Demographics Quotes - Page 4

• I feel like I've always had gay fans, I don't think my dating a woman has changed my demographic, but it certainly changed the way I feel about politics.

  Sia Furler

  Gay, Thinking, Dating

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• The Democrat Party, particularly with demographic shifts taking, would love to get rid of the Electoral College.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Party, College, Democrat

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• There are two ways that you can gain territory from another group. One is by conquest. That's essentially the way we took California from Mexico and... Texas as well. But what's going on now may end up being a kind of recolonization of the Southwest, because the other way you can regain territory is by population infiltration and demographic dominance.... The United States will be faced with the problem that Canada has been faced with... and which our system is not prepared to accommodate.

  Eugene McCarthy

  Two, California, Texas

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• Treating an age group as a demographic requires coming up with something that's common to every single one of them. Right?... So it's reductionist in that it reduces an entire segment of civilization down to one person with one habit.

  Douglas Rushkoff

  Civilization, Age, Groups

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• It's an under-represented demographic and it's a really loyal fan base and it's really nice to play those roles without making a big deal about it or making too much comment, because the more we normalise it the better. You're not defined by your sexuality but by what you do.

  Jaime Murray

  Nice, Play, Fans

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• America's demographic shift was obvious to everyone in the 2010 Census - but Republicans stubbornly rejected math, facts, and polls to their electoral peril. While Republicans tailored their platform by and for the pale stale and male, among us, Obama and Democrats are embracing America's diverse mosaic.

  Christine Pelosi

  Math, America, Males

  "President Obama and Democrats Won Embracing Demography as Destiny" by Christine Pelosi, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 7, 2012.

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• Mr. Cain would structurally change the voting demographic. There would be more black economic conservatives, and the Democrats would lose their stranglehold on the black vote.

  Alveda King

  Voting, Black, Would Be

  "Why the Establishment Wants to Destroy Herman Cain" by Dr. Alveda King, www.foxnews.com. November 9, 2011.

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• The opportunity and the concept of merging music culture with actual boxing is exciting. It's bringing a younger demographic to the sport.

  Curtis Jackson

  Sports, Opportunity, Boxing

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• I have a very broad demographic, from the 8-year-old who knows every word to 'Ice Ice Baby' and the college kid who grew up on 'Ninja Rap' to the soccer mom and grandparent.

  Vanilla Ice

  Soccer, Mom, Baby

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• You gain and lose different things in different mediums or different sectors of different mediums. There are liberties you get on tiny indie films in terms of not having to be designed toward a marketing demographic.

  Anna Paquin

  Marketing, Liberty, Different

  Interview with Michael Martin, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 25, 2008.

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• Candidates don’t want to be associated with poor people, people who have jobs or are ugly; they want to be associated with a certain middle class demographic, so as a result they leave those others out completely.

  Matt Taibbi

  Jobs, Class, People

  "The Bad Boy On the Bus: An Interview With Matt Taibbi". Interview with Janelle Nanos, www.motherjones.com. April 19, 2005.

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• If the same energy went into marketing movies to women as they do on the other demographics we might see more of a spike.

  Callie Khouri

  Marketing, Energy, Might

  "Interview with Callie Khouri, Director of Mad Money". www.huffingtonpost.com. January 17, 2008.

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• I do a lot of books on tape for Beverly Cleary, and another 'Smurfs' shout-out for that demographic.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Book, Tape, Smurf

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• I would have loved to do 'Alice in Wonderland.' Being a 'Bond' girl would always be fun. We had a lot of action in 'Eclipse' and I'd definitely like to continue down the action road. I want to do a romantic period piece, but those are really hard to get made because they're very expensive and there's not a huge demographic.

  Ashley Greene

  Girl, Fun, Wonderland

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• I hope to have one more boxing match at the age of 55. Given that demographic at the age of 55 to 65, you've got to make a statement with your life. Otherwise, you are just existing.

  George Foreman

  Boxing, Age, Given

  "George Foreman: Giving Life an Extra Punch". Interview with Scott Ross, www.cbn.com.

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• I really like the old stuff that I cut my musical teeth on, and I loved it when the industry was just like that, without really a genre. Today, country radio's more aimed at a demographic than a genre. It just softens everything.

  Gary Allan

  Country, Cutting, Musical

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• Our mandate at Nerdist is that we only get involved with nice people around things that we love. We have the luxury of being in the demographic that we're programming for.

  Chris Hardwick

  Nice, Luxury, People

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• Obama's coalition would have consigned him to the political margins as little as 12 years ago, but the nation's demographic changes are moving far more quickly than most Republicans anticipated.

  John Podhoretz

  Moving, Years, Political

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• There are four headwinds that are just hitting the American economy in the face: They're demographics, education, debt and inequality. They're powerful enough to cut growth in half.

  Robert J. Gordon

  Powerful, Educational, Cutting

  "The Death of Innovation, the End of Growth". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2013.

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• I wish you would be more true to your demographic profile. Life is confusing enough.

  Tony Kushner

  Confusing, Wish, Would Be

  Tony Kushner (1993). “Angels in America: a gay fantasia on national themes”

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• Cultural legacies are powerful forces. They have deep roots and long lives. They persist, generation after generation, virtually intact, even as the economic and social and demographic conditions that spawned them have vanished, and they play such a role in directing attitudes and behavior that we cannot make sense of our world without them.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Powerful, Attitude, Our World

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• Daytime television, you can tell who’s watching by the three kinds of commercials. Either it’s clinics for drying out drunks. Or it’s law firms who want to settle injury suits. Or it’s schools offering mail-order vocational degrees to make you a bookkeeper. A private detective. Or a locksmith. If you’re watching daytime television, this is your new demographic. You’re a drunk. Or a cripple. Or an idiot.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  School, Offering, Order

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• Some calamities - the 1929 stock market crash, Pearl Harbor, 9/11 - have come like summer lightning, as bolts from the blue. The looming crisis of America's Ponzi entitlement structure is different. Driven by the demographics of an aging population, its causes, timing and scope are known.

  George Will

  Summer, Blue, America

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• By now, everyone I know is one of seven strangers, inevitably hoping to represent a predefined demographic and always failing horribly. The Read World is the real world is The Real World is the read world. It’s the same true story, even when it isn’t.

  Chuck Klosterman

  Real, Stories, World

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• Sometimes I forget how much I like riding the bike." Most chicks do," I said. "Roar of the engine and so on." Murphy's blue eyes glittered with annoyance and anticipation. "Pig. You really enjoy dropping all women together in the same demographic, don't you?" It's not my fault all women like motorcycles, Murph. They're basically huge vibrators. With wheels.

  Jim Butcher

  Eye, Pigs, Blue

  Jim Butcher (2004). “Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files”, p.152, Penguin

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