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other-cultures practice scientist
Scientists are very much entangled in their culture and this culture is not pristine, untouched by other cultures and practices. Bruno Latour
other-cultures want way
As a culture, we are not comfortable with mortality. We do not accept it the way other cultures do. We cling to youth, and we don't want to die. It's like, 'Well, too bad, we do.' Alan Ball
other-cultures united-states confrontation
The history of other cultures is non-existent until it erupts in confrontation with the United States. Edward Said
other-cultures heaven age
I was very curious about the world even at a young age, and I don't know at what point I became aware that other cultures believed in different religions, and my question was, 'Well, why don't they get to go to Heaven then?' Brad Pitt
other-cultures play landscape
You don't go to a town to present the play and have applause at the end of it, but that's benign conquest. It's a glorious way of exploring other landscapes and other cultures in a very life-affirming way. Ben Kingsley
other-cultures diversity disrespect
Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures. Cesar Chavez
other-cultures innovation corporations
It's a phenomenon that started in the United States in which corporations make claims on the life forms, biodiversity and innovations of other cultures by applying for patents on them. Vandana Shiva
other-cultures world gorillas
Much of the rest of the world has already learned some English. They pretty much understand the American way of doing things, because our culture has been ubiquitous and has been the 500-pound gorilla in the global economy. But the world is far more interrelated than ever before, and no one culture can thrive without the knowledge of how to function in other cultures. Bill Vaughan
other-cultures people body
The first time I thought about attempting a body suspension was after watching a documentary on rites-of-passage ceremonies from other cultures. I was completely intrigued by what these people put their bodies through. Criss Angel
civilization people way
People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization. Agnes Repplier
civilization tea england
English civilization rests largely upon tea and cricket, with mighty spurts of enjoyment on Derby Day, and at Newmarket.
civilization numbers individuality
You know, our sense of individuality is just the number one target of civilization. Alan Rudolph
civilization roots leisure
At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure. Charles de Gaulle
civilization luxury selfishness
A semi-civilized state of society, equally removed from the extremes of barbarity and of refinement, seems to be that particular meridian under which all the reciprocities and gratuities of hospitality do most readily flourish and abound. For it so happens that the ease, the luxury, and the abundance of the highest state of civilization, are as productive of selfishness, as the difficulties, the privations, and the sterilities of he lowest. Charles Caleb Colton
civilization stuff jingles
Freedom!- is the fatuous jingle of our civilization, but only those deprived of it have the barest inkling re: what the stuff actually is. David Mitchell
civilization creating alternatives
It's a difficult business, creating a new, alternative civilization. David Graeber
civilization climate-change humans
More than any other time in history, the 1990s will be a turning point for human civilization. David Suzuki
civilization age generations
Generations do not age. Every youth of any period, any civilization, has the same possibilities as always. Cesare Pavese
leaving movement growing
The women's movement will present a growing threat to patriarchal religion less by attacking it than by simply leaving it behind. Carol P. Christ
leaving wish sparks
I do not wish to lose my temper because very shortly I will lose my head. Nevertheless, upon leaving this spark of earthly existence, I have this to say: I shall see you all very soon ... very soon. Charlie Chaplin
leaving leaving-him shows
You must show him, by leaving him severely alone. Charles Stewart Parnell
leaving coming-back shows
The only thing harder than leaving show business is coming back. Dave Chappelle
leaving empires foreign-policy
Any time someone says "that's it, I'm leaving" I ask them whether they'd prefer to live under US domestic policy, or US foreign policy. As bad as things get inside an empire, they're usually worse in the protectorates. Jamie Zawinski
leaving world today
One reason why I am quite angry with what is happening in Nigeria today is that everything has collapsed. If I decide to go back now, there will be so many problems - where will I find the physical therapy and other things that I now require? Will the doctors, who are leaving in droves, coming to America, going to everywhere in the world - Saudi Arabia - how many of them will be there? The universities have almost completely lost their faculties and are hardly ever in session, shut down for one reason or another. Chinua Achebe
leaving looking perfect runners scoring
We're still leaving way too many runners in scoring position. We're looking for something perfect (at the plate), and we're getting called out way too many times. That's something that we're working on and we will get better at. Dick Blasy
leaving victim disaster
Leaving American disaster victims to languish is morally reprehensible and un-American. Cedric Richmond
leaving brain burning
Global warming is a deadly threat precisely because it fails to trip the brain's alarm, leaving us soundly asleep in a burning bed... Daniel Gilbert