“I think this whole division between the genres has more to do with marketing than anything else. It's terrible for the culture of music.” ThinkingWholeCultureTerribleMarketingGenreDivision Author:Tom Waits
“In our culture, we grow up thinking that failure is a terrible thing, that it's a setback, or worse, the end. Often it turns out to be the beginning of something better.” ThinkingEndsMotivationalTurnsCultureGrowsGrowing UpTerribleTerrible ThingsSomething BetterSetback Book:I Just Graduated ... Now What?: Honest Answers from Those Who Have Been There Source: I Just Graduated ... Now What?: Honest Answers from Those Who Have Been There
“Today, I join King Abdullah in Paris to stand in solidarity with the people of France in their darkest hour...To stand in unity against extremism in all its forms and to stand up for our cherished faith, Islam. And so that the lasting image of these terrible events is an unprecedented outpouring of sympathy and support between people of all faiths and cultures.” PeopleTodayFormCultureHoursSupportEventsKingsTerribleUnityIslamFranceParisLastingSolidarityExtremismUnprecedentedDarkest HourTerrible EventsKing Abdullah Author:Queen Rania of Jordan
“But once a culture develops sufficiently to become skeptical, the idea of censorship becomes less attractive. To suppress a book or a picture or a sculpture or a play or a film is a terrible act of aggression against the artist who created it. This is a miming of capital punishment; it destroys the life that has been emanated by a life.” Has BeensBookIdeasPlayFilmArtistCultureTerribleSpeechPunishmentAttractiveCensorshipAggressionSkepticismSculptureSkepticalCapital Punishment Author:Rebecca West
“It's terrible for the culture of music. Like anything that is purely economic, it ignores the most important component.” ImportantCultureEconomicTerribleComponents Author:Tom Waits
“We live in a culture where it has been rubbed into us in every conceivable way that to die is a terrible thing. And that is a tremendous disease from which our culture in particular suffers.” WayHas BeensSufferingDiesCultureParticularTerribleDiseaseTerrible Things Author:Alan Watts