“I talked to a lot of Black Lives activists in various states. What I learned is that the relationship of police departments around the country with the black community is far, far more severe and awful than I had originally known.” CountryStatesBlackCommunityKnownPoliceVariousAwfulDepartmentActivistSevereBlack CommunityBlack LivesPolice Department Author:Bernie Sanders
“There are abusive practices that have been used in connection with various mental attitudes or feelings. Over-medication in respect to depression is an example that comes to mind. The aversive therapies that have been used in connection with same-sex attraction have contained some serious abuses that have been recognized over time within the professions.” MindHas BeensFeelingsUsedSexAttitudePracticeExampleSeriousConnectionsAbuseVariousAttractionProfessionTherapyMedicationAbusiveMental Attitude Author:Dallin H. Oaks
“Justin's testimony about becoming a Christian is that he had been searching various philosophical traditions of the time, and then accidentally encountered a man who posed questions that pointed Justin [Martyr ] in a new direction.” MenChristianBecomingTraditionPhilosophicalVariousTestimonyMartyrJustinNew Directions Author:Larry Hurtado
“I am quite confident that there are numerous discussions going in various "deep states" throughout the world about how to contain Trump's America geopolitically and economically, given the early indications that his policies will intensify conflict in many parts of the world.” WorldStatesAmericaGivenPolicyTrumpConflictVariousDiscussionIndication Author:Richard A. Falk
“I don't [even] know the number of books on Abraham Lincoln. Ten thousand, twelve thousand? I have seen various numbers. It seems like every generation is always trying to come to terms with Lincoln.” KnowsTryingBookSeemsTermNumbersGenerationsThousandTenVariousTwelveAlways TryingAbraham Author:Eric Foner
“Pentecostals believe they experience the power of the Holy Spirit at various times. I believe that also since I have experienced it first-hand. It's not something that can be easily explained.” FirstsBelieveHandsSpiritI BelieveHolyVariousHoly Spirit Author:Jeff Gannon
“Of course, we are to pray for spiritual awakening, and in various ways we can do something toward it. But we must remember that neither Paul nor Apollos gives the increase.” WayGivingRememberSpiritualCoursesCan DoPrayingIncreaseVariousAwakeningSpiritual AwakeningCan Do Something Author:C. S. Lewis
“Some of [Donald Trump] comments can be interpreted as potentially reducing the threat of nuclear war. The major threat right now is right on the Russian border. Notice, not the Mexican border, the Russian border. And it's serious. He has made various statements moving towards reducing the tensions, accommodating Russian concerns and so on.” MadeWarMovingSeriousTrumpRight NowMajorsConcernThreatVariousNuclearStatementsBordersTensionCommentMexicanReducingNuclear WarMexican Border Author:Noam Chomsky
“International "experts" from technical assistance agencies or universities can make important contributions, but they certainly don't have all the answers. When ownership is local and national, and various stakeholders work together, program innovations have a greater chance to take root and survive.” ImportantTogetherChanceAnswersGreaterProgramRootsInnovationUniversityInternationalVariousLocalsExpertsAgencyContributionWorking TogetherOwnershipAssistanceStakeholderImportant Contributions Author:Ruth Simmons
“How do we solve the problem by allowing a number of refugees to return to Israel, allowing a number of refugees to return to the Palestinian state, and allowing a number of refugees to settle, with general compensation, where they want to settle? It is not an abstract problem. It involves four million human beings, and more than fifty years of various sorts of misery. But it is not an insolvable problem. It involves some good will, and a readiness to give up historic myths on both sides.” WantGivingYearsHumansStatesProblemSidesHuman BeingsNumbersMillionsFourReturnGiving UpMiseryVariousIsraelSolveMythSettlingAbstractFiftyAllowingPalestinianBoth SidesRefugeeHistoricCompensationGood WillReadiness Author:Uri Avnery
“Going to places like Honduras, Nicaragua, and various African countries you get to see very clearly what the cause and effect is. We finance the obnoxious elites in those countries and they exploit their people so we don't have to say that we're doing the exploiting but nevertheless we are benefiting from it.” PeopleCountryCausesEffectsVariousFinanceElitesNeverthelessExploitsCause And EffectObnoxiousNicaraguaHonduras Author:Bruce Cockburn
“Donald Trump may undermine some of the traditional checks on the presidency: the press in particular, but also the various government and Congressional ethics bodies, as well as the career civil service.” WellsMayBodyGovernmentCareersParticularTrumpEthicsPressesVariousChecksTraditionalPresidencyCivil Service Author:Anne Applebaum
