Big Problems Quotes - Page 6

• Now, if your boss is a sadist, then you have a big problem. In that case, fire your boss and get a new job.

  Donald Trump

  Jobs, Fire, Boss

  "Trump: How to Get Rich". Book by Donald Trump and Meredith McIver, 2004.

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• The poverty rate among black married couples has been in single digits ever since 1994. You would never learn that from most of the media. Similarly you look at those blacks that have gone on to college or finished college, the incarceration rate is some tiny fraction of what it is among those blacks who have dropped out of high school. So it’s not being black; it’s a way of life. Unfortunately, the way of life is being celebrated not only in rap music, but among the intelligentsia, is a way of life that leads to a lot of very big problems for most people.

  Thomas Sowell

  Couple, Rap, School

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• Another big problem with any Australian emissions reduction scheme is that it would not make a material difference to atmospheric carbon concentrations unless the big international polluters had similar schemes.

  Tony Abbott

  Differences, Problem, Bigs

  Abbott, Tony, Tony Abbott (2009). “Battlelines”, p.172, Melbourne Univ. Publishing

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• The key thing about all the world's big problems is that they have to be dealt with collectively. If we don't get collectively smarter, we're doomed.

  Douglas Engelbart

  Keys, Digital Revolution, World

  "Intelligence in the Internet Age". New York Times, September 19, 2005.

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• If production does not increase in Iraq in an exponential way between now and 2015, we have a very big problem, even if Saudi Arabia meets its obligations. The figures are very simple, you do not need to be an expert. It is enough to know how to do a subtraction. China will grow very quickly, India also, and even Saudi Arabia projections of the 3 Mb/day will not be enough to meet the rise of Chinese demand.

  Fatih Birol

  Simple, Iraq, Chinese

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• No matter how brilliant or accomplished they are, there is something emasculating for men in being pitted against a woman. It is even more true in creative fields already considered to be "squishy" and feminine, and it's a big problem because great women have been left off the record.

  Siri Hustvedt

  Men, Creative, Matter

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• NAFTA's been a big problem for sugar.

  Collin Peterson

  Sugar, Problem, Bigs

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• If someone like myself, who is married to a white woman, who has spent my entire life building bridges, can't point out the alt-right whitelash reaction without being accused of being a racial polemecist, we're going to have a big problem.

  Van Jones

  Bridges, White, Married

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• People expect those in authority to take on big problems and to solve them. We had an opportunity to reform Social Security in a way that would have protected people's benefits and created a solvent system. Younger workers would be confident that the money they were putting into the system would be available to them when they retired. It was a missed opportunity. I regret that.

  George W. Bush

  Regret, Opportunity, People

  Source: www.aarp.org

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• If you try to make a silent movie with a normal script and you just pull out the dialogue, you will have big problems with the actors because you will ask them to tell a story that you don't know.

  Michel Hazanavicius

  Trying, Stories, Actors

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• Don't be pretentious is my first advice to young writers. This is the big problem - just because you're getting an MFA doesn't mean you have to write for the Academy. Be true to your personality. Don't temper your personality down with words. Don't build defensive fortresses around yourself with words - words are your friends.

  Gary Shteyngart

  Mean, Writing, Personality

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• My concern about Barack Obama is he ran a campaign in 2008 where he said we're going to bring people together and solve big problems. And he specifically talked about the need to reach across the aisle and deal with issues like the economy, which was obviously the top issue in 2008. It has not happened.

  Rob Portman

  Issues, People, Together

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• Usually in stories there are big problems in the beginning or couples are pulling away, there's a lot of bitterness.

  Amy Ryan

  Couple, Pulling Away, Stories

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• I think President Bush tried to step up on Social Security even though the polls showed that was unpopular. He has not been successful and backed off, but I admire people who take on big problems.

  Donna Shalala

  Successful, Thinking, People

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• Theres a stigma on the word therapy. People relate it to big problems. Thats something we have to change. Going to therapy can be very healthy. It can change the way you see things and treat others.

  Juan Pablo Galavis

  People, Healthy, Way

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• The biggest danger we face is overfishing. We literally could fish out our oceans, some scientists believe, in the next 40, 50, 60 years. We are fishing out the top of the food chain, and it's pretty crucial because about 200 million people depend on fish and fishing for their livelihood, and about a billion people, mostly in poorer countries, depend on fish for their protein. So this is a big problem. Good news is, it's fixable.

  Ted Danson

  Country, Believe, Ocean

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• You've got a big, big problem if you get caught up in what people say. If you're gonna live for what people say, you might as well lay down and forget it. Because it doesn't work that way.

  Ahmad Jamal

  People, Down And, Might

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• Media is a big problem around the world, it's powerful and can abuse its power.

  Julian Assange

  Powerful, Media, Abuse

  "A Conversation With Julian Assange". Interview with John Cook, gawker.com. November 29, 2012.

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• The big problem with power, of course, is obsession. Once you get some of it and feel it, it dominates your whole life and it's all you can think about. That doesn't have to happen.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Thinking, Problem

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• The most difficult part of making movies is to keep making them. Maybe, you could make the biggest hit in the world, but then the big problem is what to do next and how to maintain devoted to a certain instinct that I have about films.

  Emir Kusturica

  World, Next, Problem

  "Momentum and Emotion, Emir Kusturica’s 'Black Cat, White Cat'". Interview with Anthony Kaufman, www.indiewire.com. September 09, 1999.

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• That was one of the big problems when I was at Harvard studying music. We had to write choral pieces in the style of Brahms or Mendelssohn, which was distressing because in the end you realized how good Brahms is, and how bad you are.

  Elliott Carter

  Writing, Style, Pieces

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• Illegal immigrants are already a very big problem for us. We are already taking big steps to disallow illegal immigrants from coming in.

  Antonis Samaras

  Steps, Problem, Bigs

  Source: www.slate.com

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• I have a problem with Mitt Romney. And it's big problem - one that extends beyond our ideological differences. My big concern is that Mitt Romney wants to become president for no other reason than because there's a possibility he can win.

  Jennifer Granholm

  Winning, Differences, President

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• Domestic violence and violence against women in general seems to be a big problem everywhere in the world. It seems to me this problem comes from stress, pent up anger, frustration, and all kinds of negativity within human beings.

  David Lynch

  Stress, Frustration, Negativity

  "His Mission to Change the World Through Meditation". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 9, 2014.

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• I think one of the big problems we have got - and police tell me this - is most police don't know how to deal with mental health problems. And so we need better mental health response.

  Hillary Clinton

  Thinking, Police, Needs

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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