“From Wall Street to Drive was almost a year, when I didn't do anything 'cause there was just nothing that was significantly different from the things I'd done before. There was just nothing to explore.” YearsDifferentDoneCausesStreetsWall Author:Carey Mulligan
“Baseball is a lot like the ivy-covered wall of Wrigley Field--it gives off a great appearance, but when you run into it, you discover the bricks underneath. At times, it seems that we're dealing with a group of men who aren't much different than others we've all run into over the years, except they wear neckties instead of robes and hoods.” MenGivingYearsDifferentSeemsRunningGroupsFieldsWallBaseballAppearanceCoveredBricksHoodRobesIvyNecktiesWrigley Field Author:Hank Aaron
“You've got to remember, the older you get the slower you get. I've seen a lot of players get old ... if I can have a good season in 1972 and come back with another good one, well, that's different. I might not quit. But two bad ones back to back and staying home would be written on the wall.” IfsWellsI CanTwoDifferentHomeMightWould BeRememberPlayerWrittenWallSeasonsQuittingStaying Author:Hank Aaron
“The idea of the walls of monastery was to keep everybody else out because you wanted to develop a certain type of life. Most people in the world had different ideas on the subject.” PeopleWorldIdeasDifferentWantedCertainSubjectsWallTypeMonasteriesDifferent Ideas Author:Frederick Lenz
“The rich believe that they're different and that it is their right to pay a much lower tax rate. The response that you see from people on Wall Street, their dismissal and their almost contempt for the concerns about their culpability in the financial crisis, about the income inequality, shows that they are completely out of touch.” PeopleBelieveDifferentShowsPayRichStreetsWallTaxesConcernCrisisResponseRateFinancialIncomeInequalityContemptFinancial CrisisIncome InequalityDismissalCulpability Author:Robin Wells
“I have the disadvantage of not being sociable. Wall Street men are fond of company and sport. A man makes one hundred thousand dollars there and immediately buys a yacht, begins to race fast horses, and becomes a sport generally. My tastes lie in a different direction. When business hours are over I go home and spend the remainder of the day with my wife, my children, and books of my library. Every man has natural inclinations of his own. Mine are domestic. They are not calculated to make me particularly popular in Wall Street, and I cannot help that.” MenChildrenBookDifferentHelpingHomeLyingSportsHoursNaturalRaceCompanyWifeStreetsMinesWallTasteThousandHundredHorseDollarsLibraryMy WifeEvery ManMy ChildrenInclinationDisadvantagesDifferent DirectionsYachtSociable Author:Jay Gould
“The house has to be clean and in order because I have to be able to sift through the creative disorder in my mind. The mental disorder that I'm exploring has to bounce off the walls. It has to go in and out of different rooms. If the room is not in order, then I can't distinguish which is which, and that really drives me crazy.” IfsMindI CanDifferentAbleOrderHouseRoomsCreativeCrazyWallCleanDisorderExploringBounceMental DisorderDrive Me CrazyOff The Wall Author:Alexis De Veaux
“Something I notice speaking to writers from south of Hadrians Wall is that the culture is different. At base, I think Scotland values its creative industries differently from England.” ThinkingDifferentValuesCultureCreativeWallIndustryEnglandSouthScotlandHadrianCreative Industries Author:Sara Sheridan
“I painted the words "GREAT ADVENTURE" in Beijing, Dallas, San Francisco, Copenhagen, and Japan. What it means to me is completely different to everybody else. And that's what I love about random words and phrases taken out of context: everyone applies their own context. If you want to apply something political or meaningful to a word I wrote on the side of the wall, then it's up to you.” IfsWantMeanDifferentPoliticalSidesTakenAdventureWallMeaningfulPhrasesJapanSan FranciscoUp To YouDallasGreat AdventureOf ContextBeijingCopenhagen Author:Ben Eine
“[Donald] Trump is touching a nerve because people want the wall to be built. They want to see an end to illegal immigration. They want to see it, and we all do. But we all have different ways of getting there.” PeopleWayWantDifferentEndsWallTrumpBuiltImmigrationDifferent WaysIllegalNervesTouchingIllegal Immigration Author:John Kasich
“I made a body of work, which was like trying to make movies on a wall and was made up of all different images and materials. I had the aspiration to make movies because I thought that was the cycle. I had this insane egomaniac idea that I could make movies because I made these gigantic art projects.” TryingArtMadeIdeasDifferentBodyMaterialsWallProjectsInsaneAspirationCyclesEgomaniacsArt Projects Author:Robert Longo
