“I never learned the rules in the first place. To change the game is at the heart of what Virgin stands for, so the company culture has always been: "Don't sweat it: rules were meant to be broken."” FirstsHeartCultureGamesCompanyBrokenMeant To BeSweatVirginsWere Meant To BeCompany Culture Author:Richard Branson
“We were land-based agrarian people from Africa. We were uprooted from Africa, and we spent 200 years developing our culture as black Americans. And then we left the South. We uprooted ourselves and attempted to transplant this culture to the pavements of the industrialized North. And it was a transplant that did not take. I think if we had stayed in the South, we would have been a stronger people. And because the connection between the South of the 20's, 30's and 40's has been broken, it's very difficult to understand who we are.” PeopleIfsThinkingYearsHas BeensCultureLeftDifficultBlackLandBrokenConnectionsStrongerSouthDevelopingWho We ArePavementTransplants Author:August Wilson
“I enjoy mediation. I think the artist's position is often to mend the things we feel are broken. Whether that's between two cultures or two thoughts. We're always trying to reach, trying to expand something.” ThinkingFeelsTryingTwoArtistCultureEnjoyPositionBrokenAlways TryingMediationTwo Cultures Author:K'naan
“The sceptics, a kind of nomads, despising all settled culture of the land, broke up from time to time all civil society. Fortunately their number was small, and they could not prevent the old settlers from returning to cultivate the ground afresh, though without any fixed plan or agreement.” KindCultureNumbersPlansLandBrokenBrokeFixedAgreementSkepticismCivil SocietyNomadBroke UpSettlersSceptic Book:Critique of Pure Reason: In Commemoration of the Centenary of Its First Publication Source: Critique of Pure Reason: In Commemoration of the Centenary of Its First Publication