“At some point I started getting published, and experienced a meager knock-kneed standing in the literary world, and I started to get almost everything that many of you graduates are hoping for--except for the money. I got a lot of things that society had promised would make me whole and fulfilled--all the things that the culture tells you, from preschool on, will quiet the throbbing anxiety inside you. I got some stature, the respect of other writers, even a low-grade fame. The culture says these things will save you, as long as you also manage to keep your weight down. But the culture lies.” WorldLongWholeLyingCultureFameQuietAnxietyLowsStandingWeightManageGradesGraduatesFulfilledStaturePreschool Book:Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith Source: Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
“The Dictator' lands somewhere between wan Mel Brooks and good Adam Sandler, whose 'You Don't Mess With the Zohan,' about an Israeli Special Forces soldier at a hair salon, manages to strike better contrasts with vaguely similar culture differences - it's a nuttier movie, too.” CultureForceDifferencesLandSpecialHairSoldierStrikesManageMessAdamContrastDictatorIsraeliBrooksSalonsSpecial Forces Author:Wesley Morris
“Courage has become Raiders of the Lost Ark, or riding in spaceships, killing people, taking enormous physical risks. To me, the kind of courage that's really interesting is someone whose spouse has Alzheimer's and yet manages to wake up every morning and be cheerful with that person and respectful of that person and find things to enjoy even though their day is very, very difficult. That kind of courage is really undervalued in our culture.” PeopleKindPersonsCultureLostEnjoyDifficultInterestingMorningCourageRiskWake UpKillingEnormousManageRidingEvery MorningSpouseCheerfulRespectfulReally InterestingSpaceshipsAlzheimerArkAlzheimer'sRaidersUndervalued Author:Mary Pipher
“the last decade has seen a powerful counterassault on women's rights, a backlash, an attempt to retract the handful of small and hard-won victories that the feminist movement did manage to win for women. This counterassault is largely insidious: in a kind of pop-culture version of the Big Lie, it stands the truth boldly on its head and proclaims that the very steps that have elevated women's position have actually led to their downfall.” KindHardBigsLastsLyingCultureWinningPowerfulStepsRightsFeminismMovementPositionVictoryFeministPopsDecadesVersionsManageWomens RightsHandfulPop CultureDownfallInsidiousBacklashFeminist Movement Book:Backlash: the undeclared war against American women Source: Backlash: the undeclared war against American women
“More broadly, strategic alliances are more difficult to manage and coordinate than single ventures; the potential for misunderstanding and disagreement, particularly between partners from different cultures, is great. Certainly many such alliances are short lived.” DifferentCultureDifficultPartnersManageVentureMisunderstandingStrategicAlliancesDisagreementDifferent CulturesShort LivedCoordinates Author:Peter Dicken