This world has seen a great many civilizations. And many of them have survived for longer periods than ours up to the… — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
“Understanding why so many western women are giving birth to unnaturally large babies that either damage the birth canal or will not… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Capitalism, gaudy and greedy, has been inherent in western aesthetics from ancient Egypt on. It is the mysticism and glamour of things… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
I love classical music. I love a lot of musicians playing together and the whole culture of that, whether it's Indian or… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
Of the twenty or so civilizations known to modern Western historians, all except our own appear to be dead or moribund, and,… — Arnold J. Toynbee Copy Share Image
I think what we need is a more welcoming mode from the people who put on a hundred million country-western shows on… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
“We are all in “the perpetual quest for keeping oneself occupied, entertained, and important—which burns at the edge of addiction.” — Jana Richman Copy Share Image
A complete theory of evolution must acknowledge a balance between "external" forces of environment imposing selection for local adaptation and "internal" forces… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Rick Bass is one of a dwindling handful of American fiction writers still celebrating the importance of place, the natural world, and… — Howard Frank Mosher Copy Share Image
Some cultures don't have a separate word for music and dance. To my knowledge, this notion of listening to music without dancing… — RJD2 Copy Share Image
Who in the world remembers who won the 1975 Westchester Classic or the 1978 Western Open? Basically, the majors are the only… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
In the end I'm in love with it [Western European easel painting]. And that's where a lot of the influence from the… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
I think to suggest that somehow Muslims aren't welcome in the USA, to suggest somehow that being a Muslim is incompatible with… — Sadiq Khan Copy Share Image
Nima Shirazi's is an important progressive voice in the Iran debate in the West, often deconstructing the myths (and sometimes propaganda) we… — Hooman Majd Copy Share Image
The positive nature of some child-adult sexual relationships is not confined to non-Western cultures. Several of my friends - gay and straight,… — Peter Tatchell Copy Share Image
Now listen to the first three aims of the corporatist movement in Germany, Italy and France during the 1920s. These were developed… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
“Chase looked up from his beer when the bar door opened again, and his eyes widened. Hot damn! There was a goddess… — Tamara Hoffa Copy Share Image
The western model of growth that India and China wish to emulate is intrinsically toxic. It uses huge resources - energy and… — Sunita Narain Copy Share Image
There are different kinds of justice. Retributive justice is largely Western. The African underTutustanding is far more restorative - not so much… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
LA is such a crumbling mess of a city. Basically in all my years of travelling, I haven't found another city in… — Moby Copy Share Image
Blood Riders is a novel like you've never read before - part Western and part horror and one-hundred percent sweet excitement. It's… — T. Jefferson Parker Copy Share Image
East and Gulf Coast states are at risk of hurricanes; prairie and other central and southern states are constantly threatened by tornados;… — Matt Cartwright Copy Share Image
If we look at the complexity of the challenges facing western societies today, we see that the problems are not really about… — Mariana Mazzucato Copy Share Image
Extremism is not endemic in my region, nor is anti-Western sentiment. No doubt there is discontent and distrust. That is towards more… — Queen Rania of Jordan Copy Share Image
