“Every culture, if its natural development is not too much affected by political restrictions, experiences a perpetual renewal of the formative urge, and out of that comes an ever growing diversity of creative activity. Every successful piece of work stirs the desire for greater perfection and deeper inspiration; each new form becomes the herald of new possibilities of development.” IfsInspirationFormPoliticalDesireCultureNaturalCreativeSuccessfulGreaterToo MuchPiecesGrowingPossibilityDevelopmentActivityDiversityPerfectionDeeperUrgesAffectedPerpetualRenewalRestrictionNew Possibilities Book:Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice Source: Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice
“The idea of a hypnotic riff as the prime mover of a piece of music has been around for a long time, whether you're talking about the Delta blues or music from Middle Eastern and African cultures.” LongHas BeensIdeasCultureTalkingPiecesMiddleLong TimePrimeEasternDeltaHypnoticAfrican CultureDelta Blues Author:Jimmy Page
“In fact, Western culture has spent decades drawing lines and boxes around interconnected phenomena. We've chunked the world into pieces rather than explored its webby nature.” WorldFactsCultureLinesPiecesWesternBoxesDecadesDrawingInterconnectedWestern CultureDrawing The Line Author:Margaret J. Wheatley
“Gossip is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility, and the young should not only shun it, but by the most thorough culture relieve themselves from all temptation to indulge in it. It is a low, frivolous, and too often a dirty business. There are country neighborhoods in which it rages like a pest. Churches are split in pieces by it. Neighbors are made enemies by it for life. In many persons it degenerates into a chronic disease, which is practically incurable. Let the young cure it while they may.” ShouldMayPersonsMadeCountryYoungCultureChurchEnemyPiecesDiseaseLowsRageNeighborCuresTemptationDirtyNeighborhoodGossipConfessionSplitsIndulgeMaliceThoroughIndulge InDegeneratesFrivolousPestsImbecilityDirty Business Author:J. G. Holland
“When things go wrong, your best recovery effort is required. But don't just provide the missing piece (that's the recovery), also provide uniquely personal assistance (that's the memorable effort).” CultureEffortPiecesMissingRecoveryMemorableAssistanceService CultureWhen Things Go WrongMissing Piece Author:Ron Kaufman
“During the 1970s and 1980s, the popular television soap opera As The World Turns portrayed sunrise during the opening credits and sunset during the closing credits... The soap-opera sunrise showed the sun moving toward the left as it rose rather than to the right. They obviously had gotten a piece of film showing a sunset and played it in reverse... Had they called their local astrophysicists, any one of us might have recommended that if they needed to save money, they could have shown the sunset in a mirror before they showed it running backward.” IfsWorldMightRunningFilmMovingTurnsCultureLeftSunPiecesTelevisionNeededMirrorsRoseCreditLocalsOpeningSunsetOperaReverseSunriseClosingSoapSaving MoneySoap OperasRunning Back Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“More broadly across time and cultures, it seems, one perennial piece of advice to father has been the importance of acting tenderly toward their children. The New Father, it turns out, is an old story.” ChildrenHas BeensStoriesSeemsTurnsCultureFatherActingPiecesAdviceImportanceNew Father Author:David Blankenhorn
“For me, to take a movie and travel the world and go and work with these cultures and an international cast and have this spy thriller that's not just about character but also action and suspense, they're very challenging films as a producer to make, creating stories, creating set pieces that serve this character [Ethan Hunt].” WorldCharacterStoriesActionFilmCultureChallengesPiecesCreatingInternationalCastsProducersSuspenseHuntsSpyThrillersTravel The WorldCreating Stories Author:Tom Cruise