“This is a good time to ask apologists for the Islamic regime, who degrades Islam? Who imposes stoning, forced marriage of underage girls and flogging for not wearing the veil? Do such practices represent Iran's ancient history and culture, its ethnic and religious diversity? Its centuries of sensual and subversive poetry?” CultureGirlAsksReligiousPracticeCenturyDiversityIslamAncientSensualIslamicGood TimesIranRegimesVeilsSubversiveDegradeReligious DiversityAncient HistoryFloggingHistory And CultureEthnic Diversity Author:Azar Nafisi
“Values heavily influence the practice of health habits. For example, exercise for women may be considered desirable in one culture but undesirable in another.(Donovan, Jessor, Costa, 1991) As a result, patterns among women will differe greatly between two cultures.” MayTwoValuesCultureResultsPracticeInfluenceExampleHabitExercisePatternsDesirableUndesirableTwo Cultures Author:Shelley E. Taylor
“I will not perform in this city as long as the blatant targeting of black culture and minorities congregating is acceptable common practice.” LongCultureBlackCommonCitiesPracticeMinoritiesAcceptableBlack Culture Author:Illmaculate
“[Corporate programming] is often done to the point where the individual is completely submerged in corporate "culture" with no outlet for unique talents and skills. Corporate practices can be directly hostile to individuals with exceptional skills and initiative in technical matters. I consider such management of technical people cruel and wasteful.” PeopleMatterDoneCultureIndividualPracticeTalentSkillsUniqueManagementCorporateProgrammingInitiativeHostileExceptionalOutletsCorporate CultureSubmergedUnique Talents Author:Bjarne Stroustrup
“The final end of abortion in America will come when every human being begins to appreciate his own life as a gift from God and the lives of those entrusted to his care as the true blessings they are. A culture that affirms life will not practice contraception nor will it murder its progeny.” HumansEndsCareAmericaCultureHuman BeingsPracticeBlessingAppreciateMurderFinalsAbortionGift From GodContraceptionProgeny Author:Judie Brown
“The realizations of anarchist ideas and practices are like sociopolitical ecosystems. Local versions resemble each other, but they are endlessly adaptive and everywhere different to meet their needs in their environments. Anarchism can be adapted to meet the culture, economics, ecology, and politics of various people or communities. That's the beauty of it.” PeopleNeedsIdeasDifferentCultureCommunityPracticeEnvironmentEconomicsVariousLocalsVersionsRealizationEcologyAnarchismAnarchistAdaptedEcosystemsAdaptive Author:Scott Crow
“In spite of conflicting signals - and in spite of a popular culture that sometimes puts down their innocence - most of our kids are good kids. Large numbers do volunteer work. Nearly all believe in God, and most practice their faith. Teen pregnancy and violence are actually going down. Across America, under a program called True Love Waits, nearly a million teens have pledged themselves to abstain from sex until marriage.” BelieveSometimesHumorKidsAmericaPoliticalCultureSexWaitingNumbersPracticeMillionsViolenceProgramInnocenceSpitePregnancyBelieve In GodTeensVolunteerSignalsLarge NumbersPopular CulturePolitical HumorTeen PregnancyVolunteer Work Author:George W. Bush
“Occasionally, in each age and in different lands, a Buddha is born, that is to say, an enlightened person...they re-codify the ways, the practices, they make changes that are just intelligent changes that adapt to a new century, a new culture.” WayPersonsDifferentAgeCultureBornPracticeLandCenturyIntelligentBuddhistEnlightenedMaking ChangesCosmologyNew Cultures Author:Frederick Lenz
“The ability to handle stress increases with the practice of meditation. In a culture like ours in which inner, spiritual growth is totally neglected in favor of materialistic pursuits, we might have something to learn from the Hare Krishna devotees' meditational practices.” MightSpiritualCultureGrowthAbilityPracticeMeditationIncreaseStressFavorsPursuitHandleSpiritual GrowthNeglectedKrishnaMaterialisticHaresDevoteeHare Krishna Author:Daniel Goleman
“The Internet, too, has strong attributes of a public good, and has undermined the “private good” attributes of old media. Internet service providers obviously can exclude people, but the actual content -the values, the ideas- can be shared with no loss of value for the consumer. It is also extremely inexpensive and easy to share material. Sharing is built into the culture and practices of the Web and has made it difficult for the subscription model to be effective.” PeopleMadeIdeasValuesCultureStrongEasyDifficultLossPracticeShareMediaMaterialsInternetModelsBuiltMade ItConsumersAttributesProvidersPublic GoodInexpensiveSubscriptionService Providers Author:Robert Waterman McChesney
“We need to put into practice the idea of embracing other cultures. We need to be shaping the kind of world we want to live in instead of waiting for someone else or some other entities to do it for us.” WorldWantNeedsKindIdeasCultureWaitingPracticeEntityOther Cultures Author:Herbie Hancock
“In Buddhist culture, offering food to the monk symbolizes the action of goodness, and if you have no opportunity to support the practice of spirituality, then you are somehow left in the realm of darkness.” IfsActionCultureSpiritualityOpportunityLeftPracticeDarknessSupportGoodnessBuddhistRealmsOfferingMonk Author:Nhat Hanh
“Democracy is not just constitutional and legislative rules; it is a culture and practice and adhering by the law and respecting international human rights principles.” HumansLawCulturePrinciplesPracticeDemocracyRightsInternationalHuman Rights Author:Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
“Ko Un's poems evoke the open creativity and fluidity of nature, and funny turns and twists of Mind. Mind is sometimes registered in Buddhist terms - Buddhist practice being part of Ko Un's background. Ko Un writes spare, short-line lyrics direct to the point, but often intricate in both wit and meaning. Ko Un has now traveled worldwide and is not only a major spokesman for all Korean culture, but a voice for Planet Earth Watershed as well.” WritingMindWellsSometimesEarthTurnsCultureVoiceTermLinesCreativityPracticePlanetsMajorsDirectWitBackgroundsBuddhistSparesTraveledTwistsKoreanEvokePlanet EarthIntricateFluidityWatersheds Author:Gary Snyder
“In my art and life, I really strive to reverse the old adage that what you see is what you get. If I can be Coyote and practice my sneak-up, I can engage the viewers from a distance with one image and lure them in for exposure to another layer, which changes the initial view into quite a different reality. After all, that is what ethnic culture is all about - or even an ongoing relationship. What you see on the surface is never the same again one you begin to plumb the depths.” IfsArtI CanDifferentRealityCultureViewsPracticeDistanceStriveDepthSurfaceLayersReverseViewersExposureInitialsOngoingAdagesSneakLureSuperficialityCoyotesArt And LifeDifferent Realities Author:Jaune Quick–to–See Smith