I think a reason that a lot of people feel politically paralysed is that it used to be clear how power was… — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
Playing Hamidabai was an eyeopener to how much we've lost in the evolution of our culture and society. In many ways, she… — Himani Shivpuri Copy Share Image
A lot of my energy is going to Code for America, Jen Pahlka's non-profit startup. We're doing a lot of great work… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
People have always heard voices. Sometimes they're called shamans, sometimes they're called mad, and sometimes they're called fiction writers. I always feel… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
It is by losing ourselves in inquiry, creation & craft that we become something. Civilization is a continual gift of spirit: inventions,… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
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I give culture this meaning: exercise of thought, acquisition of general ideas, habit of connecting causes and effects ... I believe that… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
About the idea of a clash between cultures, between civilisations, I don't believe in it. It's something some political leaders tried to… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Rap's the only music that they categorize like that. That's one thing that I hate, like, down South rap, or up North… — Jadakiss Copy Share Image
“Apropos of Eskimo, I once heard a missionary describe the extraordinary difficulty he had found in translating the Bible into Eskimo. It… — Frederick Hamilton Copy Share Image
In south west Lancashire, babies don't toddle, they side-step. Queuing women talk of 'nipping round the blindside'. Rugby league provides our cultural… — Colin Welland Copy Share Image
If the Islamic world is so suffused with rage and hatred of us - for our wars, occupations, drone attacks, support of… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
What will always be possible is for someone to walk into a dark room and experience a film and connect to it.… — Andrew Bujalski Copy Share Image
“That tradition is the way our culture gets made. As I explain in the pages that follow, we come from a tradition… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Doing a film with somebody who's from a different country or culture than you is very fulfilling because they bring with them… — Ryan Eggold Copy Share Image
Designful companies are those that weave design thinking into the fabric of the company. In a designful company, innovation is rewarded instead… — Marty Neumeier Copy Share Image
Poems, novels - these things belong to the nation, to the culture and the people. They've been stolen from the people and… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
Am I feminist? I don't know. I'm not really sure what that is. I am all up for equality to a certain… — Anthony Joshua Copy Share Image
I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the… — Arthur Erickson Copy Share Image
She's one of those third year girls who gripe my liver... You know, American college kids. They come over here to take… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
I love the history of the sport, I love the culture that surrounds it, and I never dreamed I'd become a fanatic.… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
Armed with the knowledge of our past, we can with confidence charter a course for our future. Culture is an indispensable weapon… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“Furniture or gold can be taken away from you, but knowledge and a new language can easily be taken from one place… — David Schwarzer Copy Share Image
your culture has become sophisticated, like a computer, or a drug that you take for a headache. You can use it, but… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
In preindustrial cultures leisure is scarcely a burden or a "problem" because it is built into the ritual and ground plan of… — David Riesman Copy Share Image
The belief in a Divine education, open to each man and to all men, takes up into itself all that is true… — John Campbell Shairp Copy Share Image
Not as many people watch 'Doctor Who' as watch the Super Bowl, obviously, but the tropes that attract nerds are no longer… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
I used to think it was possible for an artist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunmen… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
I'm not too concerned what happens to my books after I'm dead. But I am very concerned by what's going on with… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
I went to a very diverse school and its so important to showcase a child of immigrant parents who is proud of… — Iman Vellani Copy Share Image
Music is language itself. It should not have any barriers of caste, creed, language or anything. Music is one, only cultures are… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
Elvis [Presley] had a stepstool, if you will, to success because he came from the dominant culture. They identified with him. Michael… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Following college sports as a kid, I'd be like: Clemson. Where the hell is Clemson? By learning sports rivalries, you learn the… — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
I've always felt the easiest way to get to know new culture is through its food even if you don't speak the… — Rachel Khoo Copy Share Image
We are growing from a cheerful small town where everyone waves off their front porch to the subway of New York City… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I used to hate Germany. I hated the country, the people, the language, the culture, everything! But over… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
Jesus tended to honor the losers of this world, not the winners. Our modern culture extravagantly rewards beauty, athletic skill, wealth, and… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
In many ways, products are a reflection of their founders, and I consider myself a geek. But aside from that, Imgur just… — Alan Schaaf Copy Share Image
I'm not really interested in participating in mainstream culture. Participating in the mainstream music business is, to me, like getting involved in… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
Cell culture is a little like gardening. You sit and you look at cells, and then you see something and say, 'You… — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
![“That tradition is the way our culture gets made. As I explain in the pages that follow, we come from a tradition of "free culture"—not "free" as in "free beer" (to borrow a phrase from the founder of the freesoftware movement[2] ), but "free" as in "free speech," "free markets," "free trade,"…” quote by Lawrence Lessig](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/b18/lawrence-lessig-3201_communication_that-tradition-is-the-way-our-culture-ge_1808381.jpg)
![“Elvis [Presley] had a stepstool, if you will, to success because he came from the dominant culture. They identified with him. Michael Jackson had to come further and go deeper into the pit of possibility of American democracy and of cultural expression.” quote by Michael Eric Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/28f/michael-eric-dyson-1424_american-democracy_elvis-presley-had-a-stepstool-if-you-wil_62719.png)
