The distinction between pseudo-intellectual and intellectual consists in the lack of bases of pseudo-intellectuals theses, presence of dogma and authority, and pseudo-intellectuals… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
The artist in all societies has traditionally been a kind of barometer, more sensitive to nuances and changes than others, because he… — Hortense Powdermaker Copy Share Image
What is extraordinary is that in the United States the current culture desires feelings of machismo and power, but at the same… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
The essence of cross-cultural communication has more to do with releasing responses than with sending messages. It is more important to release… — Edward T. Hall Copy Share Image
And every time the Takers stamp out a Leaver culture, a wisdom ultimately tested since the birth of mankind disappears from the… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
I would love to say there was some contemporary artist who's work really got me thinking, but lately I have just been… — Cory Arcangel Copy Share Image
In North Korean culture, love is a shameful thing and nobody talked about it in public. The regime was not interested in… — Park Yeon-mi Copy Share Image
America is not just a democracy, it represents a certain culture of competitive mobility and personality aspirations, politics is not merely a… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The member of a culture ... purposely avoids the relationship of intimacy; he wants the object somehow depicted and fictionalized. ... He… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
I believe in Mexico there's a big culture of moviegoing, both studio and indie. I think here in the US that's not… — Aurora Guerrero Copy Share Image
Far from affording artists continuous inspiration, mass-media sources for art have become a dead end. They have combined with the abstractness of… — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
While we pay lip service to the virtues of reading, the truth is that there is still in our culture something that… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Marriage, in my culture, has nothing to do with romance. It's a matter of logic. If Mr. and Mrs. Ahmadi like Mr.… — Firoozeh Dumas Copy Share Image
I love this word decadence, all shimmering in purple and gold. It suggests the subtle thoughts of ultimate civilization, a high literary… — Paul Verlaine Copy Share Image
China is a great nation that offers the world a great culture, so many good things. I love the Chinese people and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I believe that human brilliance manifests itself only in flashes, among rare individuals. For this reason, humanity as a whole is enormously… — Pentti Linkola Copy Share Image
“Death is universal. The rituals associated with it, however, vary substantially—and are greatly influenced by their religious and cultural context.” — Richard J. Borden Copy Share Image
Basically, morphic fields are fields of habit, and they've been set up through habits of thought, through habits of activity, and through… — Rupert Sheldrake Copy Share Image
Hopefully, when people watch 'Lucha Underground' and WWE, Ring of Honor, New Japan, AAA, and any other promotion out there, they fall… — John Morrison Copy Share Image
I think being central to the culture is overrated. Who really gives a damn if something is popular? Jay-Z isn't actually any… — Matthew Specktor Copy Share Image
There's just no way to stop a movement in popular culture. It's going to happen, with or without you. There's absolutely no… — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
Ultimately we must concern ourselves with pulling out by its roots the decadence that controls our culture, the profit motive that controls… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
The war against Vietnam is only the ghastliest manifestation of what I'd call imperial provincialism, which afflicts America's whole culture-aware only of… — Stephen Vizinczey Copy Share Image
I am saying that while popular culture usually portrays practitioners of magic as separate from ordinary people, often biologically different, many people… — David Liss Copy Share Image
I think people are looking for an alternative because in addition to there being sort of a myopic, lemming - like ants… — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
It's a pleasure to land here and see Australia upholding its commitment to free speech and Western culture - something that may… — Lauren Southern Copy Share Image
We can be certain that, if there are conflicting views in different cultures, some of these views must be false. This may… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
The artificial separation of politics and culture is nowhere more pronounced than in the discourse of foreign policy and international affairs. — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
The more you read about and immerse in a culture, the more it comes alive, and the more textured and nuanced and… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
If our language and culture are not passed on to immigrants, where will they learn to value integrity in government and the… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western… — Tadao Ando Copy Share Image
We've got Chinese, white, black and mixed; but remember that our colors are cheap, for after many years of contracts and tricks… — Nicolas Guillen Copy Share Image
There are still some places I'd love to visit - Africa, China, Brazil, India. I want to travel the world and experience… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
We grow primarily through our challenges, especially those life-changing moments when we begin to recognize aspects of our nature that make us… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
I have been fortunate to have a career that has allowed me to travel the world and come in contact with many… — Yanni Copy Share Image
One of the things I think is important about 'Watchmen' is that it have resonance within cinematic pop culture as well as… — Zack Snyder Copy Share Image
This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see... the inveterate materialism which has become… — Arthur Erickson Copy Share Image
Being on 'Pose' for me has now allowed me to realize how important my culture is. It's made me realize how important… — Dominique Jackson Copy Share Image
“While these Christians (the majority in a recent poll) are particularly concerned that religious freedoms are being eroded in this country, “they… — David Kinnaman Copy Share Image
Big successful corporations have established their own culture by the time you come along, so you have as high of a chance… — Clay Clark Copy Share Image
