“I think I'm fascinated by the power of religion in our culture. Like a lot of secular, liberal people, I ignored it for a long time. Lately, of course, just from a political perspective, it's impossible to ignore.” PeopleThinkingLongPoliticalCultureCoursesImpossiblePerspectiveLong TimeFascinatedSecularIgnored Author:Tom Perrotta
“Sports biography at its best. Rich in period detail, anecdote, and fresh perspective, Strong Boy paints both the good and the bad sides of success, as America's growing celebrity culture turned a simple Irish American gladiator into a national, in fact international hero. A very human story with profound parallels for our sports-obsessed culture today!” HumansFactsStoriesTodayAmericaCultureStrongSportsSidesSimpleBoysRichGrowingPerspectiveHeroPeriodsProfoundPaintInternationalDetailsObsessedBiographiesParallelsAnecdotesCelebrity Culture Author:Nigel Hamilton
“Language and culture cannot be separated. Language is vital to understanding our unique cultural perspectives. Language is a tool that is used to explore and experience our cultures and the perspectives that are embedded in our cultures.” UsedCultureLanguageUnderstandingPerspectiveUniqueToolsEmbedded Author:Buffy Sainte-Marie
“Look, we live in a celebrity culture and sometimes you get caught in the wave and the buzz and a lot of it's flattering but, you know, one of the things that I try to remind people of is, is that I was in politics as a state senator operating in obscurity for many years. Before that I was a community organizer working in low income communities in Chicago and nobody knew my name then. And so, having involved myself in public service for a pretty long time without getting too much attention, hopefully I can keep some of the attention that I'm getting now in perspective.” PeopleKnowsTryingYearsLooksLongI CanSometimesStatesCultureNamesCommunityAttentionToo MuchPerspectiveInvolvedLong TimeLowsWaveCaughtIncomeHopefullyChicagoSenatorsObscurityPublic ServiceFlatteringBuzzOrganizerLow IncomeCelebrity Culture Author:Barack Obama
“Good and evil and beauty and ugliness are only ornamental fruits of perspective, whose sole value lies in their linkage to what chance made our fathers think and feel, and whose finer details are different for every race and culture.” ThinkingFeelsMadeDifferentLyingValuesCultureEvilFatherChanceRacePerspectiveFruitDetailsGood And EvilSoleUglinessOur FatherLinkages Book:The Call of Cthulhu and Other Stories Source: The Call of Cthulhu and Other Stories