#cult

Even the models we see in magazines wish they could look like their own images. ↗

— Cheri K. Erdman

#culture #diet-industry #diets #eating-disorders #self-esteem

Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order. ↗

— Hans Kung

#cultural #economic #global #humanity #introduce

What becomes of a man who acquires a beautiful woman, with her "beauty" his sole target? He sabotages himself. He has gained no friend, no ally, no mutual trust: She knows quite well why she has been chosen. He has succeeded in buying something: the esteem of other men who find such an acquisition impressive. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#beauty #body-image #cosmetic-surgery #cosmetics #culture

Culture and possessions, there is the bourgeoisie for you. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#culture #possessions #you

To understand a difficult topic like Iraq takes patience and care. Unfortunately, you rarely hear a patient, careful or thoughtful discussion of intelligence these days. ↗

— George Tenet

#careful #days #difficult #discussion #hear

A lot of what used to be known as gay culture - broadly speaking, homoeroticism and being camp - has been brought into mainstream culture. I think we should be moving to an era where it's just sex. ↗

— Neil Tennant

#being #broadly #brought #camp #culture

We shouldn't feel restricted by our sexuality, and our sexuality doesn't have to be a cultural choice. That's an amazing variety of music within those five main performers. ↗

— Neil Tennant

#choice #cultural #feel #five #main

I never go straight to the point if I can go the most difficult way. Why be simple when you can be complicated? ↗

— Kristin Scott Thomas

#difficult #go #i #i can #most

There is a reason why the cultures of Indigenous Australia inspire such fascination. And that is that they represent a unique way of thinking about the world. A vision that over tens of thousands of years has risen out of the land, the power, the very being of our continent, Australia. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#australia #being #continent #cultures #fascination

Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there? ↗

— Natalie Imbruglia

#great #happy #how #many #songs