“The 10 or 12 artists I have known really well all my life are at least as competitive as professional athletes. They may express it in slightly different terms, but you look at the Jackson Pollocks et al., and they are as interested in wall space in the galleries as Joe Montana is in the percentage of completed passes. So the notion that symphonic conducting, or stage play, or pure art, is not a competitive business is real bullshit.” WellsLooksMayArtDifferentRealPlayArtistTermSpaceBusinessKnownStageWallPureArt IsNotionAthleteAlsBullshitPercentagesGalleryMontanaConductingProfessional AthleteStage PlayPollock Author:Tom Peters
“I do disguises for different reasons. I like to study people - be like the fly on the wall. Even if it's two old ladies sitting on a bench or some kids on a swing. Because I don't know what it's like to fit in an everyday life situation.” PeopleIfsKnowsTwoDifferentReasonKidsSituationStudyWallFitSittingEverydaySwingsDisguiseEveryday LifeBenchesOld Lady Author:Michael Jackson
“I think so much of our society is geared towards mainstream media and pop culture and so forth. And there's a huge divide between the artist and the fan. And with indie culture that wall is removed. You actually do see the musicians walking around enjoying the show. It's a distinctly different culture and for the 99% of Nirvana fans that caught up with them with Nevermind, my book is gonna give them a whole different take on Kurt [Cobain] and the band.” ThinkingGivingBookDifferentWholeShowsArtistCultureEnjoyFansMediaHugeWallWalkingBandMusicianCaughtPopsOur SocietyDividesMainstreamCaught UpPop CultureDifferent CulturesMainstream MediaCobainNevermind Author:Bruce Pavitt
“When I see a wall that's hung with different objects, framed or unframed, what I like about it is its fluidity and rule-breaking nature. Just experiment a bit.” DifferentBitsObjectsWallExperimentsHungFramedFluidity Author:Nate Berkus
“I think there simply comes a point at which you're beating your head against the wall with revision, when you're making something different but not better. For me, revision usually has more to do with making the language prettier, finding clearer images, using more active verbs.” ThinkingDifferentLanguageWallFindingsActiveVerbsRevision Author:Mary J. Miller
“One time I covered a wall with 8.5×11 pages of drawings, which made things feel a little bit different in the room.” FeelsLittlesMadeDifferentBitsRoomsWallLittle BitPagesDrawingCoveredOne Time Author:Jason Polan
“We used a racquetball and threw it off the wall as hard as we could, then tracked it down with our eyes and feet. Nike has new balls that bounce all sorts of different directions and really help you learn to track the ball and move your feet to react quickly.” DifferentHardHelpingEyeMovingUsedFeetWallBallsTrackBounceDifferent DirectionsNikeOff The WallRacquetball Author:Antonio Cromartie
“The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.” MenDifferentJusticePowerfulWallTerribleEthicsVoteInstrumentsInjusticeCivil RightsVotingMost PowerfulDestroyingFairnessBreaking DownRight To VoteElections And VotingVoting Rights ActInspirational VotingLbjVoting Day Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
“Scripture is vast, and people can pick and choose what they emphasize, and so for hundreds of years verses that said that you are to welcome the stranger, that with Christ there's neither Jew nor Greek, male nor female, we've broken down the dividing wall with the original church, where Christians were first called Christian was the church of Antioch in which for the first time you had Jews, Gentiles of all different ethnicities come together as one people. That's when they were called Christians.” PeopleYearsFirstsSaidDifferentChristianTogetherChristChurchBrokenWallPicksFirst TimeFemaleOriginalsMalesJewStrangerScriptureWelcomeGreekVersesEthnicityDividingBroken DownGentilesTogether As OneAntioch Author:Michael Emerson
“But we did see the process develop. I remember going to the Rocket Pictures base and they had something like 40 people there, drawing. They didn't know what the characters looked like yet and I remember on the walls seeing 30 or 40 different versions of Juliet. So, it was then that I realised that someone's got to come in and make some really executive decisions.” PeopleKnowsDifferentCharacterRememberProcessDecisionSeeingWallDrawingVersionsExecutivesRocketsRealisedJuliet Author:Matt Lucas
