“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
“I was having dinner…in London…when eventually he got, as the Europeans always do, to the part about “Your country’s never been invaded.”… — P.J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“In the twentieth century, astrophysicists in the United States discovered galaxies, the expanding of the universe, the nature of supernovas, quasars, black… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“I had no songs in my repertoire for commercial radio anyway. Songs about debauched bootleggers, mothers that drowned their own children, Cadillacs… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
“It could be said that a liberal education has the nature of a bequest, in that it looks upon the student as… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“As the following pages deal with the practising life, they lead - in accordance with their topic - to an expedition into… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“I realise I have become something I never thought possible: patriotic and proud about being an adopted Italian. In more honest moments,… — Tobias Jones Copy Share Image
“In actual fact, conventions are the death of real tradition as they are of all real life. They are parasites which attach… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“What is soft power? It is the ability to get what you want through attraction rather than coercion or payments. It arises… — Joseph S. Nye Jr Copy Share Image
“It is my conviction that, with the spread of true scientific culture, whatever may be the medium, historical, philological, philosophical, or physical,… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
“A low-context culture is a place where little is left to assumption so things are spelled out explicitly. In contrast, high-context cultures… — David Livermore Copy Share Image
“In California, after weeks of meeting transported Americans from practically every state in the Union, I announced to Kareem that I liked… — Jean Sasson Copy Share Image
“Never discount another man's faith just because it is dressed in another language foreign to your own. Language can be used as… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“Google and Apple offer the image of a pseudo-commons to Internet users. That image recalls Nick Dyer-Whiteford's claim that, in light of… — Sumanth Gopinath Copy Share Image
“If we turn to those restrictions that only apply to certain classes of society, we encounter a state of things which is… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
“And that discovery would betray the closely guarded secret of modern culture to the laughter of the world. For we moderns have… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Deception is the natural defence of the weak against the strong, and the South used it for many years against its conquerors;… — W.E.B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
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“If that sounds cultish, I’m unapologetic. When organizations talk about creating an innovative business culture, a lot of people focus on the… — Will Dean Copy Share Image
“The more serious about gardening I became, the more dubious lawns seemed. The problem for me was not, as it was for… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“The transmission of culture assures the survival of the particular forms given to our existence and expression as human beings. It goes… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“As a fantasist, I well understand the power of escapism, particularly as relates to romance. But when so many stories aimed at… — Foz Meadows Copy Share Image
“Never having experienced inequality, therefore, the majority of straight white men will be absolutely oblivious to their own advantages – not because… — Foz Meadows Copy Share Image
“It is nine o'clock, and London has breakfasted. Some unconsidered tens of thousands have, it is true, already enjoyed with what appetite… — George Augustus Sala Copy Share Image
“Although a youth culture was in evidence by the 1950s, the first obvious and dramatic manifestation of a culture generated by peer-orientation… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“Culture is a vehicle for true self-expression. The flowering of individual creativity takes place in the context of culture. When a child… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“When we first went to Provence, I assumed I would be observing a different culture. With attachment in mind, it became obvious… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“On reflection, looking at shows like this and considering my own experiences, what fascinated me was that we have so many stories… — Kameron Hurley Copy Share Image
“The culture generated by peer-orientation is sterile in the strict sense of that word: it is unable to reproduce itself or to… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“Finally, every society develops a system of aesthetic standards that get manifested in everything from decorative art, music, and dance to the… — David Livermore Copy Share Image
“Their [girls] sexual energy, their evaluation of adolescent boys and other girls goes thwarted, deflected back upon the girls, unspoken, and their… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
“You Are What You Eat Take food for example. We all assume that our craving or disgust is due to something about… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Many people in this room have an Etsy store where they create unique, unreplicable artifacts or useful items to be sold on… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“More than anything, we have lost the cultural customs and traditions that bring extended families together, linking adults and children in caring… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“Though we recognize distinct cultural differences across time and place, the commonalities warrant our attention. To think about how these ancient commonalities… — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
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