New York is not the centre for American culture and art that it once was because of the forces of conservatism. Giuliani,… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
“Sapping the foundations of civilisation, of authority, of other people’s altars, spattering them with filth, winking jocosely at them only to justify… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
I'm really excited about breaking new acts. While I'm trying to preserve the culture and make sure I fight for the acts… — Warryn Campbell Copy Share Image
[Black people] come into the world exactly like you. It's just that there are circumstances in the culture that are dictated and… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
The sense of perspective that interaction with multiple cultures gives you I find to be extremely valuable, because it allows you to… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
Because of the mainstreaming of academia's victimhood culture, we are now in a place where we place more value on being a… — Andy Ngo Copy Share Image
If you think it's worth writing a book about then that means you suspect that you're not the only one. You suspect… — Lucy Corin Copy Share Image
People today read less, take fewer museum trips, and attend fewer concerts. Is that because these activities aren't as fun? The decline...… — Frank Partnoy Copy Share Image
With almost no time to decide, they [your loved ones] gave the entire country an incalculable gift. They saved the capitol from… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“No one today is purely one thing. Labels like Indian, or woman, or Muslim, or American are not more than starting-points, which… — Edward W. Said Copy Share Image
Play is a universal language. It gives a sense of joy in being alive. It is one of the healthiest things we… — Louise Hart Copy Share Image
British culture is very cynical sometimes of overt displays of sentimentality, and I think that becomes almost a suspicion of emotion, or… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
I like this idea of the re-foundation of the European Union, maybe it can be done, because Europe - I do not… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Gifted teachers master the patience required for the unending business of transmitting civilization down the generations, transforming biological facts – children –… — George will Copy Share Image
We came to recognize that our initial thinking about the keys to educational reform was wrong. The key variables weren't pedagogical. They… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is through you, actors, that the forces which are understood by millions and that tell of everything that is beautiful on… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
Any musical form that has been around long enough to have cultural resonance beyond just being a cutting edge kind of communication… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
I think a lot of American fans or people that read about us - they think that we're trying to be a… — Yung Lean Copy Share Image
Since I first started acting, I never separated a character's sexuality from what they eat for breakfast. I just think it's sort… — Maria Bello Copy Share Image
When it comes right down to it, people are quite similar. We may come from different backgrounds, cultures, and economic circumstances, and… — M. Russell Ballard Copy Share Image
The art and culture that is New York, communications, finance, all these things help make up New York. The rest of the… — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
I think that, in the '60s, you had lots of things going on in the culture which tended to decrease attraction to… — Charles Murray Copy Share Image
I can see myself retiring from rapping, but I don't think from music. After that, I think I'd just go into some… — Redman Copy Share Image
When a change initiative is focused on changing a company's culture directly, it can take five to ten years to accomplish its… — James A. Champy Copy Share Image
In a sense, all of my books have been about a 'poisonous pedagogy,' which engenders a culture of obedience, this underlying theme… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
Traditions are a common part of our lives. They can be good, and not all traditions are wrong, but sometimes they can… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is as naturally a part of American culture as it is the British culture; the Americans have a natural interest in… — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest. — Marilyn Ferguson Copy Share Image
Worrying about scarcity is our culture's version of post-traumatic stress. It happens when we've been through too much, and rather than coming… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“We grow up in a belief system according to which children should always make their parents proud and happy (instead of making… — Lukasz Laniecki Copy Share Image
Part of me has always resisted the Western clichéd image of Muslim women, depicting them as nothing more than silent victims. My… — Shirin Neshat Copy Share Image
The history of man is a graveyard of great cultures that came to catastrophic ends because of their incapacity for planned, rational,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
In my experience, it is the leader - the CEO - who plays the crucial role in creating and 'owning' an organization's… — Ron Williams Copy Share Image
Fame is drag. The paparazzi culture is more pervasive than it used to be. On the positive side, it’s nice not to… — Keanu Reeves Copy Share Image
One ought not to hoard culture. It should be adapted and infused into society as a leaven. Liberality of culture does not… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
I did all of California from north to south. I did Florida from north to south. I went to the Midwest. I… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
I think one can live in American society with a certain cultural heritage, whether it's an African heritage or other, European,what have… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Considering our backgrounds, I found it a strange irony that Ian and I should meet in central Borneo. Both of us were… — Eric Hansen Copy Share Image
In terms of perceptions of the culture, most people don't think about music. They're not concerned with it. They don't take their… — Alan Bishop Copy Share Image
Multiculturalism has seemed to imply, wrongly for me, let other cultures be allowed to express themselves but do not let the majority… — John Sentamu Copy Share Image