“Monica Langley has a great piece in The Wall Street Journal about how they're trying to create different kinds of moments for Donald Trump, as opposed to just him shouting at rallies. They're trying to get him in classrooms, and in churches, and in diners and places where he can make a more personal connection.” TryingKindDifferentMomentsChurchPiecesStreetsWallTrumpConnectionsDifferent KindsClassroomJournalShoutingDinersMonicaWall Street JournalPersonal Connection Author:Bill Burton
“The question is how does Hilary Clinton fit in this broader network? She's a centralising cog. You've got a lot of different gears in operation from the big banks like Goldman Sachs and major elements of Wall Street, and Intelligence and people in the State Department and the Saudis.” PeopleDoeDifferentStatesBigsStreetsWallFitElementsMajorsClintonOperationsDepartmentGearsSaudisCogsGoldman SachsHilary Clinton Author:Julian Assange
“If you're a realist, you know that people have different roles to play in politics, economics, and this is an important role, but I do think that there has to be an understanding of how what happens here on Wall Street has such broad consequences not just for the domestic but the global economy, so more thought has to be given to the process and transactions and regulations so that we don't kill or maim what works, but we concentrate on the most effective way of moving forward with the brainpower and the financial power that exists here.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayImportantDifferentPlayHappensMovingGivenProcessUnderstandingRolesEconomyStreetsWallConsequenceEconomicsFinancialMoving ForwardBroadsRegulationRealistTransactionsGlobal Economy Author:Hillary Clinton
“There are a lot of different ways of getting Mexico to contribute to doing this. And there are different ways of defining how exactly they pay for it. [Donald Trump] has a promise that he made to the American people which is to secure our border. A wall is a big part of that.” PeopleWayMadeDifferentBigsPayWallTrumpPromiseSecureBordersDifferent WaysMexicoDefining Author:Paul Ryan
“I'm not going to Wall Street [after the presidency]. The amount of time that I'll be investing in issues is going to be high. But it'll be necessarily in a different capacity.” DifferentIssuesStreetsWallAmountCapacityInvestingPresidency Author:Barack Obama
“I think that America is an ideal place for the privileged homeless, who are used to different cultures. It's easiest and most accommodating because it is a country of exiles and immigrants and newcomers. There are no walls, in that sense. There is always the sense that traditions are being made as we speak. So you can slot yourself in. If you are living at a distance in society, this is one of the most congenial societies to live in.” IfsThinkingMadeDifferentCountryAmericaUsedCultureSpeakWallIdealsTraditionDistanceImmigrantsPrivilegedHomelessExileDifferent CulturesNewcomers Author:Pico Iyer
“My colleagues knew I was writing poems. I never hid it from them. I don't think they ever thought I was cheating on them. So, I think they probably saw it as being rather peculiar, that I was doing that sort of thing, but nobody ever suggested I shouldn't be doing it. I think that would be different on Madison Avenue or Wall Street, where you're really expected to be doing 110 percent for the company.” ThinkingWritingDifferentWallCheating Author:Ted Kooser
“I have supported candidates whose views are very different than mine on the need the break up Wall Street banks, on the war in Iraq, on trade issues. Of course I have supported those people. My hope is that we're going to see - and I believe it is the case - we're going to see more and more strong progressives running for office. That's my hope. That's my desire. But that is up to - that decision is going to be made by people in 50 states and 435 congressional districts.” PeopleBelieveDifferentWarRunningDesireStrongI BelieveDecisionBreakWallOfficeTrade Author:Bernie Sanders
“Berlin is still a very edgy place, a very cosmopolitan place. It's a place where completely different ideas and cultures come together and clash in a very warm way. In a very warm-hearted way. It's a very young city. It's a vibrant city. It's an exciting city. It's a city that's also scarred by history. I think that's to be celebrated and graffiti is to be celebrated. Graffiti in Berlin is very different than when they spray something on the wall dividing the west bank and Israel. And should be treated as such in Berlin.” ThinkingDifferentTogetherCultureWallExcitingClashGraffiti Author:Ian Bremmer
“Trump is a partner for us who cannot be easily categorized. Putting it in the noblest way possible, his understanding of politics is a little different from ours here in Europe. The way he acts forces us Europeans to take on a new responsibility. We are not standing with our backs up against the wall, but, to put it as pithily as the German chancellor has: We can no longer rely on the U.S. the way we could in the past.” DifferentPastUnderstandingResponsibilityWallRely Author:Jean-Claude Juncker