“This uses a lens system, which I have used for years in various different ways, but I've never used it in the context of an interview. This is the very first time that I've done that. It's a lens called The Revolution, so it allowed me to interview Elsa [Dorfman] and actually operate the camera. Well one of the cameras, because there were four cameras there.” WayYearsFirstsWellsDifferentDoneUseUsedFourRevolutionFirst TimeCamerasVariousDifferent WaysInterviewsLensesElsa Author:Errol Morris
“I've been involved in doing advertising for various elections and I just couldn't see doing anti-Trump advertising in this election. My line has been, "How could you do anything worse that what he does himself?".” DoeHas BeensLinesTrumpInvolvedElectionVariousAdvertising Author:Errol Morris
“Understand stakeholder symmetry: Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders.” GroupsBalanceClaimsVariousAppropriateCompetingSymmetryStakeholder Author:Warren G. Bennis
“In the final analysis, all explanations of meaning, various as they are, serve to indicate how something is 'appropriate' in and to our practices, our lives in effect.” PracticeOur LivesEffectsFinalsVariousAnalysisExplanationAppropriate Author:David E. Cooper
“The Russian myth that they broadcast to the world, and have their various surrogates in the West repeat, is that somehow the West took advantage of them, that we were mean to them. That writes out of history everything Strobe Talbott and Bill Clinton tried to do with Boris Yeltsin. Strobe Talbott leaned forward doing everything he could to help the Russians, and frankly, I have little patience for the notion that we gave them nothing but bad advice.” WorldWritingMeanLittlesHelpingAdviceAdvantageBillsWestClintonNotionVariousMythRepeatsSurrogatesBad Advice Author:Daniel Fried
“Shamefulness is always a huge part of my characterizations. I like protagonists that reveal, either through "honesty" in their various thought processes or via their actions, perhaps telling us things they're not so keen on disclosing through their interactions with the outside world. Probably both during the duration of a novel.” WorldActionProcessNovelHonestyHugeVariousInteractionOutside WorldDurationProtagonistsThought ProcessCharacterization Author:Joshua Mohr
“Having been brought up among the biologists and having followed various debates about ways to improve the human template and other debates about the true nature of our nature, I began seriously to wonder: What if? We hold in our hands a tool that is more powerful - for good or ill - than any we have wielded before.” IfsWayHumansHandsPowerfulWonderToolsIllVariousDebateWhat IfTrue NatureBiologist Author:Margaret Atwood
“If you're dealing with grappling [with] problems of feeding people, the biggest impact in fertility reduction is girls' schools. Schooled girls make a bigger impact on that than any other factor - not these various regulations [such as] you have to have one child or that. It turns out that none of these are effective.” PeopleIfsChildrenProblemSchoolTurnsGirlBiggerImpactVariousFactorsRegulationFeedingReductionSchooledFertilityGrappling Author:Amartya Sen
“In fact, various lawyers' groups - to some extent in the U.S. but mostly in England and Canada and elsewhere - are bringing demands for a war crimes trial for the crime of aggression. However, though the invasion of Iraq was plainly an act of aggression, it doesn't break any records.” WarFactsBreakRecordsGroupsCrimeDemandEnglandIraqVariousLawyerTrialsCanadaElsewhereAggressionInvasionWar Crimes Author:Noam Chomsky
“There are many concepts of spirituality, among them, various notions of divinity developed in the Judaeo-Christian-Islamic religions. Within these the concepts vary greatly.” ChristianSpiritualityConceptsNotionVariousIslamicDivinityVary Author:Noam Chomsky
“Who wrote the Bible? Current scholarship, to my knowledge, assumes that the material that constitutes the Old Testament was put together from various oral and folk traditions (many of them going far back) in the Hellenistic period. That was one of several currents, of which the collection that formed the New Testament was another.” TogetherMaterialsPeriodsTraditionAssumingFolksCurrentsVariousCollectionsTestamentNew TestamentScholarshipOld Testament Author:Noam Chomsky
“In the 1960s, various parts of the population became energized and began to enter the public arena to call for the rights of women, students, young people, old people, farmers and workers. What are called "special interests" - meaning the whole population - they began to press to enter the public arena. And they said that puts too much pressure on the state and therefore we have to have more moderation in democracy and they should go back and be quiet and obedient.” PeopleShouldSaidStatesWholeYoungInterestDemocracyToo MuchRightsSpecialStudentsQuietPressurePressesWorkersPopulationVariousFarmersThey SaidModerationOld PeopleArena1960sObedientSpecial Interests Author:Noam Chomsky
