#foremost

The basic problem is that web 2.0 tools are not supportive of democracy by design. They are tools designed to gather spy-agency-like data in a seductive way, first and foremost, but as a side effect they tend to provide software support for mob-like phenomena. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#data #democracy #design #designed #effect

I'm not really a songwriter - I'm an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart. ↗

— Diana Ross

#actress #am #first #foremost #heart

First and foremost arms are tools in the service of rival nations, pointing at the possibility of a future war. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

#first #foremost #future #nations #pointing

People are first and foremost Republicans, first and foremost Anarchists, first and foremost a man or woman, and that is a mistake. It hurts the individual and it hurts the whole. ↗

— Peter Krause

#foremost #hurts #individual #man #mistake

First and foremost, I would like to start off by saying that just because my husband is an entertainer, that does not mean that our personal business is for everyone's entertainment purposes. ↗

— Kim Mathers

#business #does #entertainer #entertainment #everyone

The monarchy is foremost a business, and it's important to them that the British public continue to finance the excessive luxurious lifestyles of the now quite enormous, wasteful and useless 'royal' family. I find it very sad. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

#business #continue #enormous #excessive #family

I get the feeling a lot of politicians are there to help themselves financially, first and foremost. ↗

— Gordon Strachan

#financially #first #foremost #get #help

The White House is a huge organization, first and foremost. ↗

— Mike McCurry

#foremost #house #huge #organization #white

I have yet to find a man worth his salt in any direction who did not think of himself first and foremost. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

#did #direction #find #first #foremost

I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me. ↗