“I love theater: I can do shows that are completely different from one another. Altar Boyz had heavy dance moves, but also a comic edge to it. And now I'm utilizing all my physical skills: jumping on walls, doing pratfalls and bits and huge takes. My whole show is basically lining up one bit after the next.” DifferentMovingWallComic Author:Andy Karl
“I think there's an interest right now in the performance aspect of artworks, instead of just hanging things on walls. We're in a moment when a lot of younger artists are looking at work from the '60s and '70s - they are looking at the pieces by Marina Abramovic or Vito Acconci. These pieces have a time element. They were performed live. To perform them again now isn't simply an homage, because it's a different audience, a different moment.” ThinkingDifferentMomentsArtistInterestAudienceWallHomage Author:Glenn Ligon
“In the 20th century there's was the long-running division in the Republican Party between what was known as Wall Street and Main Street Republicans. And sort of different expectations about the use of the federal government.” DifferentPartyWallRepublicanExpectationsRepublican Party20th Century Author:John Aldrich
“I mean I think one of the larger problems going on right now is, debate has replaced discussion. As I say you can't lump Wall Street into one category. That doesn't mean anything. Every firm has a different attitude and does different things and puts their cherries in certain places and their money in others. Some are vicious, nasty, I will cut you down at all costs to make a buck, some have a much higher moral standard.” ThinkingMeanDifferentProblemAttitudeMoralCuttingWallDebateFirmDiscussionReplacedNasty Author:John Buffalo Mailer
“Democracy is to have different ideas, even extreme ones. In democracy there is space for all of them and bridges to connect them. In Turkey we are losing those bridges, and everyone is trying to destroy spaces for the opposite side. When we look at this, Istanbul is like different courtyards divided by big, thick walls.” TryingDifferentDemocracyWallLosing Author:Burhan Sonmez
“There are people clamoring for the election of Donald Trump because they hate anyone whose skin is a slight shade different than theirs. They are calling for the eradication of Islam and want to build a wall along an arbitrary line that keeps Mexicans out of the land they probably have more of a right to cross than the people who now somehow think they have a right to be there.” PeopleThinkingDifferentHateWallSkinsElectionIslam Author:John Lurie
“I actually think history doesn't repeat itself. There are recurrent themes, but they're repeated with variations. Each time there's an immigration crisis, a threat from outside which is met with inhospitable wall building, it's different. And I think it's helpful to notice the big patterns in history, but it's also important to pay attention to the details, which makes each situation distinct from another.” ThinkingImportantDifferentAttentionSituationBuildingWallCrisisThreatImmigrationPay AttentionHelpful Author:Lucy Hughes-Hallett
“What Wall Street and credit card companies are doing is really not much different from what gangsters and loan sharks do who make predatory loans. While the bankers wear three-piece suits and don't break the knee caps of those who can't pay back, they still are destroying people's lives.” PeopleStillsDifferentThreePayCompanyBreakPiecesStreetsWallCreditCardsSuitsKneesDestroyingLoanBankersCapsSharksCredit CardGangstersPredatory Author:Bernie Sanders
“It's different when you're trying to turn something around, especially something that you built, at a time when so many constituents - the media, Wall Street, competitors, ex-employees - are all saying that Starbucks's best days are behind it, and that Schultz is never going to be able to bring it back.” TryingDifferentAbleTurnsBehindsStreetsMediaWallBuiltEmployeeCompetitorsExesConstituentsStarbucks Author:Howard Schultz
“I never think about Wall Street - why should I - but to go down there so often while filming 'Working Girl,' to become acquainted with this whole different world, and to find out what goes on behind the scenes is so interesting. There's so much of the city that you don't really bother to investigate. Ahh... New York.” ThinkingWorldShouldDifferentWholeGirlInterestingCitiesBehindsStreetsNew YorkWallGoes OnSceneBotherShould IDifferent WorldsBehind The ScenesWorking Girl Author:Sigourney Weaver