#cult

Well, it's an adventure story, and a Bildungsroman, of course, but there was also the intention to describe a culture that had been seen in rather narrow terms. ↗

— John M. Ford

#also #been #course #culture #describe

So high do these plants stand in the favour of the Chinese gardener, that he will cultivate them extensively, even against the wishes of his employer; and, in many instances, rather leave his situation than give up the growth of his favourite flower. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#chinese #cultivate #employer #even #extensively

I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life. ↗

— Zinedine Zidane

#also #area #come #difficult #football

I look at Google and think they have a strong academic culture. Elegant solutions to complex problems. ↗

— Mark Zuckerberg

#complex #culture #elegant #google #i

I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things: disease and death... I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#dealing #death #difficult #difficult things #disease

The Catholic Church - it's so difficult because I don't want say anything offensive but it makes me very angry that religious leaders from this faith have tried to respond negatively to sexual education and to the promotion of condom use. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#anything #because #catholic #catholic church #church

Better than anything else in our culture, it enables fathers and sons to speak on a level playing field while building up from within a personal history of shared experience - a group history - that may be tapped into at will in years to come. ↗

— John Thorn

#better #building #come #culture #else

There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#begin #democratic #difficult #end #find

In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#end #invent #most #novel #part

The Law of Raspberry Jam: the wider any culture is spread, the thinner it gets. ↗

— Alvin Toffler

#culture #gets #jam #law #spread