“It ought to concern every person, because it is a debasement of our common humanity. It ought to concern every community, because it tears at our social fabric. It ought to concern every business, because it distorts markets. It ought to concern every nation, because it endangers public health and fuels violence and organized crime. I’m talking about the injustice, the outrage, of human trafficking, which must be called by its true name - modern slavery.” HumansPersonsHumanityNamesNationsSocialCommunityCommonTalkingViolenceModernCrimeTearsOughtConcernSlaveryInjusticeOrganizedFuelFabricOutragePublic HealthHuman TraffickingTraffickingOrganized CrimeCommon HumanityModern Slavery Author:Barack Obama
“And to think of this great country in danger of being dominated by people ignorant enough to take a few ancient Babylonian legends as the canons of modern culture. Our scientific men are paying for their failure to speak out earlier. There is no use now talking evolution to these people. Their ears are stuffed with Genesis.” PeopleThinkingMenCountryEnoughUseCultureSpeakTalkingAtheismModernDangerEvolutionEarsAncientPositive AtheismIgnorantLegendsGenesisSpeaks OutGreat CountryCanonModern Culture Author:Luther Burbank
“An unhurried mind brings the capacity to make wise choices every day - choices of how we use our time, of where we place our resources and our love. I am not just talking about avoiding the rat race, but about a life full of an artistic beauty - a life that has almost vanished from modern civilization, but is quite within the reach of everyone.” MindUseChoicesRaceTalkingWiseModernCivilizationResourcesCapacityArtisticOur TimeRatsAvoidingOur LoveRat RaceModern CivilizationWise Choices Book:Take Your Time: The Wisdom of Slowing Down Source: Take Your Time: The Wisdom of Slowing Down
“What's holding me up is I'm confused about the nature of the music. Because the modern music doesn't reach me. I mean to say the sound of the modern electric production. A lot of sequencers... synths. That's what people are buying. Because that doesn't reach me, it throws me back to like 1948, but I don't want to be there. Back there, I'm talking about blues records... The roots of rock'n'roll is rhythm and blues and that's like really where I'm at, where I was always at.” PeopleWantMeanSoundTalkingRecordsModernRocksMusic IsRootsProductionsRhythmConfusedBuyingRock N RollElectricRhythm And BluesModern MusicI'm Confused Author:Joe Strummer
“You're talking to a modern, nice, affable German person and they're saying to you something like 'You know, vell, it's a critical time now for Germany within Europe, also globally, economically ve are pretty good, ve have been better. But ve are very vibrant in the theater and arts...' and all the time you'll be listening to this, you're thinking Mmm, yeah, mmm... Hitler, Hitler, Hitler, Hitler, Hitler.” ThinkingKnowsPersonsHas BeensArtHumorFunnyTalkingNiceModernLike YouListeningEuropeTheaterYeahCriticalGermanyAffable Author:Dylan Moran
“I intend more of a kinship with silent films than more modern film. I like the old cinema. My films are more of a hybrid - a different style of filmmaking to what I call talking head movies. Some people don't get it. Especially the more academic types.” PeopleDifferentFilmTalkingModernStyleTypeSilentCinemaAcademicFilmmakingHybridKinshipDifferent StylesTalking HeadsSilent Films Author:George Lucas