“[The Republican Party] for example, they do run the House of Representatives, they're a majority there, and it's the House that is essentially sending the government into shutdown and maybe default. But they won the majority of seats there because of various kinds of chicanery. They got a minority of the votes, but a majority of the seats, and they're using them to press forward an agenda which is extremely harmful to the public.” KindGovernmentRunningHousePartyExampleRepublicanVoteMajorityPressesVariousSeatsMinoritiesAgendasRepresentativesRepublican PartyDefaultHouse Of RepresentativesChicanery Author:Noam Chomsky
“When the wind blows across the various continents, it does not bring with it the nationalities of the countries through which it passes. So likewise with Life.” DoeCountryWindBlowVariousContinentsNationality Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“Artists are often having very similar conversations across the various disciplines through which they choose to excel, but you rarely see them exist in the same pages or spaces.” ArtistSpaceDisciplineConversationPagesVarious Author:Michael Salu
“Various studies indicate that with age people gain more wisdom about life and are somehow happier than younger people. This is especially true if, as we age, we learn how to become more generous, altruistic, and peaceful.” PeopleIfsAgeStudyGainsVariousPeacefulGenerous Author:Matthieu Ricard
“Of course, art in and of itself gives me some feeling of elation or power and is in some way curative. But actually what's interesting at the end of the day is the various interpretations and conversations between us. Something that exists between us is probably better than you and better than me.” WayGivingArtEndsFeelingsCoursesInterestingConversationGive MeVariousThe End Of The DayInterpretationBetter Than YouElation Author:Sarah Morris
“Being an older person now, I'm finding that people are calling me to play various things. Variations on the theme of mother, caretaker, and in some cases, doctors, heads of organizations and things like that. For some people, I'm finally old enough to play those roles. We see men playing them when they're a little bit younger, and also in roles that call for some form of conflict and violence, either generating it or trying to curtail it. Women don't seem to be a big part of those common and often used movie themes.” PeopleMenTryingLittlesPersonsEnoughPlayBigsSeemsFormUsedMotherBitsCommonRolesCasesViolenceCallingConflictFindingsLittle BitDoctorsOrganizationVariousThemeVariationCaretakers Author:Barbara Crampton
“The idea of a post-religious society is a fantasy, ultimately. Human beings are, by nature, religious in various ways.” WayHumansIdeasReligiousHuman BeingsFantasyVariousPosts Author:Ross Douthat
“My own opinion is that the suburban project is over. We are done. We don't know it yet. For about five years or so the people who deliver all that crap - developers, realtors, various money people - have kicked back waiting for the system to get going again, to resume all their accustomed behavior. They wait in vain. They just haven't figured out that we face a new disposition of things.” PeopleKnowsYearsDoneFacesWaitingMy OwnOpinionFiveHavensBehaviorProjectsVariousVainFive YearsCrapDispositionAccustomedResumesDevelopersRealtors Author:James Howard Kunstler
“I'm very happy. I like my work and I like the various aspects of it - going around the world, teaching the gospel according to St. Albert - I like that. And seeing clients, doing group therapy, writing books.” WorldWritingBookSeeingGroupsTeachingAspectVariousAround The WorldTherapyClientsVery HappyWriting A BookGroup Therapy Author:Albert Ellis
“There are gonna be elections coming up among our NATO allies that we have to pay attention to. I anticipate that this kind of thing can happen again here. And so in addition to the report assessing what exactly happened, what we have also done is to make sure that the Department of Homeland Security and our intelligence teams are working with the various folks who run our elections.” KindDoneHappensRunningPayAttentionHappenedTeamSecurityElectionFolksVariousPay AttentionDepartmentReportsAlliesAnticipateHomelandNatoHomeland SecurityAssessingDepartment Of Homeland Security Author:Barack Obama
“In fact, I believe to a certain extent a person today who starts with just clay, with no drawing and no painting and no figure drawing, still-life drawing, various things, they miss a great deal.” BelievePersonsStillsFactsTodayCertainI BelieveDealsMissingFiguresPaintingVariousDrawingClayStill Life Author:Warren MacKenzie
“Chicago is a wonderful area because it's blessed with a tremendous number of museums of various sorts, not only the Art Institute of Chicago but the Field Museum of Natural History, the Oriental Museum on the south side.” ArtSidesNaturalNumbersWonderfulFieldsAreasBlessedSouthVariousMuseumsChicagoInstituteNatural HistoryMuseum Of Natural History Author:Warren MacKenzie
“Let's say I'm on the policy wonk end of the spectrum. As much as I can dive into a briefing book and really work to master various subjects that come before my desk, I'm still not an expert on a huge amount of the stuff that we work on.” StillsI CanBookEndsStuffSubjectsPolicyMastersHugeAmountVariousExpertsDesksSpectrumBriefing Author:Barack Obama
