“The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, where we've been, where we hope to be.” FormCultureRolesWho We Are Author:Wendell Pierce
“There are flaws in the way politics is reported in this country today and we should do something about it, .. Radio and television coverage of politics doesn't see its role as a mission to explain, but to destroy, in a pernicious culture in which journalists pit themselves against politicians.” WayShouldCountryTodayCultureRolesTelevisionPoliticianRadioMissionsJournalistFlawsPitsCoveragePernicious Author:Tim Allen
“For an academic to launch a public conversation about journalistic integrity, the role of religion in society, scholarship and faith is a dream come true. These are the kinds of things that we sit around talking to each other about in our dusty libraries. To see these conversations take place in popular culture is the best thing that could have ever happened.” KindDreamCultureTalkingRolesHappenedIntegrityConversationLibraryBest ThingsAcademicDreams Come TrueScholarshipPopular CultureJournalisticReligion In Society Author:Reza Aslan
“Art has a prophetic role, denouncing the culture it lays bare.” ArtCultureRolesLaysProphetic Author:Langdon Brown Gilkey
“In our culture, futility plays the role of transgression and fashion is condemned for having within it the force of the pure sign which signifies nothing.” PlayCultureForceRolesFashionPureFutilityTransgression Book:Symbolic Exchange and Death Source: Symbolic Exchange and Death
“In every human society of which we have any record, there are those who teach and those who learn, for learning a way of life is implicit in all human culture as we know it. But the separation of the teacher's role from the role of all adults who inducted the young into the habitual behavior of the group, was a comparatively late invention. Furthermore, when we do find explicit and defined teaching, in primitive societies we find it tied in with a sense of the rareness or the precariousness of some human tradition.” KnowsWayHumansYoungLife IsCultureRolesTeachRecordsTeacherGroupsTeachingBehaviorLateAdultsTraditionSeparationInventionDefinedTiedPrimitiveHabitualHuman SocietyExplicitImplicit Author:Margaret Mead
“I will continue to work for the advancement of freedoms in Egypt and the Arab world until I drop dead... Education itself - which can and should play an important role in the apprenticeship of tolerance and respect for other people -sometimes encourages identitarian closure, or even extremist behaviour... It is therefore vital to ensure that education does not encourage rejection of other people or identitarian closure, but that on the contrary it encourages knowledge and respect for other cultures, other religions and other ways of being and living.” PeopleWorldWayShouldDoeImportantSometimesPlayCultureRolesContraryToleranceRejectionBehaviourEgyptAdvancementRespecting OthersExtremistClosureOther CulturesArab WorldApprenticeshipTolerance And Respect Author:Boutros Boutros-Ghali
“There's a huge raft of roles that actors in our culture perform, and you can see any one of about three Hamlets in a year. It's not something to be completely daunted by.” YearsCultureThreeActorsRolesHuge Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“Culture, which by definition serves no purpose, has now found a role as the consort of business. Right off the bat we have a beached whale, since there is nothing that disdains culture as much as business does. ... In fact, 'corporate culture' is nothing more than the crystallization of the stupidity of a group of people at a given moment.” PeopleDoeMomentsFactsPurposeCultureFoundGivenBusinessRolesGroupsDefinitionsStupidityCorporateBatsWhalesDisdainCorporate Culture Author:Corinne Maier
“Perhaps it is time to debate culture. The common story is that in "real" African culture, before it was tainted by the west, gender roles were rigid and women were contentedly oppressed.” RealStoriesCultureCommonRolesWestGenderDebateOppressedGender RolesTaintedAfrican Culture Author:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“I am a National Football League player of American Samoan heritage. Because of my status as a professional athlete, I have been blessed to play a role in educating players and fans about the culture and history of America's southernmost territory.” Has BeensPlayAmericaCultureRolesPlayerFansFootballBlessedAthleteLeagueTerritoryHeritageProfessional Athlete Author:Troy Polamalu
“In their overestimation of the role of civilization, the humanists misunderstand the primary forces of the world of primitive human drives with their untamable violence. With their optimistic view of the role of culture, they (the humanists) trivialize the terrifying, hardly solvable problems of mass hatred and of the great passionate psychoses of the human race.” WorldHumansProblemHateHumanityCultureForceViewsRaceRolesViolenceCivilizationMassHatredPassionateOptimisticPrimariesHuman RacePrimitivePsychosisGreat Passion Author:Stefan Zweig
“A proactive person needs no pressure to perform and an ineffective person offloads his pressure onto others to deform the positive work culture of the system. So practically, a progressive organization knows that no pressure environment plays a pivotal role to increase the productivity or proficiency of its workforce.” KnowsNeedsPersonsPlayCultureRolesEnvironmentOrganizationIncreasePressureProductivityProgressiveWorkforceProactivePivotalProficiencyNo PressurePositive Work Author:Anuj
“The role of the federal government should be neutral toward culture just as it is toward religion.” ShouldGovernmentCultureRolesFederal Government Author:Preston Manning
“There's been a lot of talk about body cameras as a silver bullet or a solution. I think the task force concluded that there is a role for technology to play in building additional trust and accountability, but it's not a panacea, it has to be embedded in a broader change in culture and a legal framework that ensures that people's privacy is respected and that not only police officers but the community themselves feel comfortable with how technologies are being used.” PeopleThinkingFeelsPlayBodyUsedCultureForceChangeCommunityRolesTechnologyBuildingComfortableSolutionsTasksPoliceCamerasPrivacySilverAccountabilityOfficersBulletsFrameworkPolice OfficerEmbeddedPanaceaTask ForcesSilver Bullets Author:Barack Obama
“Food is not just what we put in our mouths to fill up; it is culture and identity. Reason plays some role in our decisions about food, but it's rarely driving the car.” ReasonPlayCultureDecisionRolesCarIdentityMouthsDriving Author:Jonathan Safran Foer