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“I don't think he would have had any trouble answering Justice Sonia Sotomayor's excellent challenge in a case involving GPS surveillance. She said we need an alternative to this whole way of thinking about the privacy now which says that when you give data to a third party, you have no expectations of privacy. And [Louis] Brandeis would have said nonsense, of course you have expectations of privacy because it's intellectual privacy that has to be protected. That's my attempt to channel him on some of those privacy questions.” ThinkingWayNeedsGivingSaidWholeCoursesChallengesJusticePartyCasesTroubleIntellectualExpectationsThirdsDataAlternativesExcellentNonsensePrivacyProtectedWay Of ThinkingSurveillanceInvolvingThird PartiesGpsLouis Brandeis Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“The first issue that compelled me was a very strange split between India being highly development scientifically (we were the third biggest scientific manpower in the world then) and yet at the same time struggling with amazing poverty. The linear equation that says that modern science equals progress and the reduction of poverty did not apply to India. It wasn't working.” WorldFirstsPovertyStruggleIssuesProgressModernStrangeDevelopmentThirdsIndiaSplitsCompelledEquationsReductionLinearModern ScienceManpowerLinear Equations Author:Vandana Shiva
“Population control is not an issue involving contraceptives for third world women. It is an issue of ecological justice.” WorldJusticeIssuesThirdsPopulationInvolvingEcologicalThird WorldContraceptivesPopulation Control Author:Vandana Shiva
“America has a terrible educational problem in the sense that we have too many youngsters not finishing school. A third of our kids don't finish high school, 50 percent of minorities don't finish high school.” ProblemKidsSchoolAmericaTerriblePercentHigh SchoolThirdsEducationalMinoritiesFinishingYoungstersFinishing School Author:Colin Powell
“It's very hard in our adversarial society to find a third view. Take journalism, where everything is always presented as one person against another: "Now we're going to hear the opposing view." There is never a third view.” PersonsHardViewsThirdsJournalismOpposingOpposing Views Author:James Hillman
“With the second record (2012's Anxiety), I was quite jaded, and exhausted, and tired. With this third record, I feel that I've come full circle. I had gotten to the absolute pinnacle of how bad someone could feel.” FeelsRecordsAnxietyThirdsAbsolutesTiredCirclesExhaustedJadedPinnacleFull Circle Author:Ladyhawke
“Personally there is first: imagination; second: the act of writing - and third: the act/act of vocalizing.” WritingFirstsImaginationThirds Author:Anne Waldman
“It was a very comfortable and personal relationship [Cliff Martinez ].'The Neon Demon'is our third movie and the music has never been as important as for this movie.” ImportantComfortableThirdsDemonCliffsPersonal RelationshipsNeon Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“I don't know whether we'll have another Michael Jackson or Elvis, because the world's too quick to level the playing field in that regard. For example, if Michael Jackson did the moonwalk for the first time now, and it debuted on Twitter, the third comment would probably be: "He's just walking backwards."” IfsKnowsWorldFirstsLevelsExampleFieldsWalkingFirst TimeThirdsRegardCommentBackwardsPlaying FieldsWalking Backwards Author:Matthew Healy
“The problem with feminism in the second wave was that we fought so much among ourselves, and I think we did so much damage to the movement... and I think the next wave, the third wave, is women mentoring younger women and women helping younger women to enter the political process and the writing world.” ThinkingWorldWritingHelpingProblemPoliticalNextProcessFeminismMovementThirdsWaveDamageMentoring Author:Erica Jong
“My last experience of film-making was Tickets, a three-episode film in Italy, the third of which is directed by myself. It's not for me to judge whether it's a good film or a bad film, but what I could say is that nobody had a cultural or linguistic issue with what was produced.” LastsFilmThreeIssuesJudgingThirdsEpisodesTicketsGood Films Author:Abbas Kiarostami