“If we're not there making the argument then the cultural gulf that Republicans try to exploit saying, "Ah, these city slickers: they're all looking down on you, they don't care about you. They're just trying to help out their various special interest constituencies," that argument ends up being successful.” IfsTryingEndsHelpingCareInterestCitiesSuccessfulSpecialRepublicanArgumentVariousDon't CareBeing SuccessfulExploitsSpecial InterestsLooking Down Author:Barack Obama
“Of course, the process of curating is different from art making. Exhibition-making is a process that involves collaboration with various participating artists.” ArtDifferentArtistCoursesProcessVariousCollaborationParticipatingExhibitionsArt Making Author:Yasumasa Morimura
“I have always thought that it would be nice to not complete the exhibition in one place and close off the others as a result. Exhibitions should connect with various locations and promote exchange and interaction.” ShouldWould BeResultsNiceVariousInteractionBeing NiceLocationExhibitions Author:Yasumasa Morimura
“[The Women's Room by Marilyn French] was in my house somewhere, blew my mind, I was changed forever. And then I continued to read it at various points in my life, and it sort of opens up in a different way.” WayMindDifferentHouseRoomsForeverChangedVariousDifferent Ways Author:June Diane Raphael
“On a nationwide basis, I would guess that the various churches would have to pay annually an amount at least equal to the national debt. But it's impossible for me to make an exact estimate, because the churches hide their wealth in every way they can - deliberate falsification as to the value of property, registering it under phony names in order to obscure the fact that the Church owns the property.” WayFactsValuesOrderNamesChurchWealthPayImpossibleAmountEqualBasesPropertyVariousDebtObscureDeliberatePhonyNational DebtFalsification Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“I never put myself in a box. I like to have various different types of songs and different genres and situational songs. No matter is going on, I have something for that time or era.” DifferentMatterSongTypeBoxesVariousErasGenreDifferent Genres Author:Adrian Marcel
“We know the potentiality of Nigeria and the talent and the resources and to see it having no effect on the lives of the people, on the infrastructure, the roads, the hospitals, the schools, seeing no effect of these talents, these recourses is very frustrating. But it is the result of the damage that was done to the country, especially during the various military regimes.” PeopleKnowsCountryDoneSchoolResultsSeeingEffectsTalentMilitaryResourcesVariousDamageHospitalsRegimesFrustratingInfrastructureNigeriaRecourse Author:Chinua Achebe
“We can study various psychic functions and also the more primitive sensory functions, such as seeing, hearing, and so on, which constitute our image of our everyday world. They have a material side and the psychic side. And that is a gap which you cannot explain.” WorldSidesStudySeeingMaterialsFunctionEverydayVariousHearingGapsPrimitivePsychicsSensory Author:Albert Hofmann
“We can study material processes and various processes at the energetic level, that is what we can do as natural scientists. And then there comes something quite different, the psychic experience, which remains a mystery.” DifferentProcessCan DoNaturalLevelsStudyMysteryMaterialsScientistRemainsVariousPsychicsEnergetic Author:Albert Hofmann
“I had a period in my life, maybe a decade or so, in which I was involved in that kind of thing, associating with the elite of various segments of society. It always made me extremely uncomfortable. I couldn't wait to get out of there and change my clothes. The good part about that was getting home and changing into my regular clothes. Taking off the suit and the tie, taking off the tight shoes, and just relaxing. Being away from that stuff. It was stimulating, but I never liked it. I always felt it was a terrible, terrible burden.” KindMadeHomeFeltStuffWaitingInvolvedPeriodsTerribleClothesShoesVariousBurdenDecadesSuitsUncomfortableTiesElites Author:Mark Helprin
“I've always been terribly uninterested in criticism. And one of the reasons, I just thought recently, is that you know there are various schools of criticism that will compete, and one will supercede the other.” KnowsReasonSchoolCriticismVariousUninterested Author:Mark Helprin
“Words become, 'product', so that it is as though you'd bought a 'hand-cooked' packet of crisps; there are different makes, various flavours, but in the end, they're all rather similar and while eating them while sipping white wine makes you feel posher than if you'd bought the bog-standard ones, afterwards you don't remember very much about them.” IfsFeelsDifferentEndsHandsRememberWhiteProductsEatingStandardsWineVariousCrispsFlavourSippingBogsWhite Wine Author:Suhayl Saadi
“I always see these landscapes in my dreams, and feel happy. I desperately try to transform these dreams into artwork, so that even while napping, I construct and reconstruct various images.” FeelsTryingDreamVariousLandscapeConstructsArtwork Author:Yayoi Kusama