If we continue to address the issue of the environment where we live as though we're the only species that lives here, we'll create a disaster for ourselves
Fiction is often most powerful when the author is exploring an issue - and not writing like a know-it-all who has the perfect answer.
The failure of world leaders to act on the critical issue of global warming is often blamed on economic considerations.
Nobody is born a drug addict or a homosexual. Christians may be performing in these unacceptable ways, but that's not who they are. It's an identity issue.
I can't even imagine writing nonfiction by hand. I think if I didn't have a computer, I just couldn't do it. Maybe it's a brain-section issue.
The security of the United States, which is so dependent on having accurate and timely intelligence, is not a Republican or a Democratic issue.
I wish we could see understanding the First World War as a European issue, or even a global one, and not a nationalistic one.
"Statesman" gives the impression that every time a major issue comes up, I'll be popping off. And that's not what's going to happen.
Carbon trading engages finance directors. It takes the issue of energy efficiency right to the top of the company.
I choose my films carefully. I have done movies that are sensitive, which deal with some issue and are a mirror of society.
I think that when in doubt about the truth of an issue, it's safer and in better taste to select the least numerous of the adversaries.
I may have the genetic coding that Im inclined to be an alcoholic, but I have the desire not to do that, and I look at the homosexual issue the same way.
I can't think of any issue that is more important than working to see that no schoolchild in this world goes hungry.
Statehood for the District of Columbia is the most important civil rights and social justice issue in America today.
To girls and women everywhere, I issue a simple invitation.
My sisters, my daughters, my friends; find your voice
on the whole the American theater, dominated by men, does not perceive women fighting for their lives as a central issue.
Global warming, you don't win it. It's this weird steady-state issue that's going to be with us for a few thousand years.
My weight was a huge issue as a young person. For my mother, for my father, and for my siblings... nobody in my family is overweight. And here I come.
All of a sudden your whole life becomes a public issue. Money, wealth, people, prestige - all of that suddenly comes into play.
I have an issue with the commercial aspect of moviemaking: I don't see why a movie can't make a lot of money and also be good.
I was the principal negotiator for the Department of Defense, when I was secretary of the Navy, on the issue of Toshiba technology concerns with American submarines.
I don't understand why it's the fault of the media for focusing on an issue that Mike Pence are crediting Donald Trump for bringing to the fore.
The big issue was cutting. I finally cut as much as I could, about a fourth of the story, and actually liked it.
The ability for every legal, registered voter to participate in our democratic process should not be a partisan issue.
It was very interesting growing up in South Africa then. It was extraordinary. It was multiculturalism before it became an issue.
The idea that squatting in some way offers a reasonable solution to the issue of homelessness is both false and cruel.
When an issue is important to Washington, U.S. officials figure out what leverage they have and use it as assertively and creatively as they can. They don't make excuses.
All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking off of methodical procedure, an apparent fencing-in of what is apparently at issue.
I think this issue of climate change is truly important, and that it is a major tragedy how poorly it's been handled.
Climate change has far-reaching consequences for our own survival on this planet. As an issue, it overrides everything else.
Attain and maintain a reputation, for it is the usufruct of fame. A stiff climb, for it is the issue of excellence, as rare as mediocrity is common.
I do put my questions in terms of the sharpest polarities of the issue. But I don't want a preponderance of opinion over factual data.
It's a big issue for me - feeling like I should be helping every person who asks for something or who has a problem.
I'm liberal about everything that is issue-based as far as ideology, but I'm also of the opinion of a very small government.
Breast cancer is not just a woman's issue - it affects all of us: the brothers, husbands, fathers, children and friends.
The protestant martyrs and their monuments testify to the fact that they died, not on account of ecclesial differences, but because the issue was the way of salvation.
Architecture and architectural freedom are above all a social issue that must be seen from inside a political structure, not from outside it.
A final and long-lasting solution to the Kosovo issue cannot be achieved without an agreement with Serbia, especially in regard to the U.N.
Sometimes presenting the most ignorant point of view can be the best way to satirize the issue and highlight that ignorance.
When it comes to social policies, I believe women have the right to make their own choices, and inequality is a really important issue.
We print 37 million copies, and we found out about the unfortunate news as we were putting the issue to bed.
The real issue at hand is how God is going to respond to a culture when the majority of the people seek to veto Him.
When an issue is so fraught with partisanship, a special counsel provides some modicum of transparency and accountability rather the the veil of politics.
Well, I have a 24-hour nurse since I have a bit of problem in walking due to a nerve related issue.
Scuttle no small plans. They have no magic to stir single issue individuals into a group of people against everything.
There is a 3rd point of view on the gun control issue - those who I refer to as THE VICTIMS - but they remain strangely silent.
If we are to learn anything from the tragic death of Michael Brown, we must first acknowledge that we have a race issue we are not addressing.
When women smoke, it is hard for them to quit because they are so worried about their weight; it's a vanity issue and a mindset.
The next four years, there won't be a week that goes by without a discussion of climate change. It's a naturally Conservative issue.
This [the earthquake] was a very big influence on me, and the issue of life and death from then on does recur in my films.
We need to hit pause, and possibly reset, as we think about this whole Syrian refugee resettlement issue.
The importance of balance is huge but I think it is for everybody. It's a big issue for at least anyone that I talk to in any career.
Mental health is an issue ailing everyone - it is so omnipresent in society, we must work towards making it better.
The age of national leaders, or candidates for high office, has never been automatically regarded as an issue for concern.
In the United States, there hasn't been much legislative change on the surveillance issue, although there are some tepid proposals.
I am not the governor, administrator or chief minister, who can issue instructions to bring about changes. I can only advise.
One way ... in which a political philosophy can be ideological is by presenting a relatively marginal issue as if it were central and essential.
If we continue to address the issue of the environment where we live as though we're the only species that lives here, we'll create a disaster for ourselves.
I'm sure there are some people who still think I'm too much of a nice guy to be a manager but I'm certain that's not an issue.
The issue of prohibiting pardons shouldn't be a political one, but a legal and moral one that relates to the details of the specific case before the court.
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