Topics Quotes - Page 19

• I believe in maximum flexibility, so I reserve the right to change my position on any subject when the external environment relating to any topic changes too.

  Henry Earl Singleton

  Believe, Environment, Position

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• I tend to agree with my husband, that to continue the conversation about something that is an important topic, particularly now, which is that of gun control, through his narrative, which is actually what's happened, I don't think it was a conscious decision of, "That's what we're going to do," but that's what seems to have happened, and that's not a bad thing.

  Katey Sagal

  Husband, Gun, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• [in 1998] I know my political ideas affect what I write but I've tried to follow the facts wherever they land. Every topic I've written about begins as a question. How do police departments behave? Why do bureaucracies function the way they do? What moral intuitions do people have? How do courts make their decisions? What do blacks want from the political system? I can honestly say I didn't know the answers to those questions when I began looking into them.

  James Q. Wilson

  Writing, Land, Ideas

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm always looking for something to engage my imagination and take me on a little mental voyage. I just want a new topic in my life.

  Steve Martin

  Imagination, Want, Littles

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• I like showing different types of comedy - showing that I could tell a story, or showing that I could do a one-liner, showing I could do stuff about music - so just trying to be versatile and talking about different topics.

  Hannibal Buress

  Talking, Trying, Different

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• I don't ever want to become Bill Maher where I have to find some strong opinion on something just because it's in the news. That's the guy that comes off like you have to be angry every week about new topics and snotty about something. That's what I'm trying to avoid.

  Doug Stanhope

  Strong, Guy, Trying

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• Everyone has their personal topics. My comedy has always been very strong on observational humor, it stems from what I see every day in my life.

  Iliza Shlesinger

  Strong, Comedy, Stem

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• I'm interested in the origins of the religious experience, how the history of religion has evolved over the last umpteen thousand years, and where religiosity is going in the future. I think that's a topic I've been chewing on for a few years; I would love to eventually work on and produce a book out of it.

  Reza Aslan

  Religious, Book, Thinking

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• The White House New Media team circulates multiple highlights each day of what people are looking for online - Twitter trending topics, popular Google searches, etc. - and it gives us a sense of what's breaking through, what isn't, and a sanity check for what the larger online population cares about at any given time.

  Daniel Pfeiffer

  Team, Media, White

  "Interview: White House’s Dan Pfeiffer on How Twitter Pressured Congress to Act on Debt Ceiling Bill". Interview with Shira Lazar, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 4, 2011.

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• There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Complaining, Leprosy, Sciatica

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.104, Harvard University Press

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• I don't like to claim that I am an expert on anything, but I have enough knowledge about climate science and climate system to be able to write scientific papers and go to meetings and talk about monsoon systems and talk about any other things that you want to discuss about climate science issues. I'm as qualified as anybody that you know on this planet on this topic.

  Willie Soon

  Writing, Issues, Climate

  "Climate Denial Goes Vegas" by Alexander Zaitchik, www.mediamatters.org. July 7, 2014.

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• I think emotion is just anything that is emotional, you know, people can feel with music. Music is already so emotional, like the strings, the chords, and the notes and the melodies and stuff. And then you throw on a topic that everyone can relate to. That's gonna be real music.

  Sam McCandless

  Real, Emotional, Thinking

  "Cold Interview With Kelly Hayes (And A Cameo From Drummer Sam Mccandless)". IGN interview, www.ign.com. August 8, 2003.

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• I don't want people to feel like they have to state something in a certain way because so-and-so might be around on the site. It's nice when people have a forum to discuss things among themselves. If you had a certain special-occasion blog I could probably contribute...I normally post on my site if I'm writing about music, and if you have a specific issue you're addressing or you want me to write about certain topics, then I'd be happy to try.

  Hilary Hahn

  Nice, Writing, Issues

  "Violinist.com interview with Hilary Hahn". Interview with Laurie Niles, www.violinist.com. October 22, 2007.

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• I really appreciate when people use their fame and their voice for more than just self-promotion, starting a dialogue about a topic or an issue much bigger than themselves.

  Questlove

  Issues, Self, Voice

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• Personal inspection at zero altitude. The stories come from my life - if not my own experiences, then about topics and subjects that interest me.

  Gary Paulsen

  Zero, Stories, Interest

  "Author Interview: Gary Paulsen". Interview with Amanda Lynch, www.thechildrensbookreview.com. January 26, 2009.

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• My hair is always a big topic. It is just hair.

  Anne Burrell

  Hair, Bigs

  "Anne Burrell Cooks In Chicago". Interview with Jerry Nunn, chicago.gopride.com. June 28, 2015.

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• In a song you can shine a light on a topic and with your voice at a concert you can shine a light on an actual issue or a person, you can acknowledge whatever you like with music and people will listen.

  Jason Mraz

  Song, Light, Voice

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. October 23, 2012.

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• All of the guys love to take serious topics and go for it; we're not writing a whole lot of love songs. With 'Sacrificed Sons,' we had some sensitivity there about how we'd present it. I remember there was a lot of discussion about the kind of words that would be used and how direct we wanted to be.

  Jordan Rudess

  Song, Writing, Guy

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• I get that racism exists, but it's not a catalyst for my content. I don't need to talk about race to have material. My style of comedy is more self-deprecating. I think that makes me more relatable. When you deal with 'topics' - race, white versus black - you're not separating from the pack. You're doing what everybody else is doing.

  Kevin Hart

  Thinking, Race, Self

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• Underhand euphemism are used, not so much to conceal offence and to deliberately disguise a topic and deceive

  Kate Burridge

  Deceiving, Used, Disguise

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• As a homeschooling parent, I have often wondered who learns more in our family, the parent or the child. The topic I seem to be learning the most about is the nature of learning itself.

  Jan Hunt

  Children, Parent, Homeschooling

  Jan Hunt (2013). “The Natural Child: Parenting from the Heart”, p.113, New Society Publishers

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• This is a rumour-filled society and if people want to sit around and talk about whom I've dated, then I'd say they have a lot of spare time and should consider other topics... or masturbation.

  Johnny Depp

  People, Want, Masturbation

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• My all-time favorite topic in positive psychology is the study of positive emotions. I'm fascinated by how pleasant experiences, which can be so subtle and fleeting, can add up over time to change who we become. I'm especially excited these days about investigating how positive emotions change the very ways that our cells form and function to keep us healthy.

  Barbara Fredrickson

  Cells, Psychology, Healthy

  "Barbara Fredrickson Talks About…". Interview with Seph Fontane Pennock, positivepsychologynews.com. January 20, 2015.

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• For, besides, that many persons find too sensible an interest in perpetually recalling such topics; besides this, I say, the motive of blind despair can never reasonably have place in the sciences; since, however unsuccessful former attempts may have proved, there is still room to hope, that the industry, good fortune, or improved sagacity of succeeding generations may reach discoveries unknown to former ages.

  David Hume

  Discovery, Despair, Age

  David Hume (1999). “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding”, p.59, Open Court

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• This is a deep and personal topic in our society today. Read the papers. America is hurting because of it. For God's sake, speak up. Don't we need to learn respect for people's feelings? What is going to school for? To learn how to add?

  Hal Holbrook

  Hurt, School, America

  "BWW Interviews: Hal Holbrook of MARK TWAIN TONIGHT, Coming to Riverside's Fox Performing Arts Center". Interview with Audrey Liebross, www.broadwayworld.com. January 12, 2015.

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